Whether your conscious of them or not, you are making thousands of decisions a day. The challenge is, you make the same ones or poor ones.You can have anything you want in life simply by DECIDING to make it so.
That being said, let's check in on what the true definition of making a decision is. According to Dictionary.com the origin comes from "to cut off from". Meaning, when you have made a TRUE DECISION, you have cut off from all other possibilities.
There is an old story about a great warrior and leader who sailed with his army to face a fierce enemy which outnumbered them. Upon arrival, he ordered the boats to be burned. When questioned of his intentions, he responded that now the only way to survive is by winning! And as the story goes, that is exactly what they did. A perfect example of making a true decision.
Furthermore and in my opinion, when you have made a true decision, action in the direction of that decision immediately follows. Otherwise, you haven't decided, you are still considering options and/or reaffirming your desire.
To continue the riddle theme from my last post.... There are 5 birds sitting on a wire, one decides to fly off, how many are left?
Answer: It depends on your definition of decision.
In the old definition, 5 birds would remain, as making a decision didn't hold any weight.
In your new defitinion, 4 birds would remain, as action would immediately follow.
And if that bird was a leader, no birds would remain.
OK, time to get real.
If you don't already know, I am hosting my first public seminar in a couple weeks (June 2, 2010 see the events section of my website for more details, http://www.brycehealey.com/ ). Its FREE and you are all welcome!
How did this become a reality? I decided. Honestly, it was something I knew I would do 'one day' and had talked about it several times, but had not decided to. So how did I decide??? Well... I was in the shower and the thought of doing a seminar popped in my head... AGAIN. And I said to myself "Enough is enough." Immediately after my shower and barely dry, I booked the venue. ACTION!
So... now I had a date and a location. All I needed was an audience and what it was I was going to say. Minor details.. ha ha. Fast forward to today, already I have 10 people confirmed and the framework for my speech is complete.
And again, how did this become a reality? I decided. One simple decision backed with action.
So perhaps now or this weekend, start making some decisions. If its been a while start small or maybe for now its simply the decision to start making and acknowledging true decisions when you make them.
Either way, the path to your destiny is paved with conscious decision making. And you don't want to know what the other path is paved with.
Your friend and Coach,
Bryce
PS - If you liked this post and need help in this area. Contact me for a free coaching session OR if you prefer a do it on your own method, Tony Robbins' Person Power is the best there is on the topic.
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