Just thought... if self-improvement is a goal for anyone, one can be rest assured one is moving in that direction if one follows a very simple principle, albeit strictly - fulfill your commitments on time. Make sure you do not renege/procrastinate on any promises/commitments you make. If you can follow this rule consistently, you'll be amazed with the results...for there can be only 2 outcomes in following this principle - (i) You meet your commitments or (ii) You don't.
If you do, well...you earn kudos. You can be happy, successful, etc. etc. More importantly, you'll be one of the very few around yourself who fulfills a promise. And 'on time'?? Well, that'll surely be your favorite icing on the cake!! Sit back and analyse this for a while...you'll realize almost everyone just gives global gas when it comes to this, be it for a delivery, production time, meeting for a movie, making a plan on Sunday......
If you don't (but your standards about self-performance are set high), you'll be chided, sniggered at, ignored in the future, meet with fake promises in return, etc. etc. But more importantly, on introspection, you value in your own eyes will/should come down. Your inner self will start coming to terms with the reality that you are not the hot-shot you imagine yourself to be. Now, if you are an escapist, you'll stop committing to people about almost anything, only to find out that people don't think much about you if you cannot commit.
Now, if you are like me, you won't like that...and so, the next time you make a promise to anyone about anything, you'll want to make sure you fulfill it, so that you can look at yourself in the mirror with your head held high.
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