Interested Or Committed?

Just got back from Da Nang having completed my second half marathon in three months.

Not long ago, running a marathon was just a nice idea. I liked the thought of it, read about it, and talked about it. But I wasn’t committed.

That changed when my wife signed us both up for a real race, paying a sizeable entry fee. Now, there was no backing out. We were committed, and training started the very next day.

We ran in the heat, in the rain, on days we didn’t feel like it. And today, I’m a regular runner.

Through this process, I have learned something valuable.

There is a big difference between being interested in something and being committed to something. Interested gets you started. Only commitment gets you results.

Committed people do what interested people won’t.