Favorite Inspirational Quotes

Successful people make decisions quickly and change them slowly if and when at all.

Napoleon Hill

If this quote is true, and I’ve head this around for years, then it would be good to practice making quick decisions.

Just as in the previous quote, it’s something I would start on with smaller things if I already was not used to making quick decisions and I’m not.  I like to analyze things sometimes to the point of not making a decision and getting in a dither about what to do.  But I have already started making faster decisions this year.

Simple things like deciding what’s for lunch or dinner, what to wear, and where to go on vacation are smallish things that we can start with.  For me, it’s also picking the next book to study or buy.  So many choices sometimes it’s hard to decide but that’s one area for me to practice in.

Whatever the decision is about and at whatever level, the next phase is to not change your mind.  Stick to the decision until it is proven fruitless.  Sounds like this is where not stopping three feet from gold comes in.  Whatever decision has been made, then persevere toward the outcome you want.  Don’t get sidetracked by other shiny new alternatives that are presented to you.

For me in trying to make some income online, a shiny new opportunity comes along two or three times a week as the gurus present their latest and greatest new way to make money.  Surely, this one will be the one.  Oh, look, another opportunity.  Maybe that will be the one.  Talk about a lack of focus and not sticking with it.

Maybe the real key to this is the focus and perseverance on a decision once it is made.  That is really what makes successful people successful and why they are slow to change their decisions.

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