All In, All The Time

Sharing this great piece of advice on commitment via Farnam Street’s Blogpost

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There are a lot of things in life that only work when you commit.

I don’t mean dabble. I don’t mean half-in. I mean commit.

Commitment means all in, all the time.It’s easy to trick yourself into thinking that if you put in half the effort, you can get 80 percent of the results. While that might work for some things, it doesn’t work for anything important.

If you’re half trustworthy, you’re not trustworthy.

If you’re often reliable, you’re not reliable.

If you’re mostly consistent, you’re not consistent.

The key to doing anything well is commitment. Not only does commitment help you become better at what you do, but it also makes other people want to help you.

If you see your job as punching the clock, not only will you never be great at it, but your employer won’t invest in you. The best relationships are the ones where both partners go all in all the time to make the relationship amazing.

If committing sounds like a lot of work, it is. That’s why so many people are half-in. The problem with half-in and half-committed is that it doesn’t get you the results you want. If you’re not committed, get out.

The committed person gets both the opportunity and the results.

All in, all the time.