In order to succeed, you must have a long-term focus. Most of the challenges that we have in our personal lives—like indulging constantly in overeating, drinking, or smoking, to feeling overwhelmed and giving up on our dreams—come from a short-term focus.

Realize that decision making is a kind of act in itself, so a good definition for a decision might be “information acted upon.” You know you’ve truly made a decision when action flows from it. It becomes a cause set in motion. Often the effect of making a decision helps create the attainment of a larger goal. A critical rule I’ve made for myself is

4. Learn from your decisions.

3. Make decisions often. The more decisions you make, the better you’re going to become at making them. Muscles get stronger with use, and so it is with your decision-making muscles.

One decision that has made a tremendous difference in the quality of my life is that at an early age I began to link incredible pleasure to learning.

Now is the time to design the next ten years of

Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken new action. If there’s no action, you

In order to keep your commitment, you need the best strategies for achieving results.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know.