{"id":348,"date":"2013-12-13T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T16:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=348"},"modified":"2013-12-13T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T16:04:19","slug":"guest-blogger-ted-moreno-commitment-and-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/guest-blogger-ted-moreno-commitment-and-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger Ted Moreno – Commitment and Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s guest blogger is Ted Moreno<\/a>, success performance coach and certified hypnotherapist.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite movie quotes comes from \u201cUnforgiven\u201d starring Clint Eastwood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

William Munny (Eastwood), is a former murderer and outlaw. He\u2019s got his shotgun aimed at the sadistic town sheriff, on the ground, already shot.<\/p>\n

The sheriff begs \u201cI don\u2019t deserve this. I was building a house. \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Munny replies \u201cDeserve\u2019s got nothin\u2019 to do with it.\u201d<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

You can probably guess what happens next, if you know anything about Clint Eastwood films.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a harsh reality. What you feel you deserve has little to do with what you actually get.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because what you feel you deserve is only that: what you feel<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And what you think and feel isn\u2019t truth. It\u2019s just what you think and\u00a0feel.<\/p>\n

There were many times I didn\u2019t feel like writing my book. Or editing it. Or re-writing parts that needed it. But I had made a commitment to my mastermind group to get it done by a certain date. The idea of not meeting the deadline seemed akin to not getting up in the middle of the night to see what my six year old was crying about.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to be ruled by what you feel you deserve, or like, or don’t like about what you have to do. But how you feel’s got nothing to do with it. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s about what you are committed<\/strong> to.<\/p>\n

When you have a powerful commitment, such as to your child, it exists independent of how you feel, what you like or want, or what you deserve.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

People who consistently take action because of the strength of their commitments are called Extraordinary.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe you have no interest being extraordinary.<\/p>\n

But if you are reading this, I\u2019m pretty sure you\u2019re not committed to being powerless.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because that’s how we feel when we are unable or unwilling to take action and honor our commitments and our word.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Up until 2003, the only thing I was committed to was not committing to anything. Someone told me \u201cTed, you don\u2019t have a lot to hang your hat on.\u201d Ouch. Not only did I feel powerless, I felt downright crappy<\/em>…<\/p>\n

But from 2003 to 2008:<\/strong><\/p>\n