5. COMMITMENT is a Choice
You will invest your life in something, or you will throw it away on nothing.
Haddon Robinson
How to develop commitment
- Realize it usually begins with a struggle
- Understand that it has nothing to do with talent or ability
- Recognize that it’s not a matter of conditions but of choice
- Start with the little things
- Settle moral issues before you are confronted
- Trust in God
6. TEACHABILITY is a Choice
They know enough who know how to learn. – Henry Brooks Adams
Nothing is interesting if you are not interested. Helen Macinness
To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. – Tze-Sze
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is an outspoken man of action. He is known for regular boxing, judo and horseback rides, hikes.
His accomplishments while in leadership, are remarkable; building of the Panama Canal, negotiation of peace between Russia and Japan, winning a Nobel Peace Prize.
Even after his presidency, he led a scientific expedition to River of Doubt in Brazil. It was a great learning adventure and he was 55 years old.
On Jan 6, 1919, he died at his home, in his sleep. Although death has taken him during sleep, when they removed him from his bed, they found a book under his pillow. Up to the very end, Theodore Roosevelt was still striving to learn and improve himself.
He is a truly remarkable man of his age, to be always on-the-go and thirsty for knowledge.
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