Are You Interested Or Committed?

 

I was thinking about what to write this week when this quote popped into my head:

"Interested people do what is convenient. Committed people do whatever it takes."

I’ve heard this term applied to entrepreneurs who want to have a successful business. Basically the question is – are you interested or committed to have a successful business?

However, the real question is:  Are you interested or committed to achieving your goals?

And that question is for everyone.

Do you have a list of goals? Pull them out or if they’re in your head – write them down. Look at each goal: are you interested in achieving that goal or are you committed to achieving it?

Interested says: I’d really like to achieve this goal, it’d be cool! 

Committed says: I will achieve this goal and here is what I’m doing.

Which ones do you think you’ll achieve? 
The one’s you’re interested in or the one’s you’re committed to? Yep, you’re most likely to achieve the goals that you’re committed to.  Take another look at those goals that you’re interested in.  Be really honest with yourself – why do you want to achieve those goals? Because your friend or colleague did? Because someone else told you that you should? Or because you think you should? Do you really need me to tell you that those reasons probably won’t motivate you?


Can you move from interested to committed? Yep! But you need a better reason than “I want to keep up with the Jones’s”. What does achieving that goal really mean to you? What will change by achieving that goal and how is that different from where you are now?  Motivation for a goal you’re committed to comes from within you and not from someone else. It gets you fired up and willing to step outside your comfort zone. It’s powerful.

What goals are you committed to?

Execution is the Key

Three things that need to be done in order to accomplish your goals.  Don't set vague goals without knowing the details.

1.  Understand what to do.

2.  Understand how to do it.

3.  Execute

Most people set vague goals such as exercising more, improving on A or B, etc.  The key is lay out the plan on what steps are needed to call this goal a success.  "Working on it" is not completing it.  You don't get to check it off your list if your still "working on it".   One good point to remember is that the beginning is usually the most difficult both physically and mentally.  Don't quit! Get past the first few hurdles and keep going.  

-Khalid