What Does It Take to Make a Committment?

Written by Susan Dunn, MA, Emotional Intelligence Coach


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You’ve committed to stay faithful to your wife and then you attend a convention where a beautiful woman comes on to you and your lust is aroused, and next thing you know you’ve broken your commitment and you’re saying, “I don’t know what came over me.” What came over you was a feeling fromrepparttar reptilian brain. You acted on impulse, without thinking.

If you’re making a commitment, you must make it emotionally. This means you are willing to managerepparttar 122970 emotions that interfere with clear thinking and directed action.

The mental part is makingrepparttar 122971 plan and stating it. The physical part is to take action and continue taking action. And then you must manage your emotions so you stay focused, resist distractions and temptations, and stay positive. Every commitment implies time and during this timerepparttar 122972 normal emotions and moods we all have are going to occur. How you manage them will make a difference in your ability to bind yourself mentally and physically to what you’ve committed to.

Next time you make a commitment, don’t leave outrepparttar 122973 most important element. That’srepparttar 122974 emotionally intelligent way.

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What You See is What You Get

Written by Glen Hopkins


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“Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find; Knock, and it will be opened to you.” – Matthew 7:7

So practice focusing on positive thoughts and learn to ask yourself effective questions that will lead to constructive answers. If you look hard enough, there will always be a positive side to every situation. And forrepparttar challenges you must face in life, focus onrepparttar 122969 solution, notrepparttar 122970 problem. If you focus onrepparttar 122971 problem at hand, you will never findrepparttar 122972 solution. Focus on your dreams and they will become a reality. Ask yourself “How can I reach my dream?” Don’t be surprised when your brain gives yourepparttar 122973 answer!

- Glen Hopkins

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