Taylor Swift Practices100 Percent Commitment

 
I was at the grocery store
yesterday and I happened to
see a magazine with Taylor
Swift on the cover.

Taylor Swift is the 20-year-old
country singer who has been
enjoying great success lately.

As I recall, the name of the
magazine that she was on the
cover of is called In Style.

In Style magazine had an article
about Taylor Swift inside. I
browsed the article.

One thing that caught my eye was
something she said about commitment.

I'll paraphrase since I don't remember
precisely what she said.

Basically, she said she makes sure she
only takes on projects that she is 100
percent committed to.

That's a nice way to live your life, isn't
it? Take on only those things that you
are 100 percent committed to.

Certainly this attitude has helped Taylor
Swift.

She was named Entertainer of the Year at
the most recent CMA awards show in November,
2009. Of all the awards given to country
musicians at an awards show, I understand
this is the top honor.

It doesn't get any better than this. At
age 19, Taylor Swift was the youngest person
ever to win this award.

Back to commitment. Commitment is what
has gotten Taylor Swift where she is today.

She started passing out her demo tape on
Nashville's music row at age 11. By age
14, she had a development deal with a major
record label in Nashville.

By age 16, she had recorded her first album.

Commitment is who Taylor Swift is and
commitment is what has made her so
successful.

One more thought. Commitment derives from
love. You have to love what you are doing
in order to be committed to it.

Well, actually, it works both ways.

If you are committed to something, you are
more likely to love it. This greater love
then leads to greater commitment.

Commitment and love feed each other like the
fire feeds the flames and the flames feed
the fire.

Irrational simile, it is, but it works. Just
as flames and fire are pretty much the same
thing, so love and commitment are pretty much
the same thing.

Ed Abbott