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Harness the Power of Decision - (Continued)



3. Make decisions often.  The more decisions you make, the better you're going to become at making them. Muscles get stronger with use, and so it is with  your decision-making muscles. Unleash your power right now by making some decisions you've been putting off. You won't believe the energy and excitement it will create in your life!

 4. Learn from your decisions. There's no way around it. At times, you're going to to screw up, no matter what you do. And when the inevitable happens, instead of beating yourself into the ground. Learn something. Ask yourself, "What's good about this? What can I learn from this? This "failure"  may be an unbelievable gift in disguise if you use it to make better decisions in the future. Rather than focus on the short-term setback, choose instead to learn lessons that can save you time, money or pain and that will give you the ability to succeed in the future. 

 5. Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. Once you've decided who you want to be as a person, for example, don't get stuck on the means to achieving it. It's the end you're after. Too often, in deciding what they want for their lives, people pick the best way they know at the time - they make a map - but then don't stay open to alternate routes. Don't become rigid in your approach. Cultivate the art of flexibility.

 6. Enjoy making decisions.You must know that in any moment a decision you make can change the course of your life forever. The very next person you stand behind in line or sit next to on an airplane, the very next phone call you make or  receive, the very next movie you see or book you read or page you turn  could be the one single thing that causes  the floodgates to open,, and all of the things that you've been waiting for to fall into place.....

 If you really want your life to be passionate, you need to live with this attitude of expectancy......

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