A man was riding through town on a horse. He was riding with gusto, flying through the town at top speed. He looked important, clearly intent on getting somewhere important to do something important.
A person in the street yelled out, “You look like you’re in a rush. Where are you going?”.
The rider yelled back: “I have no idea... Ask the horse!”
He seems like a pretty stupid rider, but we also have times in our lives when there is all that activity and no control. We keep doing things without actually realizing where they are taking us collectively.
We’re running on autopilot without consciously making decisions. This is where I found myself when for the first half of the year.
Our life is an accumulation of the choices we make and the decisions we take. Usually, we deliberate a lot on the big decision in our lives. But it is the little ones that matter the most.
In The Compound Effect, Darren Hardy explains the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices.
To orbit in a galaxy far, far away we need to take a series of small (but repeated) steps. We must focus on improving consistently, relentlessly, and repeatedly over time.
It means mapping out a path, then sticking to it. Even if you veer off-course by just a few millimeters, you may not notice that your trajectory has changed immensely.
Over the period of years, a seemingly inconsequential decision may result in a massive miscalculation. We will never change our lives until we change something we do daily. The secret of our success is in our daily routine.
Soon after I wrote and published my first book, I found my path. I took the decision to write and publish a book a month.
The only thing worse than making a bad choice is not choosing at all. If you don’t choose, then you’ve decided to be a passive receiver of whatever comes your way.
Steering your horse down the wrong path is terrible enough, but letting go of the reins entirely and getting dragged around is far worse.
If you’re not intentional about how you live your life, you’re putting the power in someone else’s hands. And they may not have your best interests in mind. If you don’t choose for yourself to do well, someone else will choose for you to do poorly.
This week I went crazy with book buying. I subscribed to Book Bub which is sending me links to new books launched at heavily reduced prices. Here it is if you are interested too.
The physical version of my book is up on Amazon this week. For an extra $2.15 of the book’s normal price, you can own a physical copy.
That’s it from me this week.
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Take care.
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Sounds good Neera . I see you’re working up a storm behind the scene
The horse drawing is fantastic!! 🤣