April 7, 2024 • 15 mins
Join us on "Prepare to Win" as we explore a fundamental truth: your commitment level directly influences your success. This discussion offers practical strategies for enhancing commitment within your dealership and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and leadership. It's a conversation packed with insights beneficial for both seasoned professionals and those new to the automotive industry. Join us as we uncover how to elevate commitment and drive success.
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David Lowe (00:00):
The level of your commitment will determine the
level of results.
Isn't that true?
That's true.
It's not just at work, but inlife as well.
Stay tuned.
Grace Lupoi (00:18):
Welcome to Prepare to Win.
I'm Grace Lupoi and and I'mhere with David Lowe, and today
we're talking about levels ofcommitment, right, and we know
that most will do some and somewill do most, and we've kind of
broken that down into threedifferent areas that we kind of
like to talk about with peoplethat we work with right.
David Lowe (00:32):
Right?
So it's so important.
It's not just work, it's life.
The level of your commitmentdetermines the level of your
success, right?
So we see this.
Well, this whole podcast andevery episode is about living
with excellence, working withexcellence, and so we study a
lot of the principles that havealways existed, the principles
(00:53):
of natural law always existed,and updated techniques and
technologies.
The principles never change,but how we respond to them
definitely does.
Today, we're talking about theprinciple of commitment, right,
and I think if you go back 2,000or 3,000 years, you could say
that you reap what you sow,right?
(01:13):
That's a common phrase.
You get out of something whatyou put into something, right?
And so we're going to talk inthis episode about you said it a
couple different levels oftiers of commitment, right?
Where are you at in your levelof commitment and maybe what
would make you want to changeyour level of commitment, right?
(01:33):
So I think that I don't carewho you study.
I read a great quote from thegreat coach from Indiana.
What's his name?
The chair thrower, oh, Right,okay so you his name, the chair
thrower.
Oh Right, okay, so you guys knowwho I'm talking about, but
here's the thing he was a greatcoach.
In so many ways Maybe the chairthrowing took away from it,
(01:55):
right, but the point that hesaid that the will to succeed is
important, but the will toprepare is more important, right
.
And so when we're talking aboutcommitment, we're really
talking about what are youwilling to do to succeed?
Wanting to succeed, but doing.
(02:17):
Now we know that.
Truett, cathy, we've talkedabout his three principles
desire and drive.
The desire and drive to succeed, developing the know-how and
then taking action.
So, no matter who we studyright from great coaches to
great businessmen, to peoplewho've achieved much, we see the
principle of commitment, don'twe?
(02:38):
We do Reap and sow, and so Ithink that, well, we've narrowed
down three levels.
And these are generic and maybethere's degrees in between, but
we have well for us.
We have our training and ourtraining platform online.
It's a turnkey system, whichmeans that any dealer can use it
to develop a manager-ledculture of ongoing training.
(03:01):
That's how we developed it.
So, as a sales manager myself,I thought what would I have
wanted to have at my fingertips?
And so we have all thedownloads, all the videos, all
the quizzes, all that's designedto create this manager.
They don't have to createanything.
It's training in a box.
Okay, so you get that into adealership.
(03:22):
What level of commitment are weat Right?
And we gauge that right.
We'll go into a dealership.
What level of commitment are weat right?
And we gauge that right.
We'll go into the dealershipand we'll see some that are very
passive.
You've seen it.
Grace Lupoi (03:30):
Yes.
David Lowe (03:31):
They sign up for training, they want training,
they know they need training andthey oh, here you go, guys,
here's the training, we've gotit for you.
That's pretty much it.
We hope you use it.
Pretty much it.
We hope you use it.
You better use it, you shoulduse it, and typically at the
passive dealer, we find thatthis is really typically a
leadership problem, whereleaders aren't committed to
(03:57):
doing it themselves, but they'regetting it for everybody else.
So we know that real changestarts at the top and we'll see.
Passive dealers are like we'regoing to invest in the training
and we're going to let everybodydecide if they're going to use
it or not.
