{"id":36703,"date":"2015-11-12T15:05:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T23:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=36703"},"modified":"2015-11-15T19:24:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T03:24:36","slug":"thou-shalt-honor-thy-self-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/thou-shalt-honor-thy-self-commitments\/","title":{"rendered":"Thou Shalt Honor Thy Self-Commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you take your commitments seriously?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things such as verbal agreements, mental contracts, and self-commitments. Basically, whatever you\u2019ve agreed to do, that\u2019s a contract. And more specifically, let\u2019s talk about those self-commitments, which I find especially vital.<\/p>\n

In other words,\u00a0if you want to screw over your landlord, have at it (you probably shouldn\u2019t though).<\/p>\n

Whatever you do though, don\u2019t renege on a self-commitment. If you make a commitment to yourself, honor it.<\/strong> For the love of liquor and the occasional prostitute, honor it!!!<\/p>\n

When you stick to your word, you will build the habit of all habits. The habit of accomplishment, of progress, of confidence, of being true to oneself.<\/p>\n

When you say you\u2019re going to go to Toastmasters this Thursday to improve your speaking skills, go. Going to make those calls? Make \u2018em. Did you schedule an hour to read? Get out them readin\u2019 glasses. And when you complete those tasks you\u2019ll feel great, and rightly so. You will feel your confidence shoot up like a heroin addict.<\/p>\n

With each mini-commitment that you uphold, your confidence will continue to thicken until it gets ripped like Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/strong>. You will have momentum soaring.<\/p>\n

However, if you break these little commitments, your confidence will take a U-turn. Suddenly they\u2019ll become easier to break. You\u2019ll feel guilty and your confidence will wither away like hair to a flame.<\/p>\n

And worse still is your word will become meaningless to the person that matters most\u2014YOU. The self-commitments will become \u201cself-maybe\u2019s\u201d\u2014the fiat currency of the worst kind.<\/p>\n

Follow through with your commitments and by doing so you\u2019re investing in their worth<\/strong>. Making them stronger. From rubber mallet to wrecking ball.<\/p>\n

As I close down this thought I must add a sliver\u00a0of caution. One of my most dogmatic\u00a0principles that I try and\u00a0live by is to not beat myself up for making mistakes. I mean it. So, if you do by chance have to break one of your self-commitments, don\u2019t beat yourself up for it…too much<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Of course, there\u2019s always exceptions in life. This might be one of them. If you don\u2019t hold yourself accountable for breaking your promises, and instead pat yourself on the back for a job not<\/em> well done, you endanger the seriousness of these commitments, which is the same as not honoring them in the first place.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t condone the \u201cself-maybe,\u201d<\/strong> yet don\u2019t beat yourself up to the point of never wanting to make a commitment again.<\/p>\n

Find a balance and do the best that you can.<\/p>\n

——-<\/p>\n

Matt Kramer had an extreme\u00a0fear of public speaking that\u00a0nearly crippled his hope, but overcoming it has changed his life. His\u00a0passion is simple: To help others crush\u00a0the\u00a0fear of public speaking so they can use the confidence to capture their dreams. Visit\u00a0Matt’s blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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