01/11/2023
Every choice you make affects the next one after it. This is how habits are formed and become ingrained. The more you make the same choice, the easier it becomes to make that choice again.
As difficult as it can be to truly understand yourself, it’s not so hard to see how choices you’ve made led to the type of person you are.
There are two ways to classify yourself.
1- You control your choices.
You see the opportunity and pitfalls in front of you each day, and you consciously decide how to respond to them.
2- your choices control you
You’re overwhelmed by the choices in front of you. You let your base instincts, the ones only focused on short term gains control you.
Think of some of the situations you might want to change in your life and ask yourself how to approach them.
1 Deadlines at work
They’re coming one way or another. Will you prep for them now, or wait until they are staring you in the face?
2- losing weight
If you’re overweight and unhealthy, you’ll eventually be forced to do something to fix it. Will you wait for life to force you into that position, or will you choose to tackle it proactively?
3- Quitting smoking
There are 12 ci******es left in the pack. Do you take control by tossing them out or do you wait until the pack is empty?
It’s funny isn’t it, when you take the easy path you often end up dissatisfied and unfulfilled
Sure it was easy, but it left you feeling empty and less in control. Worse it made it easier to make that choice again and again until it became a habit.
Now think of the times you made hard choices. All that effort was hard, but left you feeling powerful and in control.
The satisfaction of making the hard choice and sticking to it.
It doesn’t always coming straight away, that’s what makes it hard. But when it does it’s so satisfying
Each time you make that hard choice, it gets easier to make it again.
HARD choices become EASY