There Are Liars And Committed People
There are people who are lying and there are people who are committed. The first are those who sell us their values, their false manners and their empty rhetoric in exchange for secret interests. The seconds are rarer, but in the end, they make us worthy. They are the ones who have clear words, they are sincere people who inspire us, who defend what they think about without hesitation and without fear.
A few years ago, a study was conducted globally to measure the level of engagement of individuals. Under the motto ” Inspire to connect ” we sought to promote three very concrete variables: commitment to oneself, commitment to others and also cohabitation with our planet and the environment.
The results were quite interesting and it is worth exploring the subject for several reasons. It could be found that the countries which showed the highest results on these three scales were the South Africans, the Argentines and the Spaniards. Those which, on the contrary, presented the weakest results were countries such as China or Japan.
Another aspect was discovered with this work: the people involved perceived themselves personally as being happier. Another element that has become very clear is that a person can in no way commit for those around him or for his planet if he does not love himself in the first place, if he does not put first in practice a genuine commitment to itself.
A detail, the latter as enlightening as it is interesting …
Liars and their low level of engagement
To understand the difference between liars and committed people, it is first necessary to understand what we mean by “commitment”. In general, this term refers to a statement of goals and a plan of action to achieve them, defend them and visualize them in society. On the other hand, beyond all this there is an affective, emotional and cognitive dimension, a clear and well-defined sense of what matters to us, what inspires us and what we believe in.
In fact, there is a sense of consciousness that comes from this internal universe where we need to live in harmony with what we think and what we live. Liars also start from this inner sphere, but instead of feeding on their strengths, ideals and values, they feed on their shortcomings, what they lack, what they don’t have. and that the outside has to offer them.
Another aspect that we must consider is the following: there are people who are committed to the goal but not for the way to achieve it. Say we have a partner who claims to love us, who convinces us that he is extremely committed to the relationship. He defends the goal, but does not assume the way to achieve it. In fact, he does not invest his time in a qualitative way, does not show any attention and does not show respect either. In this case, we would therefore be facing a “lying person”.
Committed people and self-esteem
Let us return to the study we mentioned at the beginning. It has been shown that the Spanish population showed a higher level of commitment in the medium term than that of the Chinese or the Germans. In fact, they perceive themselves to be happier and show an active interest in people in their environment and in the planet.
As we see it all comes down to an explicit desire to take care of one’s own, family members, neighbors, friends, co-workers, etc., also committing to social improvement and protection. adequate from natural species. Reading this, more than one person might be wondering: Aren’t the Chinese people and the German people doing it ?
They obviously do, but in fact they are societies that are much more focused on the importance of work and productivity, especially China. The key would therefore be to maintain an adequate balance in which there is a real commitment between all areas, the personal, the social, the professional and the economy, without forgetting something essential: the best commitment starts with oneself. -same. Below are the keys to making it happen.
- The people involved are critical. When someone knows what they want, what is worthy and also their values, they have no doubts about maintaining a critical attitude towards what they consider to be unfair. These are profiles that make use of a great franchise.
- The right commitment begins with oneself. The good self-concept, the strong self-esteem and the work of an image adjusted between what we want and what we are able to do, we will help enormously in order to commit ourselves to ourselves and to others.
- Thus, the greater the commitment to oneself, the greater the sensitivity to the environment and to society. Sooner or later, a person understands that we are not really islands separated by an ocean and that to live together we must also respect and promote the well-being of foreigners and that of our environment so that we all come out of the situation as beneficiaries.
To conclude, despite the fact that we are confronted excessively with liars on a daily basis, we must not lose motivation and neither imitate their attitudes or behaviors like a beehive where we let others think for us. This is not the right attitude.
You have to learn to be more engaged. Let us choose a cause, ours and fight for it. Above all, let’s be people committed to ourselves, knowing that we will deserve our rights, our happiness, and our successes. Let’s create a more dignified cohabitation in which we will be winners.
Courtesy images of Sofía Bonnatii
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