DECIDE
Your Journey Begins When You Decide You Can. Nothing is In Your Way. Yes, You Can Do It!
The ABCs of Personal Empowerment
DECIDE
The thrill of pursuing your Dreams, Goals, and Growth is that you get to decide what you will do today, right now, to work on a facet or piece of each goal on your list. You do have a list of your dreams and goals – right? You get to decide daily what component you will work on to achieve the outcome you want. When you decide, then you are empowering yourself. And, you are transforming your future from what it would have been when you didn’t or wouldn’t decide into what it can be.
You will decide whether or not to read this post or any other material at within this website. You will decide what time you go to bed tonight. You will decide what time you get out of bed each morning. You are constantly making decisions – what you eat, who you talk with, what road you take – living is simply a series of decisions.
People get ‘stuck’ in their circumstances because they fail to decide. Making a decision means committing, in this case, to yourself or your endeavor. It can be terrifying and paralyzing. It is easier not to make a decision, so you can ‘think about it’ or do more analysis. The additional analysis often creates paralysis where you eventually do nothing. It’s a choice that you make about the content in your life.
Sometimes you have to decide the same thing every day. Getting out of bed is the same decision every day. Addicts decide to stay clean and sober every moment of every day. It is a series of good decisions that leads to good outcomes.
We all make good decisions, and we all make bad decisions. Hopefully, we don’t make one or two really bad decisions that screw up the rest of our life. People in prison made a bad decision that resulted in serious consequences. Your opportunity every minute of every day is to decide what to do with the next minute, or hour, or day of your life. When you decide, you are in charge.
My video called The Toolbox recommends that you decide to document your dreams and goals and demonstrate that decision by writing them down, entering them into notes on your phones, or using a tool like Trello (www.trello.com). You can take these proactive actions right now to move towards your dreams and goals, perhaps in a way you never have before. You will learn many other ways to achieve your dreams and goals when you decide to work through the material within this website and apply yourself to the lessons learned.
Many people think they cannot accomplish their dreams and goals because this or that is holding them back, is a road block, is an insurmountable obstacle. However, when you decide to break through the obstacles, move the roadblocks, and change your circumstances, you realize that your future is up to you. There are many great lines people remember from movies. In Back to the Future III, Doc Brown arrives on a train and shares this concept with Marty and Jennifer: “It means your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has! Your future is whatever you make it – so make it a good one!”
Perhaps now you will recognize the truth – that your future hasn’t been written yet. It is not fated, it is not preordained, it wasn’t written before you were born. Even people who have made a mess of their lives to a certain point have changed their actions, behaviors, and beliefs to change their future – and made a great success of it. People born in poor neighborhoods have risen up to become American success stories. People born in poverty have acquired great wealth. People without a formal education have grown up to become great educators. HOW?!? They did it because they decided they could, and then they pursued it with a plan, with a purpose, and with persistence. So can you!
What will you decide today? Will you decide to move to a new town, move from an apartment to a home, to find a new job, to fix a relationship, to leave a bad relationship, to start anew, to start a business of your own? Will you continue with your decision tomorrow, and the next day, and the next? When you decide, you are transforming your future from what it will be on your present path to what it can be on your new path. You are empowered to change your future simply by making a decision – and following through on that decision – renewing your decision each day and each moment when pressure makes you question your decision. It may not be easy to achieve your desired result, but it may be more worth it than you ever imagined.
Your next step is to take action on your decision. Read the post entitled Action and prepare yourself for the next phase of your decision. Take control of your life instead of believing someone or something else is in control. Prove to yourself that you are, or can be, in control of the rest of your life.
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