Being a very heavy sleeper, I couldn't trust myself to get up when the alarm went off. When my head hits the pillow I'm completely out until morning. The alarm would buzz and in my heavy sleep I would hit snooze. That habit needed to change. Losing valuable early morning hours made me feel behind and I couldn't trust myself to get up early.
Moving my alarm into the bathroom out of reach changed everything! Getting out of bed to turn off the alarm put the resolve to get up early into action. That simple change turned me into an early riser. The self-trust commitment I resolved internally turned into a projection of commitment for me and others.
Gold's Gym identifies February 18th as the "Fitness Cliff"... the day New Year's resolutions die. When we make self-commitments we don't keep we erode self trust. Millions of people resolve to change health habits every new year then fall off the fitness cliff 6 weeks later. Gold's data saw the decline begin on February 12th and drop like a rock on the 18th.
When we don't keep commitments we are seen as untrustworthy.
What happens when we don't keep the commitments we make to ourselves?
Self confidence erodes. We lose trust in our ability to make and keep commitments, and we fail to project the strength of character to inspire others to trust us.
Trust begins with us. Before we project onto others a lack of trust we must resolve our own self trust. Trust is eroding every where we look in society.
Every commitment kept or broken adds to or subtracts from trust.
Building trust begins with the commitments made within you.
