I ran across this interesting set of statistics on psychological factors in behavioral commitment and change from a study at Brigham Young University.
It shows the chances of a change being incorporated into one's decision and behaviour in various scenarios and thought this would be very interesting in different personal interactions with other persons. When we consider that everything in the end is about commitment and change.
When a person...
Says, "That's a good idea." 10% Commits
"I'll do it." 25%
Says when they'll do it (in terms of a time). 40%
Plans how to do it. 50%
Commits to someone else. 60%
Sets a specific future time to share progress or to follow up with person they committed to. 95%
That, by the way, is an excellent example of why the right commitment pattern is so important.
Personally, I believe this to be the area where the most people have difficulties in working and committing another person........
Regards
Mark
