The president of a very successful bank was
interviewed by a famous journalist.The journalist wanted to unravel the secret
of the bank’s consistent success in spite of economic recessions. The
journalist asked, “Please Sir, I am curious to know, what has kept your bank
insured against these economic maelstroms, whiles all others plummet , your bank seems to be consistently rising without strain? “Good Decisions” the president of the bank answered without hesitation.
The
journalist with a tone of curiosity probed further, “How were you able to make
good decisions in these tumultuous times, when no business analysis or prediction is
reliable? How did you make such informed decisions?” Proudly but calmly the man replied, “experience”.
About this
time,the journalist was feeling exasperated, an interview which promised to be
a long one is becoming acutely short, and with an unsatisfied look, asked
impatiently, “ and how did you get experience, and from where or from whom?
Could you please tell us?” The man sensing the anxiety of the journalist paused
for a while, smiled and then humbly replied “bad decisions”.
Decisions! They are responsible for every success
story, and they are able to change any business history; they either make or
unmake you. Actually, life is the sum total of the decisions we make every day.
Wherever you are today, you arrived here by the decisions of yesterday. What we
call life; is essentially a series
of decisions. Your life in 2014 will
not be different; it will not be free
of decisions, rather, it will be full
of decisions.
Most people fail in life because they never actually make the deliberate decision to succeed. Others by their actions and inactions only decide not to
fail, however, success is achieved by choice
and not by chance, it is not a privilege to those who just desire it but the right to those who decide
it. You must choose the path failures won’t take or the decisions they would not make.
Good decisions are a success recipe; they work every time and
everywhere.
Regrettably, failures have this common disease, the cancer of indecision. Cancer because it’s fatal, indecision kills enthusiasm
and zeal than anything in life. Indecisive people never decide to decide, and
therefore they never ever decide, whether it's their spiritual, academic,
business or social life. Indecisive
people live by default; they live by the motion of the wind and are led by the
direction of the crowd, they do whatever they see others do and they become
what others often become; failures. There is nothing as useless to your pursuit
of success as indecision; it has no profit.
Deliberate decision is a product of the will, and
your will is what gives power and momentum to the rest of your body. Where there
is a will, there always will be a way; potentials will be released, strength will be regenerated, passion recharged, energy revamped, the intellect refocused
and goal realized.
Avoid default
decisions and make deliberate
decisions! This year, make every moment
count by deliberately deciding on every minute!
Decide that this year will be bigger,
better and brighter!
Decide today for today matters!
Prayer: Father, grant me the wisdom and the grace to make right decisions in every
facet of my life, informed decisions from your Word, which will lead me to your
prepared destiny for my life. Amen
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