First step to getting things you want out of life

It all starts with a decision, focus and mindset to identify what we want and put our energies into these areas. We might call these decisions – focus or perseverance. But we’re constantly exposed to distraction and easy wins that derail us from our goals. The idea of having a focus area makes a significant difference in our approach to getting what we want out of life. Ultimately, it is a question of whether we get what we want deeply or are we settling for easier targets that seem more achievable.

The first step to getting things you want

It all starts with a decision – to define what we want and why. It is more fundamental than just saying that you want something. You must be willing to put in the work, find the right resources and work hard. Nothing ever works without us deciding and putting our full focus on this. Like Vivekananda says, a hungry soul will drink the ocean. This is the sort of hunger that we want to chase. But the first step to getting things you want is still in defining what they are. Once you do that, you can figure out the work needed for it.

Unless you decide what you want, you will always keep shooting in the dark without even realising whether you hit the target or not. It knows where we are headed cos although the unknown is exciting, too much of it is definitely annoying!

Decide what you want

Ideally, we would look at the problem at hand, lament over it for a long time, and blame all people around, the govt, the jealous managers, owners, etc. And then we try to analyze the possible scenarios and the corresponding decisions. We tend to analyze how and where each decision leads. After a while, none of these seem realistic, and we return to the first step! Does this look familiar? Related: Decision-making

What does taking a decision mean? – Well a decision means to cut off all other possible scenarios, options and solutions. You have taken a decision, the imperative is to make it work.

It is not that I take a decision, it doesn’t sound great, I will take another and so on.. But I guess most time none of the decisions are perfect. We need to embrace the chaos in order.

How do you make a decision work? – Well simple solution says – Decide to Make it Work! Well that’s where the whole juice of action lies. The stock response when a decision doesn’t work is to curse the decision and try and take another.

Sometimes it does make sense but most times it doesn’t! The only way I would say is, it is your decision, if you are not putting effort to make it work, then the decision probably may not work!