The Power of Commitment

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Today is pretty special. I wake up every morning thinking to myself, I must make it count. Don’t misunderstand. I have my moments of vegging out with friends or mental drifting. I think that is healthy and productive, on occasion.

I shocked my sister the other day when I told her that every day I wake up thinking about how much time I have left in this life with the best of expectations…you know..fully healthy until dies in sleep at 95 or so…Then I back it off with diseases that might happen and then I back it off with accidents, blindness, stroke and other maladies that could occur. I leave nothing out. My sister said she never had these thoughts and that I was depressing her. I disagree.

As a pragmatist, these thoughts don’t depress me…they motivate me. They make me truly appreciate my health, my abilities, my circumstances and most of all…the day. The brilliant opportunity to do something fabulous, something good, something kind, something loving, something helpful, etc.Its my mantra, my motivation.

As a solo entrepreneur Motivation is critical and although money is important, it is the currency that makes everything possible. I have learned to think in terms of deeds and tasks that I want to accomplish, rather than the money I want to earn. The deeds and tasks usually have a budget and therefore, a money figure but I stay focused on the deed because it is more tangible. I can see an improvement in my work space, my home, children who need food, etc.

I spent many years, maybe too many , as a management consultant and the biggest problem people had to completing tasks was that they could not commit to a time frame. They over thought every “what if” there could possibly because accountability in the corporate world can be deadly and that is unfortunate. Its not a bad practice to consider potential obstacles but try not to build them into the equation. By committing to a time line or time frame, we simply are more committed. It becomes more real and I think everyone agrees that commitment is important to make any real change happen.

So here is the point….we are all committed. We are all going to leave this life at each of our appointed hours. So even if it never crosses your mind, you have a commitment. Its a beautiful thing. Treat every day as a wonderful gift, feel good and share it. Put a plan together even if you alter and change it, it is so much better than not having one.

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