One of the trainees asked me, "Sir, could you please explain Commitment because I want to know what is expected of me?"
I explained, I see commitment as Devotion to a cause. Commitment is keeping at a task, however hard it may be, and not giving up till is done. Staying committed to the cause is perseverance!. The quality of perseverance is directly proportional to the levels of commitment in an individual.
Here's an example: A 100 meter sprint athlete sets a goal to participate in the next Olympics which is 4 years away. This athlete is training to better the current world record. He trains for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week for 4 years, with a single purpose --- To win a Gold Medal in the next Olympics. It is his only chance as he will be too old for the next Olympics. So, the athlete trains to achieve his goal......
Let us look at some data on the athlete's training time......
Number of hours per day
12 hours
Number of days per week
6 days
Number of weeks per year
52 weeks
Number of years to the Olympics
4 years
100 meters Olympic Record to beat
9.69 seconds
Total Time spent on training
12 hours x 6 days x 52 weeks x 4 years
equals 14,976 hours
equals 898,560 minutes
equals 53,913,600 seconds
What are the chances that this athlete will win? In fact, there is very very high chance that this athlete will fail to even qualify, but still, the athlete persists.... and never gives up.
A normal individual, with low levels of commitment will ask, isn't it too much to give for a race that ends in under 10 seconds? The committed athlete will go for it, because his goal is to win the Olympic Gold Medal....
This is what I call commitment!
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