Why do people set the intention to do something really important and then don’t follow through?
- There’s an action that we know is important
- When it comes time to act, we feel resistance
- We sabotage the important action in two ways: a) By not taking action on it (procrastination) and b) By taking another action that impedes the important action
Robert Kegan, who pioneered the field of adult development, wrote the book Immunity To Change on the framework of competing commitments. A few examples:
I pulled the template below from his book so you can use it as an exercise to help you discover your own competing commitments.
Competing Commitments Template
Map Immunity To Change Map,Testing Big Assumptions,CBT Who,Commitment (improvement goal),Doing / not doing instead (what do I actually do),Worry Box,Hidden / competing commitments,Big assumptions ,My big assumption says: ,So I will (change my behavior this way)...,And I will collect the followin...
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