Ever wonder why you haven’t lost the 20 pounds you keep saying you want gone?
You haven’t decided to do what it takes to lose them.
Still talking about that book you have inside you but it just never seems to get written?
The decision to get your ideas on paper hasn’t been made.
Not hitting sales quota?
Maybe you’ve decided to blame the economy instead of deciding that people are still buying.
Are you dreaming about becoming your own boss while you slog it out 9-5 for someone else?
Dreaming won’t get you there; a decision to follow your heart will.
In Napoleon Hill’s classic work, Think and Grow Rich, he reminds us that the starting point of all personal achievement is desire. We decide that we want something so badly that our desire becomes a definite purpose, which we then put all of our energy into achieving. Sounds simple enough. Yet there is ample evidence that far too many people fall short of living their ideal life. Is that you?
Maybe it’s fear. After all, change is scary. Even if you know that moving in a different direction in your life or career will lead to something better, old habits die hard.
It’s possible that you’ve been running on autopilot so long that you really don’t know what would more fulfill you in your life or work.
Perhaps you talk yourself out of grabbing for the brass ring because from your current perspective, you just cannot fathom how it can be achieved.
Maybe you waste time blaming others for what isn’t working in your life today, and if that’s the case, you’ll never move forward. Think Occupy Wall Street.
English poet W.E. Henley wrote “I am the Master of my Fate; I am the Captain of my Soul”. Bottom line, no one else stands in your way but you.
Decide. Do. Have faith.
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