In life, we are faced with a number of different decisions. Some will be trivial like choosing something to eat for dinner while others will be life-changing like picking a career or choosing where to live. Furthermore, not all of us are good at making these bigger decisions or we get frustrated when they don’t yield positives immediately but what is the solution to this? Although it seems simple, we need to take our time and let these decisions run their course.
One of the biggest examples of this can be seen when we choose a new career; often, we don’t give it enough of a chance to progress. Thomas Edison once said ‘Many of life’s failures are people who didn’t realize how close they were to success when they gave up’ and this is a really good summary of this topic. If you make one of life’s big decisions, sometimes they take time before coming to fruition and it is this patience that we have to learn in life. If we look at the richest people in the world, they didn’t immediately become billionaires after deciding to start their own business because they had to work hard and make it happen. Similarly, personal relationships don’t always work out instantly but good decisions will always have a way of rewarding us in the end.
With this in mind, if you have recently made one of these choices and are starting to feel nervous, think about how you feel. If, after weeks and months, you still feel as though you did the right thing, there is absolutely no way that you should turn back otherwise you could be missing out on potential success. If you feel as though you made a bad decision when you reflect, then you should take action and this leads nicely to the next point.
When on the rollercoaster called life, you aren’t always going to make the best choices but that’s what makes us all human. Making wrong decisions is natural but how we react to them can be very different; instead of letting them get you down, you have to learn from these mistakes and become a stronger person. For example, let’s say that you started a business but it wasn’t a success because you picked an oversaturated market. Instead of being down and full of regret, you should adopt a more positive approach by learning lessons in how you would do better next time. When you can do this, you will be in a better position to make stronger decisions in the future. Having the ability to make good decisions takes time because it is a skill but once you get there, you have to trust your instincts and let the effects of the decision run its course so you can Live Life Fully!
