Success in life is not difficult or tricky. It's not luck
either. Success can be summed up in ONE word: alignment.
For you to succeed, in any endeavor, you must learn to
align 4 basic components of your life. The four components
are:
1. Your thoughts
2. Your decisions
3. Your actions
4. Your awareness
Today, we'll discuss the second basic component: your
decisions.
NOTE: For more information on "your thoughts" check the
archives for "Align Your Thoughts for Success"
Your decisions
Our thoughts don't control our decisions, but they do
influence and steer them. Listen, to make a decision we
have to make a choice of what we want to act on.
Decisions are nothing more than transitions between
thoughts and actions.
Now, they are very important transitions. Without them you
wouldn't be able to take action. Therefore, you need to
make smart decisions to get you where you want to go.
So, how can you start to make smarter decisions? Here are
2 ways to start making smarter decisions:
1. Align your thoughts with what you want.
The thoughts you FOCUS ON the most are the ones you make
better decisions about.
Your thoughts are your foundation. Focus on high energy
thoughts more often and you'll start to make better,
smarter decisions.
2. Learn to control pain/pleasure
Okay, you've started to align your thoughts with success.
Now, you have to control how you feel about taking action
on your thoughts.
Remember, decisions are just transitions. To transition
from thoughts to actions you have to control your emotions.
There are 2 primary emotions: pain and pleasure.
Pain is a stronger emotion than pleasure. In other words,
most people will do more to avoid pain then they will to
gain pleasure.
Now, pain isn't necessarily a bad emotion. And pleasure
isn't necessarily a good emotion (at least in this
context). The important thing you need to know is:
How do you control pain/pleasure to make smarter decisions?
Here's a simple exercise to gain control. Pick a topic
you've been focusing your thoughts on and do the following:
a. Write down 5 advantages that will GIVE YOU PLEASURE.
Example: You've been focusing on mastering your time. One
advantage to this that gives you pleasure may be:
You'll be able to spend more time with your family.
b. Write down 5 disadvantages that will BRING YOU PAIN.
Example: Again, you've been focusing on mastering your
time. One disadvantage to this that brings you pain may be:
You'll lose the love of your spouse and kids.
c. Now, read both lists aloud.
Really feel the advantages and disadvantages in your gut.
Use these lists as leverage to gain control over the
pain/pleasure you're experiencing.
Okay, you know your thoughts have influence over your
decisions. You also know you have to control the
pain/pleasure between your thoughts.
You're ready to make a decision...
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Weston Lyon is recognized as one of the nation's leading
experts on finding time for what's important in life. To
grab a FREE copy of Weston's e-book, 7 Strategies to Create
Time in Your Crazy Busy Life, go to
http://www.creatingspacebook.com
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