More or less right, greatintentions though they know they
need it.
They do something thatnon-training dealers don't do,
so let's give them credit forthat, and I don't believe
(04:19):
they're getting the most fromthe training package because
they're not really engaging.
Okay, so think about you at home.
You buy a NordicTrack bike,right?
I talked about my NordicTrackbike in previous episodes.
Freaking love that bike and Ibuy it.
What is my level of commitment?
Do I buy the bike, put it inthe room and then plan on maybe
(04:41):
using it sometime?
I know I should, and I boughtit because it should.
I like having it and Idefinitely plan on using it.
But what is my level ofengagement?
Right, if I'm passive, Iprobably don't use it that often
.
Right, it might be holdingclose, right?
Okay, so we have passive andthen we have the next one.
Might be called active Again,generic terms but an active
(05:05):
dealer for us is somebody who'sa little more engaged.
Right, they've got the system,they want the training and
they're using different parts ofit, maybe not as a habit, but
they're using it, they'reengaging with it and maybe the
flow goes in and out.
Right, and I think, probably,if you've got that Nordic Trek
(05:26):
bike and you're thinking, wow, Ifeel fat today and you ride,
right, well, I need to get shape, and you ride for a week,
you're all about it, or a month,and the next thing you know
you're not doing that might beactive.
You're doing it off and on, butnot really in a focused way.
So we move from passive I'vegot it, I hope to use it to
(05:49):
active.
I got it and I'm using it.
I'm not as consistent as I wantto be, but I'm getting better
results.
Now, in the passive area we seewell, you see this, you'll go in
there and there's salesmenkilling it with the train.
You said it some, right, domost and most do some.
So in the passive dealership,the some are benefiting, aren't
(06:13):
they?
That's right.
In fact, we often say that atrain will never cost you a dime
, even if you're passive.
So even if you don't want toget the bike I'd rather have you
have the bike and the option toride it.
You can always level up, right,that's right.
And when you have the train'sgonna jump on board and it'll
pay for the training over andover.
But if you want more out of it,engage your team a little bit
(06:35):
and that starts at theleadership level.
Move to this active status.
Right, that's, we're using it.
And sometimes the active dealermight be the one that is
reactive, meaning that we've gota problem here.
We're having a bad month.
We we better train more, right?
They start selling cars andmaking money in a training.
It's not a habit, so it fallsoff, right, right, I feel pretty
good.
I feel like I'm in pretty goodshape.
(06:56):
I don't need to ride my bikeanymore.
That's kind of the thing, right.
So that might be active.
They're going to see betterresults, but still not getting
everything they should.
So the highest form of oursubscribers, the committed one.
And in your life, if you'repassive you'll get some results.
(07:17):
If you're active you'll getbetter results, but if you're
committed you can get whateveryou want.
Grace Lupoi (07:23):
That's right.
David Lowe (07:24):
Committed.
So we say when a buyer iscommitted, they become flexible.
They'll do what it takes.
Yep, when you become committedto something, you will do what
it takes.
If you buy that Nord truck bikeand you are committed to
getting in shape right, you willmake a schedule, you will make
(07:46):
it a priority.
You will develop.
You won't be perfect, but whenyou miss a day you'll feel bad
about it and you'll make it up.
You know what I mean.
That's committed.
You'll make a plan.
You'll have a here's where I amand here's where I want to go.
You'll have vision for what youwant.
Commitment really is somebodywho sees here's where I am and
(08:06):
here's where I want to go andI'm going to do what it takes to
get there.
So, truett Cathy, again withBobby Knight, the will to
prepare right is more important.
Truett Cathy said yeah, you'vegot to prepare, you've got to
desire and drive and you've gotto develop the know-how.
That's the preparation.
And he goes on to say then youhave to do it.
(08:28):
Action is what creates allright.
So the committed seem to bemore willing to come up with a
plan of action.
Um, find ways to get it doneinstead of find excuses right
not to do it yeah, and that alsogoes with.
Grace Lupoi (08:45):
We have those four pillars of leadership, and
leadership we've talked about inprevious episodes is doing
something without having to betold.
