Richard CanfieldPodcast Host and IBC Advisor, Ascendant Financial · Authorized Infinite Banking Practitioner | Author of 4 Books

Why Micro-Commitments Matter

14 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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Speaker argues that micro-commitments—small, verifiable promises made up front—are used to test integrity and consistency before involving people in significant projects. The speaker describes using early, frequent micro-commitments as a risk-management and team-selection tool to avoid later costly personnel problems, noting that people often "talk a good game" but may not follow through.

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So I'm looking for micro commitments for you to keep your word. And if you break your word or your promise, are you going to restore your integrity by being proactive? If you can't commit to doing the small micro commitments consistently over a period of time, there's no way I'm going to involve you into some of my projects deals that I'm working on because you're not going to follow through and be consistent. So time will promote your time will expose you. I'm going to have you be exposed in the first couple hours and I meet you the first few days, a few weeks I meet you versus bringing into my team and then 90 days or 70 months later having to go through an uncomfortable situation of releasing you or getting rid of you and going through a lot of time, effort and energy. So we'll do micro commitments up front to mitigate the risk in terms of risk management. And I use it all the time, my team uses it all the time. And it's amazing what we've noticed with people because people talk a good game. Let's see if they follow through and actually show up consistently.