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Hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of Living in Exhortation.
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My name is More Mundwa, and today we are going to be talking about commitment sets the tone of the direction of our lives.
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In each and every aspect of our lives, for us to be satisfied with the work we do and the effort we produce, there needs to be an extent of commitment to it.
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Commitment is basically showing loyalty to the grind placed on a specific task until its completion.
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There is a quote that I love from Robin Sharma, who has written a book called The 5am Club, that says the grade of work you offer to the world reflects the strength of the respect you have for yourself.
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This basically tells us that our dedication to a task and its outcome brings out our true character.
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As I learned from my father just a couple of weeks ago when we had a conversation, just a catch-up between the two of us, he taught me that there are four kinds of commitments found in people.
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These are calculative, alienative, sociological, and vocational.
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Let's dig deeper into these four.
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Calculative commitment is the kind of loyalty that goes with rewards.
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One is dedicated to a certain task, a certain career, or a specific post because they know that at the end of the day there will be rewards for it.
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The prize can be in terms of bonuses, a rise in status, or even certain privileges that are not accessible to many in an organization.
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Therefore, this kind of commitment is conditional.
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If the rewards are no longer coming your way, then it means one's loyalty dwindles or falls short or is given elsewhere.
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Secondly, we have the alienative commitment.
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This is the kind of allegiance that comes from threats.
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One does not really want to do certain tasks or does not even want to be there in the first place.
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However, due to the consequences that they will have to bear for not showing up, they find themselves having to live in compliance.
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In this kind of commitment, there is mostly a lack of initiative or even goodwill found in the people involved.
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They do what they are told and nothing more.
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And most times, they are actually pushed based on fear in order to complete tasks given to them.
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We also have the sociological commitment where one is driven by passion.
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What we mean by this is that they love what they do, they have an inner joy whenever they find themselves doing the tasks at hand, and they do not need to be pushed to do any of them.
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Actually, these are the kind of people who would do assignments at work, whether they are being paid or not.
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They just enjoy what they do, and mostly you find they are good at what they do as well.
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Nevertheless, if they are not, they are willing to learn.
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Why?
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This is because at the end of the day they are content and fulfilled.
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I choose to believe that only people who have reached self-actualization under Maslow's hierarchy of needs find themselves with this kind of mindset.
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Lastly, we have what we call vocational commitment.
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This comes from one having a deeper conviction of why they do what they do.
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Whether they enjoy their work or not, whether it gives them satisfaction and fulfillment or not, they know this is the path that is set out for them, and they need to accomplish what is ahead of them in order to fulfill their purpose.
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No matter how difficult the road ahead is.
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This resonates with a gentleman by the name Paul Son, who gives a definition of what a calling is, and he says, A calling is God's personal invitation to us to work on his agenda using our vocational sweet spot in ways that are eternally significant.
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Having gone through each of them, do you see yourself in any of these four kinds of commitment?
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Are you content with the kind of commitment you bring to your work environment, your family, your friends, your church, your community?
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For us to improve in the different areas of our lives, where we notice a lack of commitment, we have to be truthful to our souls first and admit we have a problem.
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From there, we can actually audit our own lives, rectify and adjust where need be in order for our devotion in what we do to align with our own values.
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I end with this.
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Again, another quote from Robin Sharmer that says, What makes the most successful achievers so great isn't their inherent talent, but their levels of commitment, discipline, resilience, and perseverance.
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This, I believe, is what we should strive towards.
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Food for thought?
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I choose to believe so.
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Thank you so much for listening.
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Until the next time, take care of yourselves and have a good one.