Decision making is overrated. We make decisions everyday but can good decision making lead us to success in life or in anything we do? Well, I always share this story during my facilitation sessions,
"Three frogs were sitting on a log. One decided to jump into the pond. How many were left? Did you answer two? Think again. You see, I didn’t say one jumped in; I just said one DECIDED to jump in. It’s not a technical point that I’m debating, but a sad fact of life. For there’s a big difference between deciding to do something and actually doing it."
Many of us make decisions everyday. However, not many of us see through those decisions and make it happen. For example, we want to lose weight and we have a very ambitious and comprehensive plan to make it happen. We will probably be very excited about this diet plan for a week or two. After that, we get tired and eventually gave up. Sound familiar?
As I reflect on the decisions I have made in my life, I learnt that it is not the decisions you make that made a difference, it is how you manage those decisions on a daily basis that made a difference!
Decisions gets you started, ultimately, it is discipline and consistency of your daily actions that will make a difference. That is one of the reason why I have my Jim's Daily 5 to SERVE. :)
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