{"id":60,"date":"2013-02-20T03:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T03:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/?p=60"},"modified":"2013-07-24T22:11:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T22:11:45","slug":"voiceover-commitment-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/voiceover-commitment-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Voiceover Commitment Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There is tons of blogging out there already about voiceover technique, voiceover tips, voiceover exercises, and how to get more voiceover auditions and book more voice acting jobs.\u00a0 I write plenty of them myself, so I decided to give you and me a break and work on something we can apply to not only voice over but all aspects of our lives.\u00a0 Our commitment level.\u00a0 Being committed to something involves a lot more than just saying \u201cI want to become a voiceover artist.\u201d\u00a0 A true commitment involves accountability and thought and planning and follow-through.\u00a0 Having goals is one thing, taking the steps to hold yourself accountable to those goals is quite another. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There\u2019s been a fun rumor going around for a long time now about a study done with either Harvard or Yale students and how completely they achieved their goals based on whether they wrote them down or just stated them verbally or even just in their own head.\u00a0 I decided to research this and came across this <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dominican.edu\/academics\/ahss\/undergraduate-programs-1\/psych\/faculty\/fulltime\/gailmatthews\/researchsummary2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">goal-achievement article<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> that heard the rumors were untrue and did their own focus groups because they sincerely wanted to know the outcomes.\u00a0 The groups were broken up into five categories starting with verbal commitment at the lowest level and ending with written goals including support and accountability with a friend monitoring.\u00a0 The results were very clear \u2013 those that wrote down their goals were more successful than those who didn\u2019t.\u00a0 Those who wrote down their goals and formulated action commitments, even more so.\u00a0 Those who did all that and checked in with a supportive friend and sent them weekly progress reports did even better.\u00a0 I have noticed many times when I have wanted to accomplish something that if I write it down in my calendar it not only commits me to it more, but commits me to on a specific date \u2013 how\u2019s that for forced accountability!\u00a0 It works every time.\u00a0 What do you want to achieve?\u00a0 Do you want to <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceovergurus.com\/voiceover_coaching_from_anywhere.asp\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">start improving your voiceover performance<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">?\u00a0 Write it down.\u00a0 Make it happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is tons of blogging out there already about voiceover technique, voiceover tips, voiceover exercises, and how to get more voiceover auditions and book more voice acting jobs.\u00a0 I write plenty of 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