So if I'm at any of these threelevels, whether it's passive,
active or committed, what arethe expectations that I've set
for myself?
David Lowe (08:59):
Yeah.
Grace Lupoi (09:00):
And how do I hold myself accountable?
David Lowe (09:01):
That's awesome.
Grace Lupoi (09:02):
If I'm passive.
Maybe I haven't set theexpectation, that's it.
Maybe I have, but I haven'treally fully set that out clear
and high and I'm not holdingmyself accountable.
How do those go hand in hand?
David Lowe (09:16):
Oh, so glad you brought that.
So those principles ofleadership intersect with the
principle of commitment, doesn'tit?
I love that.
So as you go through theseepisodes, you're going to see
how all these principles arelike building blocks they depend
on one another.
So you just mentioned also,maybe, the principle of vision
through planning.
What is my expectation ofmyself?
What do I want?
(09:36):
Why do I want it?
How am I going to get it?
That's the vision plan wetalked about in previous
episodes.
All right, so we're coming.
As you go through these episodeswith us, I'm hoping that we're
trying to.
As you go through theseepisodes with us, I'm hoping
that we're trying to.
We always want to sparksomething right.
You may not take and do exactlywhat we talk about doing, but I
think when you hear them, we'rehoping to spark something.
(09:57):
You know what I'm thinkingabout this.
I'm going to try this.
There might be another ideathat comes out of it.
But think about wherever you'reat, if you're not getting what
you want, is it because of anoutside force or is it because
of your commitment level?
If you're committed, you willmake a plan and you will
consistently execute your planNot perfectly, but consistently.
(10:22):
It's really important.
We see committed dealers.
They're running a sales huddleand they're training together.
Managers are leading by example, as you mentioned, by doing the
training themselves.
I go to dealerships.
I see them watching it andsometimes I'll call a dealer in
the morning and the dealer willbe watching the video of the day
(10:43):
as I'm talking to them at 7.30as I'm driving.
They're really committed.
You see the action that the planof action is taking place.
They show up for our liveevents a lot of times, right.
They make sure that they'reengaging with the downloads,
using the quizzes.
They're looking at the activityand progress reporting of their
team and using that to coachtheir team to become better.
(11:06):
So you can see, these are allsigns of what commitment looks
like, right?
So I think that.
So we put this all together.
Where are you now right on yourjourney and where do you want
to be Right, and is commitment atool you can use to move you to
(11:26):
the next phase?
I absolutely believe it is.
I think you have to slow downand if you want to go back in
our episodes and look atself-examination, right?
Grace Lupoi (11:40):
I was just getting ready to say that, right.
David Lowe (11:41):
Let's talk about it.
So how would you know whereyou're at here without what?
Grace Lupoi (11:45):
Self-examination.
David Lowe (11:46):
Yeah.
So we're big on talking aboutthat mindfulness, of thinking
through our day, how they dotoday what I do well, what could
I have improved?
Am I living my life accordingto my values or not?
Did life run me or did I run it?
That's kind of self-examination.
(12:06):
So now you might say, in mytime of self-examination, what
am I committed to and how am Idoing on my commitments?
That might be the thing.
And if I'm not where I want tobe, is it based on the level of
my commitment or am I findingreasons why not to, or am I
finding reasons why to?
(12:28):
That's really what we'retalking about.
Self-examination could exposethe opportunity.
You can level up at any time.
Unfortunately, you can leveldown at any time.
Grace Lupoi (12:41):
It's pretty easy, you know.
David Lowe (12:45):
I'm very committed to my morning workouts and, as
you know, last week I wasn'tfeeling good and then, of course
, I went out of town for myniece's wedding and we're in a
central time zone and I wasn'tby.
So things kind of got out oftrack and it was so easy.
Today I woke up at five andbeing used to the other time
zone was hard to get up.
(13:05):
Like, well, maybe I won't workout today.
Boy, it's so tempting, right.
I got to the gym so I got upand went, but boy, it took that
moment of reconnecting with mycommitment.
