In my last article I wrote about change and specifically about change models in the process of creating abundance. Restating the basics, there are stages we proceed through when making a change. If you have decided that you are ready to make a change because you have thought about and prepared for that change, then you are ready to make a commitment.

A significant question to ask is who are you making that commitment to? I often hear people commenting about the need to be held accountable. In that context they are actually needing someone or something outside themself to do the accounting to. However, the most significant one you must be accountable to is yourself.

Please understand me. Using a coach or master mind group can be a useful tool, but ultimately, we must be accountable to ourself. How do I know this? What occurs when the coach or group goes away? A vacation, a move, a death, a conflict are all potential ways that forces from the outside can impact us. If you rely only on youreelf, that cannot happen. You are the one constant in your life.

Let me get back to the matter of commitment. There is a famous quote that is worth mentioning taken from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition by W. H. Murray. Let me quote one sentence. “Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.”

The important word in that sentence is ineffectiveness. Without a total commitment, there is hestiancy and the opportunity to draw back. How can that lead to anything but ineffectiveness? How does one make a commitment? One chooses to. Then you stick with it until what you’ve committed to is a done deal.

Napoleon Hill called it among many names a burning desire. You burn with a passion that does not let you to do anything but accomplish your desire whether your desire is getting a job, getting a pay raise or meeting the love of your life.

When you make a commitment to yourself, it is essential that you keep that commitment. Why is it so essential? Every time you make a commitment to yourself and then break it, you send a signal to your subconscious that you are not able to keep commitments. Do you believe that will impact the next commitment you make? Absolutely! If you send enough signals of that nature, do you think you begin to lose faith in yourself? Absolutely!

Take care when you make a commitment, but once you do, follow it with all of your Being! It will be worth your effort in creating abundance and an abundant life.