Commitment II

 We shall continue where we stopped last time on commitment. It's necessary because our ability to keep the promise we made to ourselves improves our lives, raises peoples' confidence in us, and ultimately makes us good team players.

It's equally essential to differentiate interest from commitment. When we are interested in a thing, we do it only when it's convenient but when we are committed to a course of action, we accept no excuse but only result(s).

Here are some tidbits an elder gave me in helping me to stay glued to my commitment(s):

a) A burning desire: unquenchable burning desire is required to help us stay glued to our commitment. We all have limited resources: time, energy, imagination, etc. to achieve anything we put our mind to but once these resources are wasted or deflated on an incompatible course of action, it becomes difficult if not impossible to stay glued to our commitment(s). A student who is committed to getting better grades should not at the same time go around partying, playing games, socializing, watching movies, etc.

b) Reward system: there is a boy in every man and a girl in every woman. It is the inspired boyish or girlish nature that has the power to push through when the going gets tough. The best way to keep this nature is by promising a reward if such a goal is accomplished.

c) Pareto principle: it's the 20/80 principle which states that 80% of your accomplishment is obtained by 20% of your effort. Put it in other ways, you wear 20% of your clothes, 80% of the wealth in any society belongs to the top 20% wealthy citizens of that country, etc. Identify the key components of the work that if done properly will render the goal as a mission accomplished and do them with brute force.

Count the cost: commitment require sacrifice. Sacrifices are the price we pay to getting things done. It's important we identify these price(s). These may include but not limited to: time, money, risk, loss of comfort, etc. Enumerating and crystallizing the price we have to pay helps us to consciously choose if we are ready to carry the cross. The psychological stamina we develop by going through the unpalatable events in our minds will help us scale through any of such events if they eventually show up.

Lastly, according to Jean-Paul Sartre, commitment is action, not words.

Till we shall meet next time for a fresh episode, always remember to get better and be the best version of yourself.

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