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15 minutes to freedom. I'm your host Ryan Nidell and today's episode is

Commitment. In today's episode I'm going to share with you why the commitments

that you make mean more than anything else. So I sit here recording the show. It is, I think, Tuesday. I say I think because I don't pay much

attention to the days other than looking at my calendar first thing in the morning to see the clients

that I have the privilege to speak with this day. I do that every day. I'm pretty

repetitive, pretty cyclical in my activities. And with that or in that or whatever I say that I say too often.

As I look at my calendar this morning, I realize I've moved things around and I've almost double booked myself.

Not quite double booked, but I haven't left as much time open on a Tuesday as I am accustomed to having.

See, one of my incredibly close coaching clients had a scheduling conflict and was not able to meet on Friday afternoon.

That is our scheduled time together.

Fridays just weren't going to work.

And so instead of pushing back and saying, look, okay, well, just to hell with it.

You just don't get an appointment this week. Right? Because that's what quote unquote

coaching what I was told to do. That's is supposed to be you hold time and space

You know if you commit to something you got to show up if you don't show up

Fuck you you lost your spot I get that I get there's a lot of benefit to that. I'm not even saying that's wrong.

What I'm saying is I came up with my own purpose statement and went through my own

hierarchy if my hierarchy is to serve others and help make an impact in the world,

help people overcome limiting beliefs and feel better as individuals,

then that has to be first.

Now first in the hierarchy, again, I put myself first so I get to decide where things

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