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Its all about choices
Written by: Philip A. FosterArticle Overview: Everyday we are bombarded with choices to make. We make choices everyday that affect what we believe about ourselves and our ability to succeed in life.
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Its all about choices
It’s all about choices….
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the statement that “it is all about choices.” What does that really mean? It recently occurred to me that one of the hardest things about life is the free will we have to do what ever we want. Every day we make hundreds, if not thousands, of choices. We choose to get up or hit the snooze button just one more time. We choose coffee over tea, muffins over biscuits. We choose to work for the wage we make and drive the car we drive. You get the picture…
We are bombarded with choices nearly every waking second of our lives. From advertisements on the roads, internet, radio, television and now our telephones… every where we are asked to make choices. A recent search on Google.com for the word choice revealed 491,000,000 occurrences.
Did you realize that we have the power to be happy or sad, mad or indifferent? We make choices everyday that affect what we believe about ourselves and our ability to succeed in life. If you ask 100 people how much they are worth – you would find that most of them “believe” that they are worth exactly what they get paid each year. What is more stunning is that they believe that they will never make more than what they are worth.
We get out of life exactly what we expect from it. Your life will be exactly as you see it. Everything that happens to you in your life is a direct result of your thoughts. That means you have the choice to live the life you want. If you believe you are destine to live in a mediocre house and drive mediocre car then guess what – you are right! If you want to change your life you need to start with the thoughts you have. Some call this stinking thinking, some call it thinking small. What ever it is – this one thing is true – what ever you tell yourself is true about your life and who you are is what your subconscious will believe.
Do you want to start changing your life today? If so, then start with these key things.
1). Sit down and write a list of the goals you would like to achieve – be very specific.
2). Set a time frame by which you would like to achieve each goal.
3). Repeat to yourself as many times a day as possible (50 to 100 to start). Every day in every way I am getting better and better. Or I am a winner and a Success and I will achieve what ever I set out to do. Anything like this that is motivational.
4). Contact Maximum Change to work through these goals and objectives and start setting plans to achieve those goals.
Philip Foster holds a Master of Art in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis on Coaching and Mentoring. He works with individuals to help them find and reach their full potential in life.
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About the Author: Philip A. Foster RSS for Philip's articles - Visit Philip's website Philip A. Foster MA is the Founder/CEO of Maximum Change, Inc. Leadership Coaching and Consulting. He holds a Master of Art in Organizational Leadership (emphasis in coaching and mentoring) from Regent University where he is enrolled in Doctoral Studies in Strategic Leadership. While Maximum Change works with individuals on many different personal issues; we specialize in working with professionals, teams, organizational leaders and high profile individuals. Philip is available for speaking, teaching, coaching and consulting. maximumchange.com | Skype: philip.a.foster | (615) 216-5667
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