Not Making A Decision Is Making A Decision
This entry was posted on 9/6/2006 3:33 PM and is filed under Power.
I am often amused by how people make decisions. Actually, and
more specifically, I always ponder what makes people not make the decisions
that ultimately will empower their lives. What many people fail to recognize is
that not making a decision is actually making a decision by default. Not taking
action on something is actually taking an action on it’s opposite. Ultimately,
it’s this state of indecision is what holds most people back in their lives and
halts their progress in getting what they want in life, whether it be better
relationships, massive wealth, or anything for that matter. General George
Patton said it best, “A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a
perfect solution ten minutes later.”
So let’s examine how you make the decisions in your life and
how you make them. Are you the type of person who hesitates in the decisions in
your life or are you one who makes decisions quickly? One of the common
denominators of all millionaires and billionaires is that they make decisions
quickly. Are you one of those people? If not, what has caused you in the past
to be hesitant or indecisive in the way you make choices on important issues?
Has there been an issue in your life recently that you have been hesitant to
make a decision on? Where would you be now if you had made a confident decision
on this issue days, weeks, or months ago? I’m not saying that you should be
making hasty or uneducated decisions. Quite the contrary. What I am saying is
that many times people are more afraid of making a decision because being
indecisive is a lot less stressful…it can be a lot less responsibility or a lot
less fearful. It can also be preventing you from getting exactly what you want
as well. Even making a less than
effective decision is better in the long run than making no decision since once
you discover the decisions ineffectiveness you can make a better new decision
immediately. You have had bad meals and
you still eat. Seldom will a consciously
made ineffective decision be something that is non-recoverable.
So from this day forward when faced with a decision, make it
quickly and with confidence. Let your
yes be yes and your no be know, you can always change your mind. Just choose something. At the very least, FAIL FORWARD FAST.
To your choice to have everything you want and live life to
it’s fullest…I am Marshall.
