They are two of the worst thieves in history.
They reak havoc in the lives of millions of people every single day and they seem invincible.
Their initials form the word "IF".
Their result is failure and the sorrowful statement many of us say with a tearful eye throughout our lives..."IF only I had..."
Who are they?
They are the tag team of evil-doers, "Indecision and Fear!"
By now you're saying, "oh okay, I get it."
But honestly, do you really 'get it'?
The thing is, we all suffer from indecision in our lives at some point and it prevents us from taking action and achieving the real success we deserve.
We really have become a world of decision makers who succeed and indecisive people who fail.
Fact is indecision has a lot to do with Fear. That's why they form the acronym I.F.
Indecision happens as a result of the us fearing the consequences of our actions.
That fear forces us into a state of inertia - where we don't and won't move forward.
The problem is once we stay in that state...we're surely doomed unless our action is forced.
Fact: Forced action may result in progress but that progress is short-lived. The reason is simply because we never overcame indecision and fear to get there.
For example: Many people stay at a job that they hate and are simply miserable at because of the sheer fact that they fear what finding a new job means. It means, going on interviews, starting a new position and making a decision as to which job to take. "What if it doesn't work out? What if I can't do it and get fired?"
Then of course a day comes along that this very person must step up and take action because their so-called "safe" job is on the line.
Back when I was 14 years old, my father picked up an aluminum baseball bat and went after me to strike me on the head with it.
Well, I had already gotten the worst beating of my life with that bat a few weeks before and I wasn't about to let it happen again.
The thing was after that initial beating, I thought about leaving the house and finding my way own on the streets.
I learned what would happen to me and became indecisive about what my action should be...
Fact is, that indecision could have cost me my life this time but I had already planned that I would leave if he ever did it again.
So, just as he went to hit me I ran to the door with a light jacket on and took off running into the streets.
The temperature was at least freezing that night in New York, or so it felt, but it was better than being dead!
From then on, I became less indecisive and as an adult...I refuse to let fear cloud my decisions.
And YOU can do the same!
Yes, all it takes is changing your mindset today.
Realize that even if you fail after making a decision...IF you did not make a decision and act on it, you would never know what the result woud have been.
Being wrong about a decision is better than no decision at all. No decision means no result...no results mean no success.
Question: Would you thing twice about rushing to the hospital if you were bleeding uncontrollably?
Probably not but in our day to day tasks we don't have to worry about that sort of thing right?
The reality is every indecisive moment we spend fearing the "what if" consequences of our actions is a bleeding wound in the story of our lives.
It drains our success potential and slowly but surely Indecision and Fear defeat us.
Bottom Line: Don't fear making a decision, fear NOT making a decision.
I'll leave you with these wise success quotes...
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later."
- General George S. Patton, Jr.
And finally -
"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions." ~Author Unknown