Sometimes we know what we should do but we don’t do it.
Why don’t you do it?
Maybe you don’t because you are scared. Maybe you don’t feel like it or you are tired.
Why do you do the things you do?
Maybe its because you are full of energy. Maybe it’s because it’s your dreams.
When you are thinking clearly make your decisions. Don’t make your decisions when you are angry.
To make consistent long term growth you have to make great decisions in the present.
To make great decisions you have to have great principles to make your decisions.
Why do you make the decisions you do?
Decisions can be made off of many factors like convenience, happiness, security, health, wealth and many more. When you base your decisions off something other than convenience it may not be the easiest but it will be worth the extra effort.
Imagine eating a delicious piece of cake.
The first thing that happens is all the icing and sugary goodness pleases your brain.
The second thing that happens is the pleasure is done and you crash.
Take into account first and second order consequences when you make your decisions.
When you’re at a crossroads you have a decision to make.
Are you going to go left or right.
A famous poem by Robert Frost suggests to take the path less traveled.
Another pathway can be to follow a well lit path.
No one can tell you which way is right or wrong. Only you have to bear the burden of your decision.
You know what they say about opinions. They’re just like farts because other people’s stink.
I respect other people’s opinion and experience and expertise but ultimately I am going to have to live with the decisions I make. I cannot put the blame on anyone else but myself for my life choice. It is me who must learn from my mistakes and victories. I have to take full responsibility and do things my way.
I take full ownership of the results I get. What I do to make money, What I eat and put in my body, The people I hang out with, How I react, and All the decisions I make.
I can seek out feedback but I make the final decision.
Wake up, Work, Eat, Sleep, Repeat
If you are not careful this sequence can be painful or beautiful. It is easy to fall into bad habits just because its easy.
Everyday there are decisions like what time to wake up, where you are going to work, what are you going to eat, what to do with your time and when you are going to bad.
These decisions must be made everyday. If you don’t have a plan you may default into whatever is easiest and this isn’t what is best. What is best for who you want to become?
Even before you were born there is a path already laid out for you. There are people like your parents pushing you in directions that you should go. These people may have different priorities in mind than you. Most likely their number one priority is your security. They want to keep you safe. Since these people have a huge influence on your life you listen to them and take their advice. You take their advice until you reach a point where you are at a place you don’t want to be. Here is where you have a choice on which road to take. Do you continue down the safe and secure path or do you take a chance on a path that will make you happy? If you begin to prioritize your happiness over security then your decision making process will change. Instead of thinking with your head you lead with your heart. Just know that whichever road you take you can be smart about the decisions you make.
Below is the formula for escape velocity. This is how fast you need to go to free yourself from where you are stuck at. There are two variables and a constant that you must know to calculate the velocity. The first variable is the gravitational constant. This could be a number of different constants like a problem, a living situation, or a career. If you switch companies you are still performing the same job. It’s not the people, not the pay, nor the location. These things are the second variable, the mass. The mass is all of these important things like who you work with, how much you get paid, where your office is, the perks you get. The last variable is how close you are to the mass if you are extremely close then use 1 or indifferent use 2 and don’t care at all use 3. Use the formula and calculate the escape velocity for your current career, your current relationship, your current problems. Compare velocities with of the same G (company, career, wealth, where to live, friends). The things with the highest velocity will require the most amount of energy to escape.
 | = | escape velocity |
 | = | universal gravitational constant |
 | = | mass of the body to be escaped from |
 | = | distance from the center of the mass |
Know and decide what you want before you do it.
When you wait until the last moment you are going to be tired, not going to feel like it, you will be bored or procrastinate. You will make some excuse not to do what it is that you want to do.
Make a decision to change. Make a decision to be successful. Make a decision to pursue happiness.
There are two states of being – beautiful or suffering. At every moment and every second of your life you bounce back and forth between these two states
Based upon which of these states you are in you will make drastically different decisions and the quality of your life will be completely different. When you live in a beautiful state you are more fun, creative and make better decisions. Notice which state you are in and try to stay in a beautiful state of mind.
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