The Power of Committment - Take the Jump !
Have you ever noticed that once you fully committed yourself to something, things just fell into place ? Why is it then, that we have such trouble committing ourselves to what we really want and instead stay where we are not so happy ? Of course, because of fear, the fear of the unknown. So many of us feel more comfortable in the unhappiness of the known than in the uncertainty of the unknown better alternative. So what would happen if you dared, tried it out ?
Surely, you would want a safety net, a back-up plan … in case the new plans did not work out. In a “new business” seminar in London, the course leader quoted that the highest success rate for new businesses was among founders who had burned their bridges, had no way to turn back to their previous life or occupation…. Interesting ?
Well, William H. Murray, a Scottish mountaineer, wrote in the Scottish Himalayan Expedition about the benefits of burning one’s bridges:
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back; always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would not otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man would have dreamed would come his way.
And even Goethe agrees:
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it ! Boldness has genius, magic and power in it.
When are you jumping ?
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