"When you're interested, you do it when it's convenient. When you're committed, you accept no excuses." Discover how to cross the gap from good intentions to guaranteed results.
Jeremy Haroldson begins the "Committed" series with a diagnostic tool for your life. Why do we start things we don't finish? Why do we have goals but no progress? The answer lies in our routines.
This session challenges the passive approach to life. Most people are waiting to "feel like" doing the work. Jeremy argues that feelings are irrelevant to commitment. This is a masterclass on how to stop being a victim of your own habits and start becoming the architect of your future.
Jeremy states a fundamental law: "Our routines can be our best friend or our worst enemy."
You are currently the result of your daily habits. If you don't like the result, you have to change the input. Success is not a "lucky break"; it is the compound interest of small, boring, daily decisions. You don't decide your future; you decide your habits, and your habits decide your future.
This is the defining distinction of the message. Jeremy quotes Ken Blanchard: "There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results."
Are you "interested" in being healthy, or committed? Are you "interested" in growing your business, or committed? Interest has an exit strategy. Commitment burns the bridge. If you still have an excuse, you are only interested.
Nobody plans to ruin their life. They just drift there. "Drift is the natural current of a passive life."
If you stop paddling in a river, you don't stay still; you go downstream. In life, if you stop being intentional, you don't maintain; you decline. Commitment is the anchor that stops the drift and the engine that moves you upstream against the current of culture and complacency.
Willpower is a limited resource. Purpose is renewable energy. Jeremy emphasizes: "You cannot sustain the 'how' without a strong 'why'."
When the alarm goes off at 5:00 AM, willpower will hit snooze. But if your "why" (your family, your mission, your legacy) is big enough, you will get up. Commitment requires connecting the pain of discipline to the pleasure of the result.
Real commitment eliminates the option of quitting. It simplifies your life because the decision is already made.
Jeremy's challenge: Pick one area of your life today. Is it your health? Your marriage? Your spiritual walk? Stop being "interested" in it. Make a vow. Close the exit door. The moment you decide "there is no going back," you will find the strength to move forward.
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You cannot just "stop" a bad routine; you have to replace it. Identify the cue that triggers the bad habit (e.g., stress -> eating) and insert a new routine (stress -> walking). Then, commit to the new action regardless of how you feel in the moment.
Yes. Commitment doesn't mean perfection; it means persistence. If you fail, a committed person gets back up immediately. An "interested" person uses the failure as an excuse to quit. The difference isn't falling; it's staying down.
Because growth happens outside the comfort zone. Convenience keeps you comfortable. If you only do what is easy, you will have a hard life. If you do what is hard (commitment), you will eventually have an easier life. You have to choose your hard.
Key Scripture Reference: Proverbs 16:3
"Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established."