Developing a Sense of Personal Commitment

Your next step is gaining, or strengthening, your sense of commitment to what you are doing. Your 'commitment check' starts with the question:

"What is it that I value, personally, about becoming a driving instructor?"

Your commitment to the task will keep you on track when the going gets tough – it will help you to remain clearly focused on your goal of achieving a successful new career.

There are three brief suggestions below to give you an idea of 'commitment', a sort of contract with yourself – I'm sure you will be able to find more things that are personal to you.

• Earning the best living I can for my family

• I can do a lot better for myself than I have done in the past

• It is important that standards of road safety are improved and I can do my bit, earn a good living and have job satisfaction by teaching people how to drive well

The important aspect of this step is that you think of becoming a driving instructor as something which is personally important to you and which will enhance the lives of, others as well.

You only have to look at the statistics for road accidents to realise just how important driver training is. You could also imagine how you will feel when your pupils pass the driving test. How will those pupils feel having just gained a life-skill which can enrich their future in so many ways?

Henry Adams (a famous historian) wrote:

"A teacher effects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops"

The feeling of commitment you get might be a sense that you and the people you care about deserve the benefits that driving instruction can bring. As a teacher of driving you will influence the lives of many people... For good.

By now you are probably starting to feel more motivated. Imagine how this feeling will help when you can comfortably settle down to learning feeling a strong sense of purpose.

Next: When you have finished your list move on to Step 7 where you will find out all about how to eat an elephant!