When you think about how all success stories have started, they all have been initiated by a decision.
Making a decision is the best thing you can do every day.
Things don’t always go the way we want. We all face a lot of challenges pretty much every day. But despite the hurdles, at any time, you can make a decision.
Making a decision means taking the steering wheel back in your hands. It may not fix instantly the issues you are facing today, but it will help you to get better on the long run.
One big confusion on the decision making process comes from our society celebrating quick effortless success. But we all know it is a big lie. We all know that success comes with hard work, with sweat and blood, with long hours, with more defeats than wins,….
Instant gratification has been sold to us by our society. That’s why our children watch so much television or play so much video games, that’s why we have so many obese people in America : 110 million people as of July 2017 ! It is because the pleasure of a fast food, and how quick it is, how cheap it is,…is valued by a lot of people. But the long term consequences : risk of cardio-vascular disease, which is the #1 killer in the USA are not looked at.
On the opposite, going for a run or watching your diet is hard. But it may give you 10 additional years to your life…
So, you can either go through life, react to a craving feeling and jump to the first junk food available or your can make a decision : “I am going to be healthy”. Making a decision is the first step of you driving your life, of you being in charge, of you saying “my life is going to be awesome”, of you making life happen and not letting life happen to you, of you looking back 10 years later and saying : “that was the best decision I have ever made when I made this decision”.
Value your decisions. Look at them. Ask yourself every day : “ok, what is going to be MY decision in this situation ?”. And try ? The decision process is like a muscle, the more you practice, the stronger you get. And guess what, you are going to make bad decisions. As much as I wish I could tell you something different, I want to be honest and not sell a fairy tale. But that’s ok ! When you realize you didn’t make the best decision, it is then time to learn from it.
Every day, ask yourself what are the decisions you made during the day. What decisions did you make about your health ? Did you decide to park far away from the main entrance when you went to the grocery store ? Did you decide to buy some veggies there ? Did you go for a walk with your loved one in the neighborhood at the end of the day ?
What decisions did you make about your wealth ? Did you buy again more clothes when your closet is full of them and you are not even wearing half of them ? Or did you save some money and paid back early $100 on your mortgage ?
What about your family ? When you came back from work, did you sit down with your wife or husband and ask him or her if he/she had a good day ? Did you play for 15 minutes with your kids ? Or did you spend 2 hours watching television by yourself ?
You see, when you look honestly at your life, at every day, at every hour,…you make decisions all the time. Good or bad. You make decisions. Some are good for the long run, some are not so good. Always review your decisions for the long term, because that’s what matters. That’s what impacts truly your life.
The secret in all that process is to become more conscious about the decisions you make. And adjust them according to your goals. If your goal is to become more healthy, then look at your decisions from a health standpoint. If your goal is to become more rich, then look at your decision from a wealth standpoint.
The next step in your decision process, is to act on it. When you make a decision, take a first step. It helps making the conscious mind understanding how serious you are about it.
When you make a decision that you are going to live a more healthy life, go to the kitchen immediately and pour yourself a glass of water. When you make a decision that you are going to be more rich, look at your bank accounts online, and move some money to your saving account. It doesn’t matter if it is only $10. Just start the process.
Starting today, you can begin the journey of being in charge of your life. And it all starts with one decision. One small decision, but that can change your life forever….
The Power of Decisions !!!!
