In high school, I had a great football coach - Al Pisano. He helped me understand what team was all about. Though we had an awful 4 seasons (losing terribly for all of my high school experience), I gained a great deal of respect for the idea of commitment. Today I work with clients and often find a story Coach Pisano used about commitment helpful to illustrate the focus of a team on a goal. My dad also uses this story - thanks Dad! Check out the photo to the right as you consider the story. . .
A farmer sits down to his breakfast and thinks about what it took to make that breakfast. The chicken is involved, but the pig, the pig is COMMITTED to that breakfast. - get it?
The chicken might have laid the egg, but the pig died for that breakfast. Commitment is a through and through experience. I am thankful to have clients who are committed to success - it is part of why I work with them. One of the advantages of owning my own firm is that I don't work with clients who I don't want to be committed. Sometimes it limits the client pool, but it helps me love what I do that much more. When you are working in business, work from commitment, not just involvement. Let me know what you think about commitment. . .
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