Why do I do it and what do Iwant, and who do I want to be to
get me out the door again?
So I had a little breakdownbecause my schedule changed and
(13:26):
I'm very dependent on my routine.
Right, my routine got broken up.
It started to threaten mycommitment.
Now I have to make a decision.
So, I think the level of yourcommitment will definitely
determine the level of yourresults in life Is that true.
It's so true.
Grace Lupoi (13:42):
Yeah, all right.
David Lowe (13:43):
So this episode, we want to challenge you.
Maybe pick out something inyour life personal, professional
and ask maybe it's training,let's just use that.
Is training important to you?
Does what you do matter?
Does how you do it matter?
If it does, then how do you getbetter Right and train right?
And you learn and you practiceand so maybe you would say I
(14:07):
want to be better in this area.
So how committed am I, bobby?
And I said, how committed am Ito preparation?
Right, how committed am I totraining to become better?
And you can do that, evaluate,pick out maybe one area in your
life and say I'd like to be morecommitted here and maybe make a
list of three or four ways thatyou could show your commitment,
(14:30):
live your commitment right.
Maybe it's that those tasks orroutines that you do right, that
you force yourself to do at thebeginning, until the habit
takes hold and the lifestylechanges and the commitment level
goes with it right, all right.
So what are you going to do tolevel up and what are you going
to do to protect yourself fromleveling down right From so many
(14:52):
people?
We had another episode talkingabout prosperity is the enemy of
excellence, right, and so manypeople will achieve so many
things through commitment, andonce they achieve the things,
the commitment starts to wanderright.
Why would I be so committedwhen I'm already here and so we
might give up commitments inprosperity?
So, whether you're not whereyou want to be or you are where
(15:14):
you want to be, commitment is aprinciple that serves you.
Self-examination will help youidentify it, and then you're
going to have to make somedecisions, to take some action
right.
Grace Lupoi (15:24):
Absolutely Cool.
David Lowe (15:25):
Well, we're so glad you joined us.
Grace always reminds you likeus.
Send us some notes.
What would you like to hearabout?
Right, I know that I'd like tosee a little more of Lexi in the
podcast, so tell us what you'dlike to see.
The level of your commitment will determine the
level of results.
Isn't that true?
That's true.
It's not just at work, but inlife as well.
Stay tuned.
Grace Lupoi (00:18):
Welcome to Prepare to Win.
I'm Grace Lupoi and and I'mhere with David Lowe, and today
we're talking about levels ofcommitment, right, and we know
that most will do some and somewill do most, and we've kind of
broken that down into threedifferent areas that we kind of
like to talk about with peoplethat we work with right.
David Lowe (00:32):
Right?
So it's so important.
It's not just work, it's life.
The level of your commitmentdetermines the level of your
success, right?
So we see this.
Well, this whole podcast andevery episode is about living
with excellence, working withexcellence, and so we study a
lot of the principles that havealways existed, the principles
(00:53):
of natural law always existed,and updated techniques and
technologies.
The principles never change,but how we respond to them
definitely does.
Today, we're talking about theprinciple of commitment, right,
and I think if you go back 2,000or 3,000 years, you could say
that you reap what you sow,right?
(01:13):
That's a common phrase.
You get out of something whatyou put into something, right?
And so we're going to talk inthis episode about you said it a
couple different levels oftiers of commitment, right?
Where are you at in your levelof commitment and maybe what
would make you want to changeyour level of commitment, right?
(01:33):
So I think that I don't carewho you study.
I read a great quote from thegreat coach from Indiana.
What's his name?
The chair thrower, oh, Right,okay so you his name, the chair
thrower.
Oh Right, okay, so you guys knowwho I'm talking about, but
here's the thing he was a greatcoach.
In so many ways Maybe the chairthrowing took away from it,
(01:55):
right, but the point that hesaid that the will to succeed is
important, but the will toprepare is more important, right
.
And so when we're talking aboutcommitment, we're really
talking about what are youwilling to do to succeed?
