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Set standards for acceptable behaviour for yourself and others


Set standards for what you consider to be acceptable behaviour for yourself and decide what you should expect from those you care about. If you don't set a standard for what you'll accept in your life, you'll find it easy to slip into behaviours and attitudes  or a quality of life that's far below  what you deserve.
You need to set and live by these standards no what happens in your life. Even if it all goes wrong, even if the stock market crashes, even if your lover leaves you,even if no one gives you the support that you need, you still must stay committed to your decision  that you will live your life at the highest level.

 Unfortunately most people never do this because they're too busy making excuses. The reason they haven't achieved their goals or are not living the lives they desire is because of the way their parents treated them or because of the lack of opportunities that they experienced in their youth,  or because of the education they missed, or because they're too old, or because they're too young. All of these excuses are nothing but belief systems and they are not only limiting, they are also destructive.

 Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse. to change any and every part of your life in an instant. 

 It can change your relationships,your working environment, your level of physical fitness, your income, and your emotional states. It can determine whether you're happy or sad, whether you're frustrated or excited, enslaved by circumstances, or expressing your freedom...

 It's a source of change within an individual, a family, a community, a society, our world......

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