First of all, what might be a definition of a “Commitment”?
Strap on an explosive vest and you have made a “commitment”!
A “commitment” is some action or idea for which you are willing to pay the “ultimate price”!
What does “the ultimate price” mean?.... (After all, you can willingly pursue a course of action without making it a “commitment”! You can quit anytime.)
What makes an “ultimate price”? ....Could it be that you take the “responsibility” for your action or statement? You realize that you could lose something of personal value for this “responsibility”. (Your career, your sense of honesty, your self worth, etc...)
Can you “commit” to something of lesser value? Of course...(diet, savings, job security....)! The greater the value of the “commitment” the greater the personal “price”!
You can change your commitment! You can accept challenges to your commitment. If you change your commitment it doesn’t change “the act of commitment” nor the “price” you accept!
“Advice” should be a “commitment”!
“Analysis” or “Policy” should be a “commitment”!... (It can or need not be a “commitment. It would be nice to know at the time it’s given!
Writing down helps create a “commitment”. (It makes the “commitment” more real, less open to interpretation.)
A person must check as to whether they are issuing a statement or are willing to make a real commitment.
People are looking for real “commitments” rather than political or policy statements.
Are you willing to pay “the ultimate price” for your statements?
Suppose you are wrong? .... Without the assurance of “ultimate payment”, people do not want to hear anything!!
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