Decisions are the way to take charge of your life. The one, single most life directing practice you can do is to make a decision. Leadership requires active decision making.

We face so many situations everyday requiring action. They are so subtle we may not realize we actually can make a decision concerning them. Therefore we duplicate what we did yesterday and the day before that and so on producing a habit of defaulting to past decisions that forms a sort of programming we call life. Here are some examples: What do I eat for breakfast; what is the first thing I should do today; will I work out today. We rarely stop and ask what are my goals for the day, what do I need today, how will I fulfill those needs today, etc.

The matter of stopping our being to make these decisions seems so overwhelming. We hurry on to begin our day of accomplishing whatever happens to be before us. We savor the moments of rest and peace, hope there is time left at some point for us to do something that is truly important to us. At the end of the day we sometimes feel "active" having accomplished all that was set before us, but, underneath, there is a sense of disturbance because our life is not really on a chosen course for a specific destination.

We probably are living at least some part of our life passively. I have no idea what the exact overwhelming percentage of the population is of people who passively live most of their lives letting external waves of circumstances, along with internal whims, and feelings control their destination. Even the decision of what priority each event of the day should receive is often set by the loudest voice in our lives. This high percentage of humanity not only don't decide what they do, or where they go but they also don't choose their rate of speed to get there. This is caused by us merely taking the path of least resistance.

Some Reasons we Remain Passive
o Never having had the revelation that life is a choice and I can decide concerning a matter
o Being fearful of upsetting someone
o Being fearful of being judged by someone
o Being fearful of making a mistake
o Being fearful of confrontation
o Being fearful of taking a risk
o Having the concept that making decisions is too fatiguing
o Having the concept that making decisions makes life too complicated
o Having the concept that making decisions makes life too rigid

In some areas of our lives these concepts or fears make a passive life seem to be easier and better because it has less friction. However, when you are in your middle years you may wake up one day and discover you have lived a dull, unproductive, purposeless, meaningless life.

This empty feeling can be countered by using your special power - the power of a decision.

This article will be continued in the next month's issue of Partner Insider Information.

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Founder and CEO of Diverse CTI.  Bachelor degree in ministry with an emphasis in counseling.

His vocational calling is to help people grow and develop in all areas of their person - spirit, soul, and body. He has risen to the top of his industry and has been recognised as a leader in communications, specifically telecommunications and data networking, for more than 25 years.  His passions have resulted in building Diverse CTI into an excellent company with an impecable reputation.  He has enjoyed designing communication strategies for other excellent companies over the past 25 years and is still having fun. Find out more about Tom!