Personal Power
I once heard it said that the world will forgive you if you make mistakes, but that life will not forgive you if you fail to make decisions.
With all the material that has been written on the subject of personal power, I seldom hear that decision making is the first principle in the development of your personal power.
The fear of making a decision is the result of fearing to make a mistake and, as Aldous Huxley once wrote, the fear of mistakes has a greater impact on you than making the mistakes.
Now would be a good time for you to get a notepad and write down three areas that affect you daily:
1.Where you are
2.Where you want to be
3.The steps needed to bridge the gap
This process will put you face-to-face with decisions you must make. As with every decision, there is the worst that could happen to you and the best that could happen to you. Write each side down and ask yourself what you would do if the worst happened, and then think of how much more beautiful life will be when the best happens.
This method by no means eliminates the risk you must take. But it does generate a more prepared mind and a more productive attitude for action. It also helps you become aware of some of the obstacles you must eliminate.
A study made of the lives of thousands of highly successful people showed that they all made decisions quickly and changed them very slowly, if and when they changed them at all.
Your personal power is moved into action by decision.
The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them should be constant.
—EPICTETUS
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
I once heard it said that the world will forgive you if you make mistakes, but that life will not forgive you if you fail to make decisions.
With all the material that has been written on the subject of personal power, I seldom hear that decision making is the first principle in the development of your personal power.
The fear of making a decision is the result of fearing to make a mistake and, as Aldous Huxley once wrote, the fear of mistakes has a greater impact on you than making the mistakes.
Now would be a good time for you to get a notepad and write down three areas that affect you daily:
1.Where you are
2.Where you want to be
3.The steps needed to bridge the gap
This process will put you face-to-face with decisions you must make. As with every decision, there is the worst that could happen to you and the best that could happen to you. Write each side down and ask yourself what you would do if the worst happened, and then think of how much more beautiful life will be when the best happens.
This method by no means eliminates the risk you must take. But it does generate a more prepared mind and a more productive attitude for action. It also helps you become aware of some of the obstacles you must eliminate.
A study made of the lives of thousands of highly successful people showed that they all made decisions quickly and changed them very slowly, if and when they changed them at all.
Your personal power is moved into action by decision.
The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them should be constant.
—EPICTETUS
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
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