I wrote this in May for the MLM Leadership Course website over at What’s the difference between goals and commitments?/ and thought i’d share it with you guys!
Here’s a little story for you…
There’s a 30 year old man named Joe who just got involved in MLM. Joe’s an average guy, but he wants to make an extra $2,000 a month so that he can start working part-time at his job instead of working his typical 45 hour a week shift.
So Joe came online one day and found an ad stating “Build a Residual Income from home, one you can get month in and month out” so he clicked it, and decided to join up with Company X. Company X is a good MLM, it’s been around for 13 years and has been growing steadily each year, the products are good and there is good management in the company. It’s also a great time for this opportunity because this industry is growing rapidly and gaining tons of popularity.
So Joe’s working with his upline and they tell Joe “make a goal that you want to accomplish”, so Joe goes ahead and writes down “I want to make $2,000 a month starting July 16, 20__” so great, the first step was achieved right? Well, for the most part he did take a step in the right direction. … but there’s a minor little problem.
There’s a little difference between a goal and a commitment.
Goals:
Goals are set, sometimes accomplished, then you get another one if that first one didn’t work.
Commitments:
Commitments seem to tie back to a person’s values and therefore, it feels deeper. More meaningful.
So Joe had set a goal to make his $2,000 a month and switch to part-time by July 16th…well, July 16th comes around and Joe hadn’t gotten his goal. Ut oh.. little problem there, wouldn’t you think?
This leads to the question….what happened to that goal that Joe set? Well…he let it just sit on that piece of paper and didn’t really do much about it. He just thought “Well, it would be nice to have $2,000 a month residual income by July 16th” but he didn’t make an actual commitment to making $2,000 a month by that date.
What would have happened if Joe sat down and decided that he was going to make a commitment to make $2,000 a month. Well… here’s what would have happened. Joe would have made a conscious decision to work towards his commitment each and every day. Every single day he would do at least one thing, talk to one person or make 1 sale that would lead him to his $2,000 a month commitment….and Joe would be able to work part-time and have his $2,000 a month income from Company X!
That single thing right there could be the difference that you are missing in your business. So the only question is, will you make a Goal or a Commitment?
The difference between a Goal and a Commitment could be the difference between you making enough each month for you to quit your job or switch to part-time. The choice is yours…. I recommend making a Commitment though, but that’s just me 