Wanting to succeed, but doing.
(02:17):
Now we know that.
Truett, cathy, we've talkedabout his three principles
desire and drive.
The desire and drive to succeed, developing the know-how and
then taking action.
So, no matter who we studyright from great coaches to
great businessmen, to peoplewho've achieved much, we see the
principle of commitment, don'twe?
(02:38):
We do Reap and sow, and so Ithink that, well, we've narrowed
down three levels.
And these are generic and maybethere's degrees in between, but
we have well for us.
We have our training and ourtraining platform online.
It's a turnkey system, whichmeans that any dealer can use it
to develop a manager-ledculture of ongoing training.
(03:01):
That's how we developed it.
So, as a sales manager myself,I thought what would I have
wanted to have at my fingertips?
And so we have all thedownloads, all the videos, all
the quizzes, all that's designedto create this manager.
They don't have to createanything.
It's training in a box.
Okay, so you get that into adealership.
(03:22):
What level of commitment are weat Right?
And we gauge that right.
We'll go into a dealership.
What level of commitment are weat right?
And we gauge that right.
We'll go into the dealershipand we'll see some that are very
passive.
You've seen it.
Grace Lupoi (03:30):
Yes.
David Lowe (03:31):
They sign up for training, they want training,
they know they need training andthey oh, here you go, guys,
here's the training, we've gotit for you.
That's pretty much it.
We hope you use it.
Pretty much it.
We hope you use it.
You better use it, you shoulduse it, and typically at the
passive dealer, we find thatthis is really typically a
leadership problem, whereleaders aren't committed to
(03:57):
doing it themselves, but they'regetting it for everybody else.
So we know that real changestarts at the top and we'll see.
Passive dealers are like we'regoing to invest in the training
and we're going to let everybodydecide if they're going to use
it or not.
More or less right, greatintentions though they know they
need it.
They do something thatnon-training dealers don't do,
so let's give them credit forthat, and I don't believe
(04:19):
they're getting the most fromthe training package because
they're not really engaging.
Okay, so think about you at home.
You buy a NordicTrack bike,right?
I talked about my NordicTrackbike in previous episodes.
Freaking love that bike and Ibuy it.
What is my level of commitment?
Do I buy the bike, put it inthe room and then plan on maybe
(04:41):
using it sometime?
I know I should, and I boughtit because it should.
I like having it and Idefinitely plan on using it.
But what is my level ofengagement?
Right, if I'm passive, Iprobably don't use it that often
.
Right, it might be holdingclose, right?
Okay, so we have passive andthen we have the next one.
Might be called active Again,generic terms but an active
(05:05):
dealer for us is somebody who'sa little more engaged.
Right, they've got the system,they want the training and
they're using different parts ofit, maybe not as a habit, but
they're using it, they'reengaging with it and maybe the
flow goes in and out.
Right, and I think, probably,if you've got that Nordic Trek
(05:26):
bike and you're thinking, wow, Ifeel fat today and you ride,
right, well, I need to get shape, and you ride for a week,
you're all about it, or a month,and the next thing you know
you're not doing that might beactive.
You're doing it off and on, butnot really in a focused way.
So we move from passive I'vegot it, I hope to use it to
(05:49):
active.
I got it and I'm using it.
I'm not as consistent as I wantto be, but I'm getting better
results.
Now, in the passive area we seewell, you see this, you'll go in
there and there's salesmenkilling it with the train.
You said it some, right, domost and most do some.
So in the passive dealership,the some are benefiting, aren't
(06:13):
they?
That's right.
In fact, we often say that atrain will never cost you a dime
, even if you're passive.
So even if you don't want toget the bike I'd rather have you
have the bike and the option toride it.
You can always level up, right,that's right.
And when you have the train'sgonna jump on board and it'll
pay for the training over andover.
But if you want more out of it,engage your team a little bit
(06:35):
and that starts at theleadership level.
Move to this active status.
Right, that's, we're using it.
And sometimes the active dealermight be the one that is
reactive, meaning that we've gota problem here.
