It's more credible because it is more limited and because it's more plausible that you'll do something if it's something you have a good reason to do, whether you've said you'll do it or not.
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Now that you have a good reason to do something, you're more likely to do it even if you didn't intend to.
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It's less credible now because you won't do something as there are no good reasons.