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This is Optimal Living Daily episode 1933, becoming more deeply committed to my commitments

by Leo Babata of Zenhabits.net. And I'm just in mall like your very own personal

narrator today and every day. It's not a typical podcast, there are no interviews and

it's short, almost always fewer than 10 minutes. So, with that, let's get right to it and

start optimizing your life.

Becoming more deeply committed to my commitments by Leo Babata of Zenhabits.net.

How often have you halffully committed to something but didn't really put your entire

being into following through on that commitment? How often have you said you were going to

do something and then just dropped it because you were too busy or didn't have the energy?

How often have you said you were going to change your habits and then didn't stick to

it? How many times have you said you were going to take a course, read a book, take on a

challenge, start a new hobby, write a book, start a business, and then you barely even

start on it if you start it all. For me, this all happens at an alarming rate. My commitments

are often not even half commitments, they're like quarter commitments. And interestingly,

I'd say I'm better at it than most people. Maybe not the best in the world, but better

at sticking to my commitments than 75% of the world. And I suck at it in many ways.

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