CHOOSE ONE AMONG MILLIONS

 

GOAL SETTING

A hard working man facing a difficult decision to choose one /Photo Courtesy /Andrea Piacquadio

Right Thing

Life is good. It has everything you want. The things that you love are found in the many options that life offers. All your preferences are available. Not in their thousands but in their millions. This tells you then that you can easily get what you want in life. As long as, you know what you want. Life will give it to you. You will have many options to choose from. That is the beauty of life. It does not suggest only one thing. It provides variety. That is a good thing. Life wishes through these choices that your table has a balanced diet. That you get a representation of everything you need to find joy and pleasure in your own life. It is amazing. That your only work is to choose one out of the millions of options in front of you. This is the goodness of being alive. The ability to have plenty of choices but pick the right thing.

But what is the right thing? That is a human's life test. The splendor of life is not finding your favorites. But rather doing the right thing. How do you know the right thing out of thousands of choices? That is where work begins. Life wishes to see your common sense. Your maturity. And your ability to make the right choice. Because after all, you do not need everything that is in front of you. So how do you settle for one? That is your question too. Life would like to know the answer. Your answer is important. As it tells us whether you are greedy, learned restraint, or living untamed. You need to answer these questions. How do you choose one? How do you find your favorite thing or things in life? Life will keep getting versatile. At no point will you want something and miss it in real life. Modern life is equipped for your sake. It will not disappoint you. You will have your bread when you need it.

But that is not new. Life has done that before. It was prepared yesterday. However, the most important thing is. Who are you in life? What is inside your head? How do you think? How do you make decisions? Are you capable of finding only one in millions? What goes into the making of such a decision? A decision to only settle for one when you can have ten. How do you eliminate the nine to choose only one? This is important. This is where the realness of life resides. The test to determine those who are ready. People that have done the work. Someone that has developed the character, which helps him/her to identify one out of millions. Not everyone finds one. It is not easy to choose one out of millions. You need wisdom. You have to be the right person. The right decision maker. Someone that thinks ahead. One that does not get overwhelmed with options.

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Someone that is responsible. Get it from us. Choosing one among thousands is a big responsibility. People need experience. One must have handled responsibility before. And learned how to walk the tight rope. You don’t choose one if you have never done it before. You don’t begin to grow in the presence of a choice. To make a choice. You should have grown the other day. Not today when you should be making the decision. If today is your first day. You will make mistakes. If today is your first time to decide. You will make one or a lot of mistakes. For example, you might signpost greediness where wisdom is needed. It is a tough decision. But you love something. And you can see something. Actually, all your preferences are in one place. And you want all of them. Your only struggle at this moment. Is to arrive at the right decision. Decision-making is not a child’s game. Decision-making is leadership game. And not everyone is a leader.

So who are you in front of life’s choices? Ask yourself that question again. Who are you? Is the person that you think you are capable of choosing the right thing? Does that person know the right? Do you know where to find the right thing? Are you tamed? Or you are the kind of person that eats everything on the table. Who are you? Can you answer that question? Don’t rush. We learned that millions of other people. Might not  have an answer to that question too. But what does that mean? When the world hosts several people who don’t know who they are? What does it mean for you? When you learn that you struggle to make decisions. Is it a good thing for you as an adult? If that is your reality. What type of choices do you make every day? This is now the perfect time to start thinking. And you need to be serious about it. This is not the time for games. Show some level of common sense. Let’s see some maturity.

Because choosing one among millions require insight. You just don’t wake up and choose one. You need preparation. You need to be equipped just as life is well furnished. You don’t make progress. Until you want progress. To choose one. You must want that one. You must work to choose one. You begin choosing one by learning about precedents. You must spend a lot of time in training. And learn the methods that help people to choose one. Your work in the training is to develop the mind that leads you to one. The knowledge that helps you to see chaff and grain. Choosing one is not obvious. Choosing one is a skill. Do you have the skill? Can the millions who do not know the answer develop the skill? Again, life is good. The skill is available. People only need to be progressive. And open their eyes.

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You also need to open your eyes. Not everything that life has is yours. Choose one. Choose the right one. And when you find out that you are the kind of person who cannot choose one. Then find the knowledge that will help you choose one. You have to only choose one. There are plenty of your favorites in life. But out of that abundance. One is enough. So develop the character that leads you to one. Learn some skills that rids you off greediness. Don’t choose ten. Choose only one. That is what you need for your future. Stop struggling with decision-making. Learn how to be an incredible decision-maker. Develop some key leadership skills such as, active listening and effective communication. Put whatever you need in simple words. Verbalize what you need. Put in clear language. And use that simple language to choose one.

That is your biggest responsibility in real life. Life will not stop giving. There will be new things all the time. However, the twist is what comes first. And what follows. You need to know what goes before the other. And what you do not need at all. That is why you need preparation. There is nothing simple about making the right choices. It is not simple to choose the right thing. Knowing what comes first is not easy. You have to be skilled. You must be experienced. You need be a good thinker. An objective thinker for that matter. Choosing one is not as plain as it sounds. People spend a lot of years trying to find that one. You don’t wake up to one. You work for one. And you must be deliberate about finding only one. Clarity begins in the mind. Be clear about what you want. When you become clear. Maybe, you can find one.