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Unless You’re 100% Committed, You’ll Always Be Hesitant, Insecure, and Ineffective

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.” -W.B. Murray

When you begin to read autobiographies, interviews, and memoirs of some of the world’s most successful people, you realize how committed they were.

• Phil Knight (founder of Nike) grew Nike from a small shoe store into a world-famous dynasty because he believed.
• Ray Allen (hall of fame level basketball player) was fully committed to his craft, practicing for thousands of hours over decades in sweaty, dusty gyms.
• Tina Fey had immense competition to get on Saturday Night Live. Her commitment to reaching that goal never wavered — she was committed.
• Steve Martin spent nearly 15 years of repetitive, constant practice before he became the top comedian in the world.

These, and countless other stories of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs, performers, and leaders, all share that theme — they were committed while others were merely “interested”. They didn’t quit when everyone else did.

Of course, commitment in itself is no guarantee to success. There are countless Olympians, singers, actors, writers, and entrepreneurs who are fully committed to their craft…