We're having a bad month.
We we better train more, right?
They start selling cars andmaking money in a training.
It's not a habit, so it fallsoff, right, right, I feel pretty
good.
I feel like I'm in pretty goodshape.
(06:56):
I don't need to ride my bikeanymore.
That's kind of the thing, right.
So that might be active.
They're going to see betterresults, but still not getting
everything they should.
So the highest form of oursubscribers, the committed one.
And in your life, if you'repassive you'll get some results.
(07:17):
If you're active you'll getbetter results, but if you're
committed you can get whateveryou want.
Grace Lupoi (07:23):
That's right.
David Lowe (07:24):
Committed.
So we say when a buyer iscommitted, they become flexible.
They'll do what it takes.
Yep, when you become committedto something, you will do what
it takes.
If you buy that Nord truck bikeand you are committed to
getting in shape right, you willmake a schedule, you will make
(07:46):
it a priority.
You will develop.
You won't be perfect, but whenyou miss a day you'll feel bad
about it and you'll make it up.
You know what I mean.
That's committed.
You'll make a plan.
You'll have a here's where I amand here's where I want to go.
You'll have vision for what youwant.
Commitment really is somebodywho sees here's where I am and
(08:06):
here's where I want to go andI'm going to do what it takes to
get there.
So, truett Cathy, again withBobby Knight, the will to
prepare right is more important.
Truett Cathy said yeah, you'vegot to prepare, you've got to
desire and drive and you've gotto develop the know-how.
That's the preparation.
And he goes on to say then youhave to do it.
(08:28):
Action is what creates allright.
So the committed seem to bemore willing to come up with a
plan of action.
Um, find ways to get it doneinstead of find excuses right
not to do it yeah, and that alsogoes with.
Grace Lupoi (08:45):
We have those four pillars of leadership, and
leadership we've talked about inprevious episodes is doing
something without having to betold.
So if I'm at any of these threelevels, whether it's passive,
active or committed, what arethe expectations that I've set
for myself?
David Lowe (08:59):
Yeah.
Grace Lupoi (09:00):
And how do I hold myself accountable?
David Lowe (09:01):
That's awesome.
Grace Lupoi (09:02):
If I'm passive.
Maybe I haven't set theexpectation, that's it.
Maybe I have, but I haven'treally fully set that out clear
and high and I'm not holdingmyself accountable.
How do those go hand in hand?
David Lowe (09:16):
Oh, so glad you brought that.
So those principles ofleadership intersect with the
principle of commitment, doesn'tit?
I love that.
So as you go through theseepisodes, you're going to see
how all these principles arelike building blocks they depend
on one another.
So you just mentioned also,maybe, the principle of vision
through planning.
What is my expectation ofmyself?
What do I want?
(09:36):
Why do I want it?
How am I going to get it?
That's the vision plan wetalked about in previous
episodes.
All right, so we're coming.
As you go through these episodeswith us, I'm hoping that we're
trying to.
As you go through theseepisodes with us, I'm hoping
that we're trying to.
We always want to sparksomething right.
You may not take and do exactlywhat we talk about doing, but I
think when you hear them, we'rehoping to spark something.
(09:57):
You know what I'm thinkingabout this.
I'm going to try this.
There might be another ideathat comes out of it.
But think about wherever you'reat, if you're not getting what
you want, is it because of anoutside force or is it because
of your commitment level?
If you're committed, you willmake a plan and you will
consistently execute your planNot perfectly, but consistently.
(10:22):
It's really important.
We see committed dealers.
They're running a sales huddleand they're training together.
Managers are leading by example, as you mentioned, by doing the
training themselves.
I go to dealerships.
I see them watching it andsometimes I'll call a dealer in
the morning and the dealer willbe watching the video of the day
(10:43):
as I'm talking to them at 7.30as I'm driving.
They're really committed.
You see the action that the planof action is taking place.
They show up for our liveevents a lot of times, right.
They make sure that they'reengaging with the downloads,
using the quizzes.
