You Are Already Committed.
Not your usual Thursday send — Executive Audio and podcast still land Thursday as normal. What follows today is different: possibly the most important ABSTRACT® we have published.
Speaking of commitments... well, we are.
Real commitments.
Not soft commitments. Not lip service. Not performative virtue. Not word salad. Not listening to yourself talk.
No nonsense. No bull…
Before anything else, one request. It matters a great deal.
If, after reading this ABSTRACT®, you believe it has genuine value, simply reply to this email with one word:
YES
That is all.
Your response will help shape what comes next.
This ABSTRACT® is not merely another issue. It is the intellectual scaffolding for what we intend to become a comprehensive, one-year university-level course.
If we do not hear from you, we will reluctantly conclude that you did not find it sufficiently valuable to warrant a one-word reply.
Thank you.
There are ten commitments that consistently distinguish successful careers, successful businesses, and successful lives from ordinary ones.
The question is not whether you agree with them. The question is far more demanding:
How committed are you to living them?
By commitments, we mean the enduring obligations and promises that determine the trajectory of an adult life.
Not goals.
Not aspirations.
Not motivational slogans.
Not inspirational nonsense.
Please pay particular attention this THE MANNING OBSERVATION. From it, you may develop your own observations, your own aphorisms, and ultimately your own philosophy for living.
Every adult makes commitments.
Successful adults make the right commitments.
Extraordinary adults honor them consistently.
We believe this may be the most consequential MONDAY INFLUENCER ABSTRACT® we have ever published.
Perhaps the highest-return investment from eight minutes of reading many people will make.
Inside, we examine THE TEN COMMITMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL ADULT LIVES, organized into five foundational categories:
Commitment to Self
Commitment to Family
Commitment to Work
Commitment to Resources
Commitment to Society
Permit us one observation, entirely consistent with our editorial philosophy:
The quality of a life is determined not by the number of commitments one makes, but by the judgment exercised in choosing them—and the discipline with which they are honored.
Every adult makes commitments.
Few choose them wisely.
Fewer still honor them.
And now, a big bonus.
Included with this ABSTRACT® is THE FIVE-MINUTE EXECUTIVE SELF-ASSESSMENT™.
How committed are you to the ten commitments that most consistently distinguish successful careers, businesses, and lives?
A brief observation from Steven J. Manning.
The moment I finished creating THE FIVE-MINUTE EXECUTIVE SELF-ASSESSMENT™, I completed it myself! I learned a great deal.
Read the PDF here. Estimated reading time: 6 minutes.
Listen to the Executive Audio here. Just 10 minutes.
Life, business and careers are a 90/10 proposition.
90% of us experience some of the same challenges at the intersections of life, business and career. Some overcome those. Many just survive. Some experience a lifetime of failure. And some convert those into resounding successes.
At MONDAY INFLUENCER® We Architect Outcomes.
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Thank you.
Our best.
Steven & Nathaniel