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Overcome fears of making wrong decisions

There is one impediment to really utilizing the power of decision.  That is that we must overcome our fears of making the wrong decisions. Without a doubt, you will make wrong decisions in your life. You're going to screw up! I know I certainly haven't made all the right decisions along the way. Far from it. But I didn't expect to. Nor will I  always make the right decisions in the future. I have determined that no matter what decisions I make, I'll be flexible, look at the consequences, learn from them, and use those lessons to make better decisions in the future.  Remember: Success truly is the result of good judgement. Good judgement is the result of experience, and experience is often the result of bad judgement!   Those seemingly bad or painful experiences are sometimes the most important. When people succeed, they tend to party; when they fail, they tend to ponder, and they begin to make new distinctions that will enh...

Correct decisions

Too many of us don't make the majority of our decisions consciously, especially the three absolutely crucial ones, ( which I spoke of  in the earlier article)  in so doing, we pay a major price.  In fact, most people live what I call "The Niagara Syndrome." I believe that life is like a river, and that most people jump on the river of life without ever really deciding where they want to end up. So, in a sort period of time they get caught up in the current : current events, current fears, current challenges. When they come to forks in the river, they don't consciously decide where they want to go, or which is the right direction for them. They merely "go with the flow". They become a part of the mass of people who are directed by the environment instead of by their own values. As a result, they feel out of control. They remain in this unconscious state until one day the sound of the raging water awakens them, and they discover that they're...

Three Important Decisions Control your destiny

Three decisions that you make, every moment of your life control your destiny. The three decisions are : 1. Your decisions about what to focus on. 2. Your decisions about what things mean to you. 3. Your decisions about what to do to create the results you desire. You see, it's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny.  Know that if anyone is enjoying greater success than you in any area, they're making these three decisions differently from you in some context or situation.  Ed Roberts chose to focus on something different than most people in his position would. He focused on how he could make a  difference. His physical difficulties meant "challenge" to him. What he decided to do, clearly, was anything that could make the qua...

Information is Power when it's acted upon.....

   We all know that Information is Power when it's acted upon, and one of my criteria for a true decision is that action flows from it. The exciting thing is that you never know when you're going to get it! The power of a single distinction might be on the next page or in the next article. It might even be something you already know. But for some reason, this is the time it finally sinks in and you begin to use it. Remember that repetition is the mother of skill. Distinctions empower us to make better decisions, and, therefore create the results that we desire for ourselves. Not having certain distinctions can cause you major pain.For example, many of the most famous people in our culture have achieved their dreams but have still not found a way to enjoy them. They often turn to drugs because they feel unfulfilled. This is because they are missing the distinction between achieving one's goals and living one's values..  Another distinction that many people ...

Making Decisions is not Easy, it takes a lot of Guts - (Boldness).....

If making decisions is so simple and powerful, then why don't more people follow this advice and "Just do it"?   I think one of the simplest reasons is that most of us don't recognize what it even means to make a real decision. Part of the problem is that for so long most of us have used the term "decision" so loosely that it's come to describe something like a wish list. Instead of making decisions, we keep stating preferences. Making a true decision, unlike saying, "I'd like to quit smoking", is cutting off any other possibility.  In fact the word "decision" comes from the Latin roots de, which means "from" and caedere, which means "to cut". Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility. Happy feet Another example is that of an alcoholic who knows that even after years of absolute sobriety, if he fools himself into thinking that h...

Urging you to make a decision

Beautiful People    Its not where you start out but the decisions you make about where you're determined to end up that matter. What could you do with your life if you really decided to? Many people say, "Well, I'd like to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life." They're paralyzed by the fear that they don't know exactly how to turn their dreams into reality. And as a result, they never make the decisions that could make their lives into the masterpieces they deserve to be.  It's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what.  Beautiful People The Ultimate Success Formula for getting you - where you want to go: 1) Decide what you want, 2) Take action 3) Notice what's working  or not, and 4) Change your approach until you achieve what you want. Deciding to produce a result causes events to be set in m...

The Power of Decision

The most exciting thing about this power or this force, is that you already possess it. The explosive impetus of decision is not something reserved for a select few with the right credentials or money or family background. It is available to the common labourer as well as the king. It's available to you now as you read this article. In the very next moment you can use this mighty force that lies waiting within you  if you merely muster the courage to claim it.  Will Today be the day you finally decide that who you are as a person is much more than you've been demonstrating?  Will today be  the day you decide once and for all to make your life consistent with the quality of your spirit?   Then start by proclaiming, "This is who I am. This is what my life is about. And this is what I'm going to do. Nothing will stop me from achieving my dreams.... Consider a fiercely proud individual, a woman named Rosa Parks, who one day in 1955 stepped ont...