They're looking at the activityand progress reporting of their
team and using that to coachtheir team to become better.
(11:06):
So you can see, these are allsigns of what commitment looks
like, right?
So I think that.
So we put this all together.
Where are you now right on yourjourney and where do you want
to be Right, and is commitment atool you can use to move you to
(11:26):
the next phase?
I absolutely believe it is.
I think you have to slow downand if you want to go back in
our episodes and look atself-examination, right?
Grace Lupoi (11:40):
I was just getting ready to say that, right.
David Lowe (11:41):
Let's talk about it.
So how would you know whereyou're at here without what?
Grace Lupoi (11:45):
Self-examination.
David Lowe (11:46):
Yeah.
So we're big on talking aboutthat mindfulness, of thinking
through our day, how they dotoday what I do well, what could
I have improved?
Am I living my life accordingto my values or not?
Did life run me or did I run it?
That's kind of self-examination.
(12:06):
So now you might say, in mytime of self-examination, what
am I committed to and how am Idoing on my commitments?
That might be the thing.
And if I'm not where I want tobe, is it based on the level of
my commitment or am I findingreasons why not to, or am I
finding reasons why to?
(12:28):
That's really what we'retalking about.
Self-examination could exposethe opportunity.
You can level up at any time.
Unfortunately, you can leveldown at any time.
Grace Lupoi (12:41):
It's pretty easy, you know.
David Lowe (12:45):
I'm very committed to my morning workouts and, as
you know, last week I wasn'tfeeling good and then, of course
, I went out of town for myniece's wedding and we're in a
central time zone and I wasn'tby.
So things kind of got out oftrack and it was so easy.
Today I woke up at five andbeing used to the other time
zone was hard to get up.
(13:05):
Like, well, maybe I won't workout today.
Boy, it's so tempting, right.
I got to the gym so I got upand went, but boy, it took that
moment of reconnecting with mycommitment.
Why do I do it and what do Iwant, and who do I want to be to
get me out the door again?
So I had a little breakdownbecause my schedule changed and
(13:26):
I'm very dependent on my routine.
Right, my routine got broken up.
It started to threaten mycommitment.
Now I have to make a decision.
So, I think the level of yourcommitment will definitely
determine the level of yourresults in life Is that true.
It's so true.
Grace Lupoi (13:42):
Yeah, all right.
David Lowe (13:43):
So this episode, we want to challenge you.
Maybe pick out something inyour life personal, professional
and ask maybe it's training,let's just use that.
Is training important to you?
Does what you do matter?
Does how you do it matter?
If it does, then how do you getbetter Right and train right?
And you learn and you practiceand so maybe you would say I
(14:07):
want to be better in this area.
So how committed am I, bobby?
And I said, how committed am Ito preparation?
Right, how committed am I totraining to become better?
And you can do that, evaluate,pick out maybe one area in your
life and say I'd like to be morecommitted here and maybe make a
list of three or four ways thatyou could show your commitment,
(14:30):
live your commitment right.
Maybe it's that those tasks orroutines that you do right, that
you force yourself to do at thebeginning, until the habit
takes hold and the lifestylechanges and the commitment level
goes with it right, all right.
So what are you going to do tolevel up and what are you going
to do to protect yourself fromleveling down right From so many
(14:52):
people?
We had another episode talkingabout prosperity is the enemy of
excellence, right, and so manypeople will achieve so many
things through commitment, andonce they achieve the things,
the commitment starts to wanderright.
Why would I be so committedwhen I'm already here and so we
might give up commitments inprosperity?
So, whether you're not whereyou want to be or you are where
(15:14):
you want to be, commitment is aprinciple that serves you.
Self-examination will help youidentify it, and then you're
going to have to make somedecisions, to take some action
right.
Grace Lupoi (15:24):
Absolutely Cool.
David Lowe (15:25):
Well, we're so glad you joined us.
Grace always reminds you likeus.
Send us some notes.
What would you like to hearabout?
Right, I know that I'd like tosee a little more of Lexi in the
podcast, so tell us what you'dlike to see.
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