I am going through the 100 Day Challenge and today is day 30. Today’s lesson is about enforcing accountability.
I love the point of “What is the point of setting a goal or making a commitment if one has no intention of honoring it?”
Then all of the … but this happened, or I had no control over that, or any number of *excuses* and yes – even an “accident” can be called in and used as an *excuse* for why something didn’t get done or can’t be done.
If this is a one off item that hasn’t been able to be accomplished (yet) then what ever kept the commitment from being completed will be moved past and is a non issue … The clock on a goal, promise or commitment does not stop until the goal, promise or commitment has been completed or the goal, promise or commitment are ended.
If this is the track record of the person with the “accident” *excuse* then it is only another excuse as to why something is not done, or another promise must needs be broken, or {fill in the blank} There comes a time when others know one’s word does not mean anything – but still the person who says they will, thinks they will at the time they make what ever commitment they agree to … We may *Lie* to others – but one can not lie to one’s self.
When we try to tell our self that we will – but we have not COMMITTED to Our Self that we WILL (if we have not yet decided to ENFORCE ACCOUNTABILITY) ~ it is another goal, promise, commitment not worth the breath or paper it was made on.
It all comes down to how we CHOOSE to be perceived. It comes down to what it is we want to create. It is our free will and choice to follow-through or to give up, quit, stop, or break promises given. We must know what it is we are (or want) to do, then plan how it will be done, and then we must ACT on what we want, how we want it and keep going until we have completed our commitment.
We must first seek to commit to ourselves. And Then ENFORCE ACCOUNTABILITY, Once we get over that hurdle, anything is possible. Potential is limitless.
No matter where you are on the spectrum of accountable or total slacker who never accomplishes ANYTHING – YOU have the ability to reverse that trend and go from Super Human to slacker or from slacker to Super Human. We all have that choice to make every time we make a commitment, set a goal, or give a promise.
It is up to YOU to be your Enforcer of Accountability. Only YOU can create YOU to be the best you are able to be – anything else is just a temporary outside force. Like the wind may blow a leaf miles into the sky and half way around the world – but once the wind is no more – the leaf will surely fall back to earth and decay.
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