The Transformative Nature of Commitment

I had an idea on a run around commitments. Namely that the level/nature of our commitment is accompanied by a particular set of energies. 

For example, a leader may be committed to the success of their team. What drives their commitment is a desire for shared success across the team and for the larger company as a whole. Embedded in that desire for shared success are myriad reasons. They could be things like the enjoyment of winning together, the aspiration to be seen as a successful team leader, the longing to feel connected to a goal bigger than they can achieve on their own. These are just a few of a whole host of motivations which sometimes we know consciously, and often are just outside of our awareness.

The various motivations are in one manner of speaking, energies that are contributed to the possibility of, in this example, successful outcomes as a team. These energetic contributions are the base ingredients which lead to whatever gets created as an outcome and shape the person offering them. They “make” the person become “someone who,” in this case, someone who can lead teams collaboratively to successful outcomes. 

This rather straightforward principle has immensely powerful implications if we more deeply understand the transforming nature of commitments.