COMMITMENT
ATLANTA RUBY MEETUP GROUP
8/12/2016
ABOUT ME
DAVID KIMURA
▸ This is what the internet
thinks I look like
▸ Rubyist for 7 years
▸ @kobaltz on Twitter,
Github and pretty much
everywhere else
▸ Husband & Father
ABOUT MY HOBBIES
ABOUT MY PASSION
www.driftingruby.com
ABOUT MY WORK
ABOUT MY WORK
We are hiring!
WIFE
SARAH
▸ Supportive
▸ Tolerant
1ST CHILD
GARNER RAE
▸ Funny
▸ Literal
2ND CHILD
SAMUEL DAVID
▸ Wild
▸ S.D.K.
3RD CHILD
RUBY GRACE
▸ Sleeps at night
▸ Totally named her after
Ruby Lang
COMMITMENT
COMMITMENT
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMMITMENT
▸ Wish
▸ Want
▸ Try
▸ Do
▸ Whatever it takes
COMMITMENT
WISH
20%
▸ I wish I could program
▸ I wish I had that car
▸ I wish I had _________
▸“I don’t want to be
here. Leave me
alone.”
COMMITMENT
WISH
20%
NO DISAPPOINTMENT
COMMITMENT
WANT
40%
▸ I want to succeed
▸ I want a new job
▸ I want _________
▸“I want the
outcome, but not
the effort required.”
COMMITMENT
WANT
40%
DESIRE/ENVY
COMMITMENT
TRY
60%
▸ I will try programming
▸ I might look for a job
▸ I could _________
▸“I will do it
tomorrow.”
COMMITMENT
TRY
60%
SOME EFFORT
JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY
COMMITMENT
DO
80%
▸ I am programming
▸ I have an interview
▸ I will do my best at
_________
▸“We did our best.”
COMMITMENT
DO
80%
DISAPPOINTED,
BUT WORSE THINGS CAN
HAPPEN
COMMITMENT
WHATEVER IT TAKES
100%
▸ I am a programmer
▸ I will give 1.0/0.0%
▸ I will do _________
▸“Nothing can stop
me.”
COMMITMENT
WHATEVER IT TAKES
100%FAILURE, NOT AN OPTION
WHY?
COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY HOBBY
TRY 3
COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY PASSION
WANT 2
COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY PASSION
DO 4
COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT TO MY PASSION
COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT
DO 4
COMMITMENT
MY COMMITMENT
WHATEVER

IT

TAKES
5
WHAT ARE YOU COMMITTING
TO THAT YOU NEED TO LET GO?
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO RAISE
YOUR COMMITMENT TO?
LOWER YOUR EXPECTATIONS;
RAISE YOUR COMMITMENT
PEOPLE WILL JUDGE YOUR LEVEL
OF COMMITMENT BASED ON THE
PERCEIVED RESULTS
THANK YOU@KOBALTZ

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