The Power of Decision

Many have asked me how I have managed to turn things around so quickly. How I have been able to go through tremendous financial turmoil this past year and yet turn things around in a six month period. What I want to share with you is the power of one single little word that changed my life.

The word itself is not magical or mysterious, though it is completely understood at its core. The power lies not in the word itself, but in the process of truly internalizing and knowing the definition of the word and realizing just how truly fundamental it is.

Now as I prepare to introduce this concept to you, many will dismiss what I’m saying – that’s okay, this article is not for you. But for those of you who are humble enough to learn from someone who has been there and has pulled himself up into a six figure income earner in just a short six months, for you, I ask that you go somewhere quiet and re-read this article several times. Print it out. Internalize the real power of what I’m about to tell you and allow it to transform your mindset in the snap of a finger.

We have been taught from an early age that things have to happen slowly, that slower is better (ever heard the story of the Tortoise and the Hare?), but I’m hear to tell you that the exact opposite is true. You truly can transform yourself in a very short time period if you are willing to question some of your long held beliefs, discard some of the limiting ones, and embrace your own commitment to success.

You see the biggest changes we can make come from within. Those changes involve redefining your fundamental belief systems and those changes can transform you in an instant, removing decades of self-imposed limitations. When it happens for you it will be as if you have been seeing in black and white all of your life and someone instantaneously shows you how to see in color for the first time. Suddenly limitations and fears just begin to melt away.

The word that I want you to redefine is the word “decide”. Sounds so simple, doesn’t it? But here’s what I want you to understand. If you research the word to its original roots, the word decide literally translates “to cut off from all other possibilities”. Now, I want you to stop and go back and re-read that about 10 times. Visualize the power in that phrase. Imagine how your life could be different if you truly embraced the definition of the word “decide” from this day forward. Did you stop and go back to ponder that for a minute? If not, you’re missing the point and you will likely not get anything out of this article.

“To cut off from all other possibilities”. What if you decided to treat your home business like a business and actually commit to it, rather than expecting it to just change for you? What if you decided that now was your time to change? What if you decided that you were no longer going to allow fear, complacency and procrastination to dominate your life? What if you decided to make today the first day of a new level of truly living your life rather than merely going through the motions?

You see that magical day came for me because I finally decided that I deserved better out of life and I decided to take action. I hope that you too will find the incredible power of this simple little misunderstood word, decide.