Do You Want Raspberry, Chocolate Or Vanilla?

Descartes once wrote, "I think, therefore I am!" and 'hidden' in plain view amongst those five small words ? for all the world to see ? lays the secret to unlimited success. Do you see it?

Oh all right? I'll 'fess up. It's so simple it's? (Drum roll please)?

The power of CHOICE.

Yup, that's right ? choice. Free will. Raspberry, chocolate or vanilla. Up or down. Hot or cold. Choice.

It's the simple art of choosing: of making a conscious (and sometimes unconscious) choice.

What clothes to wear, what breakfast cereal to eat, what route to drive to work, what donut to have with your coffee. It's all about choice.

We make quite literally millions of choices everyday? and they're all important.

Why are they important? Because they colour your day-to-day world and determine your future. Yes, even that apparently innocent choice to have the donut with sprinkles on the top?

Okay, so what does 'sprinkles' have to do with tires? A heck of a lot actually.

Permit me to explain.

In business we're faced with a constant stream of choices. How we respond (not react) is what determines the outcome. What you decide to think about something is your choice. If you choose to look at life and business as a challenge ? it will be. If you choose to look at life as a wonderful journey ? it will be that. Whatever you think it is ? you're right.

Think about that for a moment. Whatever YOU think your life is? is

Woah! A Matrix moment? Just like when Neo realizes he's been living in a dream world and he's about to step through the looking glass to take on the machines.

Now, if you've read my other articles (and why wouldn't you?) you'd have read the article about Nazir Mawani from "More Than Tires". Now there's a man who understands the power of choice.

During that interview I cannot recall one moment when he sounded bitter, angry or resentful about anything. He was just so darned upbeat ? so positive ? so happy. It's all a choice. And Nazir knows it.

He openly spoke about his passion for life and how he wished more people would grasp the simple truth that each day is what you make it. It's no more complex than that.

If you remember, Nazir had successfully operated dozens of businesses and still seems unjaded by the rigours of daily life. And don't think that life has always been a bed of roses for Nazir ? it hasn't been. Life has thrown him plenty of curve balls ? the kind of curve balls that might send some folks running for the locker rooms calling the game because of rain.

Nope, Nazir has taken his lumps and risen up from failures and he's still smiling.

Making choices takes practise. It also takes a sense of responsibility. You need to realize that you are the creator of your own destiny ? in all things. Remember, no choice is a choice. So you can't plead ignorance when something fails on you.

And the best way to help make choices is to arm yourself with as much information as you can get. Read voraciously. Listen to the news. Talk to like minded people. Talk to people with alternate viewpoints. Think and immerse yourself in whatever you wish.

And when life taps you on the shoulder and you need to make a choice ? you'll be ready.

So do you want raspberry, chocolate or vanilla?

Author: http://www.JamesBurchill.com

---

Mental, Emotional and Physical Prosperity

To create true, lasting prosperity, almost any guru can tell... Read More

Follow Your Dream

If you have a dream, follow it. No matter how... Read More

First Impressions ? Turn Fear Into Courage

The top business people all say the same thing ?... Read More

How To Bypass Your Conscious Mind and Program Yourself For Success

Emile Coué, the French psychotherapist once said: "When the imagination... Read More

The Manifestations Of Self

A man is captive within himself. He dwells in a... Read More

Living a Values-Based Life

What is a values-based life? A values-based life is a... Read More

Letting Go and Trusting The Universe

One of the most important things in Wealth Creation is... Read More

Jedi Mind Tricks - How To Make Suggestions Like A Jedi Master

Being a child of the Seventies I'm a real fan... Read More

Create a Climate for Success by Mastering Your Total Image - Part 3

In the first parts of this series, we introduced the... Read More

Putting Yourself on the Road to Success

What separates successful people from unsuccessful people, achievers from non-achievers,... Read More

Limiting Perceptions and Broadening Horizons

If you live in modern society I'm sure at some... Read More

Success Through Authenticity: Harness Your ?Innie? Natural Edge

For any inner-directed individual, much of life feels like you... Read More

The Law of Attraction and Love

The Law of Attraction says that 'like attracts like'. It... Read More

The Power of Focusing on What Vs. How

We see it and do it enough times to know... Read More

Anamcara - The Blessing of Love

â??The snow goose need not bathe to make its self... Read More

A Life of Adventure?

In a conversation recently, a friend remarked to me: "Every... Read More

Plants, Herbs, And Roots For Love

In the column Plants, Herbs and Roots For Prosperity, I... Read More

Compounding Effect of Selfishness

Five-year-old Katie asked for a coin for her to throw... Read More

What You Habitually Think Becomes Attracted to You

Are you frustrated with a certain area of your life?... Read More

What is the Key to a Successful Life?

An ideal is not the dream that can never be... Read More

10 Common Money And Success Myths ? Part 1

For the longest time, people believed that the earth was... Read More

6 Great Ways To Improve Your Social Skills

If you are looking for a way to improve your... Read More

Rising Above the Average

There is nothing more motivating than reading a story about... Read More

What Love and Money Have in Common

How many of us have ever felt that we've thrown... Read More

To Be Or Not To Be, Visible That Is...

Stepping outside your old limitations and 'out of the box'... Read More

The Chi of New Homes: Feng Shui-ness and Destiny

When my wife and I were searching for a new... Read More

Be Your Own Best Friend

What does being a "best friend" mean to you? I... Read More

Why and How You are Caught Up?

Speed Up the Evolution!1. Check the area where you are... Read More

Lottery Winners Lose It All

You have heard it time and again. Lottery Winners lose... Read More

Charm Is Good Business

What's most astounding is that the vast majority of business... Read More

The ?Stand-Out? Principle

Think for a moment about all the people you know... Read More

Power Affirmations Are Not Enough

I hope this article finds you safe and well. I'm... Read More

Make Money by Making a Life as Mother Teresa Did

Many people forget business is a way of service. When... Read More