Nobody starts a new project without a few commitments. When you decide to strike out on your own and become your own boss, the only person you can rely on is yourself. Giving yourself the chance to go far with your vision by establishing some ground rules.
I promise to learn from my mistakes
Mistakes can be crushing, no matter how prepared you are for them (and we are so seldom prepared!). However, making a mistake is only a true loss when one fails to learn from it. Therefore, it would be foolish to promise yourself that you won't make mistakes; it's far more productive to go ahead and try something new, and then learn from its effects. In the immortal words of Mark Zuckerberg: "Move fast and break things."
