Thursday, January 8, 2015

Success Lessons From 2014 - Part II - Make a Decision


Dear loving people,

Having talked about lesson one which was asking you to stop avoiding failure, one of the ways to do that is to start making decisions that move you forward.

Lesson II:  Make a decision.
As we move through life’s gigantic stage, we are bombarded with lots of options and thus, we make hundreds, if not millions, of micro-decisions every day – from what to focus our energy on, to how to respond to an email, to what to eat for lunch. However, people often find it hard to make decisions - inevitably we all have to make decisions all the time, even if some are more important than others. 

Some people put off making decisions by endlessly searching for more information or getting other people to offer their recommendations.  Others resort to decision making by taking a vote, sticking a pin in a list or tossing a coin.

Colin Powell, a man I admire so much for his prowess says, “At some point, before we can have every possible fact in hand, we have to decide. After you have acquired 40 to 70 percent of information about a situation, go with your gut.”

Why not, you want to be remembered, and so the decisions you MUST make each day whether you like it or not will determine the legacy you leave behind. That comes up in our next post….

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