Commit

Shocked. That's what I was last week, absolutely shocked when I realized the glaring need to share the topic that I'm going to share right now. Because without this, we are not going anywhere. Hello, welcome to the half hour with Jonah Mungoshi. And today I'm talking of a critically important topic, I'll let you know what it is towards the end.

After the radio show last week, after having spent 30 minutes of my time, passionately persuading the listener, to take action in order to transform, shanduka, I received the following message which worried me deeply from one of the members of the success family. "Thank you, Coach, transformation is definitely required, so that we can move forward". Now I have a problem with that statement.

Ordinarily, I have a problem with that statements in my line of work. But more importantly, I have a problem with that statement coming from a member of the success family. Because the success family group is a WhatsApp group, we started for those who are purposeful, who are committed to achieving a desired end goal, which helps them to fulfil their God given purpose. So when I get a statement like that, I'm worried why am I worried? Listen that statement is non committal. It doesn't say this person is going to do anything. It is passive, there is no energy or power in there, it is lifeless.

And when I scrolled back in the messages that people post in the WhatsApp group, I then realized that whilst I set up the group for people to be fired up to take action, we seem to have lost the plot, because a lot of times, we get people posting motivational, inspirational messages, kind of philosophical discussions, where you say, Oh, this is good, we should, people must, you know, that's empty. I promise you, that is not the language of someone who knows where they're headed, and who is committed and dedicated to getting there. That's when I realized that what we are lacking is commitment.

There is a world of difference between someone who says, I will take this action, and somebody says, Oh, it's important to take this action, we must do something, we should do something, people need to do something, you can rest assured when you say people need to do something, we must do something, this must be done, nothing is ever going to get done. You have not started being serious with your life. I then posted a challenge to the individual who posted that statement in the group. And I said, what are you what one action not two, not three, not 20? What one action?

Are you going to personally take as a result of the session that I had. And the present went definitely quiet proof that with that language used, there is absolutely no commitment to action. So when I started the success family, I was of the view that we don't want any motivational, inspirational messages, because we have people that are called Inspiration addicts. They are addicted to nice words, nice things. And they listen to these things. They get drunk on it, but they don't take any action.

Important Concepts

• Commitment is the key to progression
• Without the drive and commitment to change, receiving motivation is pointless
• Possess the willingness to change despite the circumstances

And for me, that is pointless. It is not a platform for philosophical discussions. It's how you know, we might record or debates. No, that's not what it's for. It's not for blame game fault finding. No, there are many other groups for that. It is not for pity parties where you're feeling sorry for yourself. No, it is not for preaching to other people, what they should do a must do No, it is environment for committed people who will want to take action and share with us what actions they have taken. It is environment people who are committed to taking action, who actually saying I will take this action, putting themselves out there so that we can hold them accountable.

If the gentlemen who sent him that message, why didn't the cook tell me if he felt that he didn't want to share his action publicly, he could have inbox me and say this is the action I am going to take. So for those of you who feel they get value from what I'm giving you, please don't give me feedback such as that was a wonderful talk. I know I talk reasonably well. I’ve won prizes on that and that is not what I’m interested in. That doesn’t even encourage me to continue to do what I do. The only thing I want to hear his either your commitment to specific actions you’re going to take or feedback on an action you have taken the results that you obtained the lessons that you learned and What you're going to do next.

That's it. That's all that will give me the fuel to continue to do what I'm doing. That's all that will convince me that I am making a difference in people's lives telling me that your words are nice. I love that I adore that means diddly squat. So, it doesn't help you. It doesn't help me. So either we take action, or we keep quiet. When it comes to commitment, there are only two things. Either you're in or you're out. If you're in, stick around, and I'll see you on the other side.