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Committing Yourself

If you start to take Vienna, take Vienna.

– Napoleon Bonaparte

In this Chapter You Will:

  • learn the importance of commitment
  • understand why commitment brings the results you desire
  • increase your stamina, sticking-power and commitment

You might find that what holds you back from succeeding in life sometimes is simply lack of commitment. You start projects with all the enthusiasm, energy and good intentions in the world, but then other things crop up or you encounter difficulties, and maybe you plod on a bit but generally spend less time on it until, eventually, you abandon it.

Perhaps you might be smart enough to realize that this can happen and therefore won’t even begin a new project due to the possibility (or perhaps ...

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