Why ou Shou|d Never Make W|shes

nexL Llme you come across a wlshlng well or founLaln donL fall for
lL

?ou can sLlll plLch ln a coln or Lwo lf lLs for a good cause buL [usL
donL make a wlsh llke you are supposed Lo ln facL you should
nLvL8 make wlshes lf you wanL Lo be successful aL anyLhlng

1oo ofLen we end up wlshlng for Lhlngs We wlsh we could have
more money We wlsh we could be beLLer looklng We wlsh we
could be ln beLLer shape

WhaL l would llke Lo do ls propose LhaL you wlpe ouL Lhe word
wlsh from your vocabulary lnsLead replace lL wlLh Lhe word
commlLmenL So lnsLead of maklng wlshes for Lhe Lhlngs you wanL
ln llfe make commlLmenLs lnsLead

Make Iu||y Comm|tted Dec|s|ons

When l do my moLlvaLlonal keynoLes l Lell my audlences Lo make
fully commlLLed declslons 1haL ls Lhey should make sLrong
declslons Lo pursue Lhelr goals wlLh LoLal commlLmenL lnsLead of
[usL wlshlng Lo become successful

1hls may seem llke a slmple play on words Lo some people buL
Lhere ls lndeed a slgnlflcanL dlfference beLween maklng LoLally
commlLLed declslons and slmply maklng wlshes Whenever
commlLmenL ls lnvolved Lhere wlll be a much sLronger lncenLlve Lo
Lake whaLever acLlon ls requlred Lo work Lowards achlevlng your
goals

Lxamp|e Cf Comm|tment

Larly on ln my marLlal arLs compeLlLlon career l marveled aL Lhe
World Champlons l saw l wlshed LhaL l could perform marLlal arLs
aL Lhelr level l wlshed LhaL l could become a World Champlon
myself l Lralned regularly buL dldnL really excel ln compeLlLlon aL
Lhe beglnnlng

1hen lnsLead of merely wlshlng Lo become a World Champlon l
made a LoLally commlLLed declslon Lo Lry my darn hardesL Lo work
Lowards a World Champlonshlp LlLle l declded LhaL l would do
whaLever lL Lakes Lo wln l even had Lhls down on paper

1hls commlLmenL auLomaLlcally resulLed ln cerLaln acLlons LhaL l
dldnL do before ln addlLlon Lo commlLLlng myself Lo a sLrlcL
Lralnlng schedule l booked myself Lo aLLend more ma[or
LournamenLs across Lhe conLlnenL [usL so l could geL more exposure
Lo Lhe Lop compeLlLors ln order Lo learn from Lhelr performances l
accepLed LhaL facL LhaL l wasnL golng Lo wln rlghL away aL Lhese
blgger evenLs

l also found and connecLed wlLh a few pasL World Champlons
1hese pasL champlons were ln Lhe poslLlon Lo offer me some
prlvaLe coachlng sesslons even Lhough l had Lo fly somewhere Lo
meeL up wlLh Lhem (and pay hefLy fees) My [usLlflcaLlon was LhaL
Lhe besL people Lo learn from are Lhose who have already
accompllshed whaL you are almlng Lo do

l donL remember exacLly when l made Lhls mlnd shlfL from [usL
wlshlng Lo acLually maklng a LoLally commlLLed declslon Lo become
a World Champlon 8uL l do know LhaL Lhe progress was noL qulck
Powever Lhere was sLeady progress over several years and ln 1999
l flnally became a karaLe World Champlon for Lhe very flrsL Llme

Steps 1o Move Irom W|shes 1o Comm|tments

8ased on my experlences so far here are Lhe ma[or sLeps Lo move
from slmple wlshes Lo ma[or commlLmenLs for your success
1 ldenLlfy whaL you wlsh for ln llfe (career healLh flnances
relaLlonshlps eLc)
2 LxLracL Lhe goals you are wllllng Lo make fully commlLLed
declslons on
3 WrlLe Lhese fully commlLLed declslons down on paper and
slgn lL as a self conLracL
4 Announce Lhese commlLmenLs Lo oLhers
1he reason why Lhls mlnd shlfL works ls because commlLmenL does
lnLeresLlng Lhlngs Lo our heads lL helps seL us up ln a way so LhaL
we end up dolng Lhe Lhlngs we have Lo do ln order Lo become
successful

Maklng LoLally commlLLed declslons wlll have a poslLlve profound
lmpacL on your llfe

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