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Last night, at a party, I talked with a man who published 9 books, 12 video training tapes and numerous cassette tape programs. He really surprised me when he said, “Doug, I’d like to learn how you develop and sell your books.” That was flattering, but what really surprised me was when he hung his head and confessed, “I have made so many wrong decisions.” “Wrong decisions?” I asked. “You’re a business guru!” He said, “I could have done better. I’ve made so many wrong decisions.”

Here was a financially successful but stressed out businessman gently beating up on himself because he could of made more money. Have you done that, too? Have you beaten up on yourself because you felt you made wrong decisions? I used to, and constantly it sounded like this: “I should have taken that job. I could have timed things differently. Why didn’t I invest the money?” I used to agonize about making the right decision before I made any decision and afterwards I worried more. What a lot of wasted energy!

I took the pressure off, got out of the trap, and started making better decisions after reading this quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer. He wrote, “There are no right or wrong business decisions, only ones with different potential outcomes.” He’s right! There is no one right decision. There are only choices that will give you different results. So the smart way to make decisions is to decide on the results you want, choose the road most likely to take you there, and decide to make your journey a great one.

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