Having the best of intentions will not get you to the promise land. You have worked on your vision, purpose and goals and you are set up for the journey. You start off alright, you get going, and you go off in a whole other direction or simply return to where you started. You do know what I am talking about. You get all jazzed and worked up you have it all set up and then nothing. You procrastinate and make excuses and set aside all that work.

Why? One of the reasons is the failure to commit. Some people have a major problem committing to the actions that they have to take. You can have the desire, but if you don't have the commitment, that determination, that do or die attitude, you are simply not committed to your plan. This can be due to fear, negative influences, or personal paradigms we can list the reasons one right after the other. Taking action is the only way to blow through all this.

Your decision to go ahead and do something then failing to follow through is a broken promise to yourself. Commitment means that you are completely behind that plan. It is a resolve that you will persist to do the work that goes into manifesting your destiny. No one can force you to commit that is a decision that you will have to make. I have a saying for this "You can't get to second base without taking your foot off first."

I can agree that sometimes we are overloaded with commitments and obligations, but you knew this on the way in. Fear of disappointing yourself or others allows you to break your own promises. That is not the way anyone should live. When you make a commitment it is your word, your promise to stick to a game plan to achieve some goal or vision. Why renege on it? Fear may take you and usually that is the major reason why people back off. They were fearful not to commit so that they won't look bad to their group, team or family members.

When you sign a contract you make commitments as to what you are responsible for. It isn't any different when you take on a commitment to yourself to get something done. When you break that you lie to yourself. You don't have to internalize it and say oh well I am just a liar. You can observe impartially and say interesting let me examine this further and see what the back off, disagreement of fear is. Then take the proper action to correct and get back on course.

I understand that sometimes things can occur to throw one off their obligations. What would bother me is when someone commits and then reneges on their original agreement. This happens especially when there is a negative influence that is stealing someone's personal power. That is the reason why one should always be careful about what information you share with friends and associates. They can derail you from your commitments fast. Don't allow external influences to toss you aside and violate the commitments that you have made to yourself or others.

Like everything in this world you end up making it a habit of going back on your word or agreements. When commit to something for yourself or for some opportunity give it you all, if some problem comes up always ask for help. Commitment is necessary for achieving anything in life; is vital to your self worth and for goal achievement. Do yourself a favor and don't commit if you know that you are not going to stay the course, commitment is a decision that you make in advance, and it is not something that you figure out midway. Increase your self confidence and respect by sticking to your commitments.

John Tebar personal and business coach consultant, author, public speaker, Entrepreneur has weekly newsletter sign up at http://www.holisticlifeplanningandresearch.com