Personal Promise-to-Oneself
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A Personal Promise-to-Oneself is a promise made by a cognitive agent to themselves.
- AKA: Personal Commitment, Self-Pledge, Internal Commitment.
- Context:
- It can typically establish Inner Accountability through self-monitoring processes.
- It can typically strengthen Personal Integrity through promise fulfillment actions.
- It can typically reinforce Self-Identity through value-congruent decisions.
- It can typically enhance Self-Efficacy through successful promise completion.
- It can typically guide Personal Development through deliberate growth directions.
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- It can often be made to achieve a Personal Goal.
- It can often involve Internal Dialog through self-negotiation processes.
- It can often require Self-Discipline through temptation resistance efforts.
- It can often operate outside Social Visibility through private intention setting.
- It can often generate Intrinsic Motivation through autonomous choices.
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- It can range from being an Undocumented Promise to Oneself to being a Documented Promise to Oneself, depending on its formalization level.
- It can range from being a Momentary Promise to Oneself to being a Lifelong Promise to Oneself, depending on its time horizon.
- It can range from being a Simple Promise to Oneself to being a Complex Promise to Oneself, depending on its component count.
- It can range from being a Flexible Promise to Oneself to being a Rigid Promise to Oneself, depending on its adaptability.
- It can range from being a Low-Stakes Promise to Oneself to being a High-Stakes Promise to Oneself, depending on its perceived importance.
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- It can have Promise to Oneself Reminder for commitment recall.
- It can have Promise to Oneself Reward for self-reinforcement.
- It can have Promise to Oneself Consequence for accountability enhancement.
- It can have Promise to Oneself Tracker for progress monitoring.
- It can have Promise to Oneself Rationale for motivation maintenance.
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- It can be Promise to Oneself Broken during personal weakness moments.
- It can be Promise to Oneself Renewed after self-forgiveness processes.
- It can be Promise to Oneself Modified during circumstance changes.
- It can be Promise to Oneself Fulfilled upon target achievement.
- It can be Promise to Oneself Forgotten without adequate reminder systems.
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- Examples:
- Health-Related Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Dietary Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Exercise Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Productivity-Related Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Time Management Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Work Quality Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Relationship-Related Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Self-Relationship Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- External Relationship Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Personal Growth Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Learning Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Character Development Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Financial Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Temporal Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
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- Health-Related Promise to Oneselfs, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Legal Agreement, which requires multiple parties.
- External Promise, which involves promise to other entity.
- Social Contract, which requires communal consensus.
- Imposed Obligation, which lacks voluntary self-initiation.
- Vague Intention, which lacks specific commitment elements.
- See: Commitment, Broken Promise, Self-Contract, Goal Setting, Self-Regulation, Implementation Intention, Psychological Commitment, Motivational Strategy.
References
2002
- (Koestner et al., 2002) ⇒ Richard Koestner, Natasha Lekes, Theodore A. Powers, and Emanuel Chicoine. (2002). “Attaining personal goals: self-concordance plus implementation intentions equals success.” In: Journal of personality and social psychology, 83(1).