If you’re not ready to commit to something, then don’t!! Many people make New Years Resolutions and have become “too busy” to stick to them. It’s more likely a commitment factor. I needed a holiday after Christmas, I wasn’t ready to create powerful goals for the year then - but now… look out world! Here comes my best year ever.
When you’re clear on what’s most important to you, and what’s an achievable time-frame, make your plans and go for it! Commit wholeheartedly and don’t look back, keep focused and believing that it’s possible. This quote, one of my favourites, expresses it beautifully…
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative [and creation]. There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe/ Sir Edmund Hillary
What have you been thinking about doing this year? Are you ready to move forward and keep going? People ask me (especially in the coaching community) how I managed to build a successful coaching practice - “and in a regional area” and my answer has to be that I chose not to have a “plan B”. I knew what I wanted to do and was not going to settle for anything else. It can be tempting, when you’re multi-talented, to settle for something you do well and enjoy - but if there’s something bigger calling you GO FOR IT!
Cheering you on, Kerrie
Tags: achievement, commitment, goals
May 21, 2008 at 1:11 am
Oh my gosh!! well said!!! You know, at the beginning of the year i did just that… I set out a handful of things that I want to achieve. I said, “I don’t know how, or when, but this year I am commited to XYZ…”
And the most amazing things have happened - suddenly people and events appear that are moving me along like crazy! Woooohhooo:) commit, commit, commit… even if its in the ‘wrong’ direction, you will learn the most incredible lessons!
June 17, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Love that quote Kerrie. Fantastic. The human spirit is just amazing and when you add determiniation and positive attitude to commitment your life can change in the most amazing way. Things do happen around you and you become incredibly “attractive” to people.
I have experienced enormous life changes since I made a phone call in April 2006 and luckily got the last place on a Results Coaching Systems ICT course. Have not looked back since.