Commit

How will I make daily progess?

Time:Set the timer to 10 minutes for the Commit section.

Practice:Choose your action partner. Decide when and how you will contact each other.

Action partner’s name

Contact information

Read each commitment aloud to your action partner. Promise to keep your commitments! Sign below.

MY COMMITMENTS
I will observe and interview at least 10 business owners and customers. (See questions on pages 29–30.)
I will choose a new business or decide how to improve my business.
I will achieve my weekly business goal:
I will practice today’s My Foundation principle and teach it to my family.
I will add to my savings—even a coin or two.
I will report to my action partner.

My signature

Action partner’s signature

How will I report my progress?

Practice:Before the next meeting, use this commitment chart to record your progress. In the boxes below, put “Yes,” “No,” or the number of times you kept the commitment.

Observed and interviewed at least 10 owners and customers (#)	Chose a new business or way to improve my business (Yes/No)	Achieved weekly business goal (Yes/No)	Practiced Foundation principle and taught it to family (Yes/No)	Added to savings (Yes/No)	Reported to action partner (Yes/No)

Read:Also, remember to track your personal expenses on the back of your My Path to Self-Reliance booklet.

Read:At our next group meeting, the facilitator will draw a commitment chart on the board (like the one above). We will arrive 10 minutes before the meeting begins and write our progress on the chart.

Choose someone to facilitate the My Foundation topic next week. Remind him or her to follow the material and not to bring in extra material. (Don’t know how to facilitate a My Foundation topic? Read page 11 and the inside front cover.)

Ask someone to offer a closing prayer.

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