Commitment is Elimination of Options

ByJowi Witt

Hey Reader,

Commitment is often talked about mostly as a sense of committing to more.
Taking on a new commitment or getting more committed.

Yet commitment means:
​to eliminate alternatives.

I know that most think of commitment as adding something new to your life.
​I thought that way for years.

Then I ended up with too many commitments—
​too many plates that I wasn’t able to actually do.
I started to feel burned out.

That’s when I noticed how flawed my understanding of commitment was.

Commitment is not about saying yes.
It’s actually more about saying no.

Committing to one thing is to say no to many others.

We are committing not to one thing,
but we forget to eliminate alternatives.

Let me give you three examples:

  • The best person to marry is the one you stay with, saying no to any other.
  • The best diet is the one you follow, saying no to all the others.
  • The best business is the one you stick with, saying no to all other opportunities.

None are inherently the best.

The thing that makes it the best is not the thing itself,
but our commitment to it.

There are many businesses.
All of them work—
but not all work together.

You need to choose one
and say no to the others to make it work.

It all comes down to your persistence and decision to stick to your commitment​
and ignore all the shiny objects that will come your way.

So before you commit to something, understand this:

The beauty of the commitment is not in saying yes.
It’s in the elimination of alternatives.

Keep chopping Wood!

Your Jowi

Similar Posts

  • Creativity Is a Muscle, Not a Muse

    ByJowi Witt

    How often do you hear:“I don’t know what to write about.”“I don’t know what to film.”“I don’t know what to paint.” How often have you used those excuses yourself when you came up to the creative task? In the beginning, I was also stressing out about not feeling creative. There are big gaps in my YouTube career. Those were times when I felt like I didn’t have any creative ideas. It all felt overwhelming. Other times, I felt the muse strike — and I had way too many ideas. Now I know: Creativity…

  • Can You Compete with AI?

    ByJowi Witt

    Hey Reader, It feels like there is a threat in the air. Now that ChatGPT is out for a few years already—and it’s constantly improving—it feels like we are in a competition we can’t win. I’ve been doing content marketing for almost 5 years.It definitely changed over the last year. There is a flood of content out there that is just generated by AI.It is getting easier to stay consistent. There is also a pattern I observe: I’m not trying to compete with AI.Since it’s a tool, I can use it well or…

  • The Curse of Convenience

    ByJowi Witt

    Hey Reader, I just started a new book:4000 Weeks – Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. I picked it up because after all the years of trying to beat productivity,I start to have my doubts what productivity really means. He also starts to talk about how everything is getting more convenient. I like to use AI.It gives my productivity a big advantage.It’s a major boost.I think that I actually get 20x more done than without AI.AI definitely makes my life more convenient. Yet there is…

  • New Breed of Family Leader

    ByJowi Witt

    New Breed of Family Leader I love my family. My goal is to become the best Leader for them. In a time when family values are low – men are to blame for everything – we have no strong family leaders. We are in the middle of a crisis. The problem is: Men have become weak leaders. So it’s time for the New Breed of Family Leaders to stand up. This is the start of something big. We need to stand united. Take charge and lead wisely. The New Breed is the Present Provider. The Present Provider takes…

  • Don’t Judge a Business by Its Social Media

    ByJowi Witt

    It is so interesting. A lot of people judge the business by their social following.He got 100k followers—he must have a massive business! Somehow we doubt that small accounts are bigger businesses. I stopped looking at the following and started to look for the actual interaction. There is a lot to be said about the right likes. You can tell fast which small accounts don’t work — because they tell you. With bigger accounts, it’s getting harder to see the difference. The funny thing is: A lot…

  • Success comes through Sacrifice

    ByJowi Witt

    Hey Reader, Everything in life comes with a price tag. Not always do they have a $ (Dollar Sign) with them. Some are also connected to the cost of time. Some are decisions, either for or against. You can do many things, but you won’t be able to succeed in all. You do have many opportunities, but not the time to try them all. There is a correlation that I started to notice. The older I get, the more obvious it becomes. Every big victory comes with a price. There is no success without…