Ben van Wetten
Courage: A simple word that can trip you up when it is not in you.
We make dicisions everyday, all day. Most of them we don't even think about, because in the main, they are our autopilot responses to what we do, countless number of times per day. But there are times when we are forced to make split second, heart stopping decisions, when mistakes can be very costly and even end in death. But we make that decision, with a good or bad result.
The higher the stakes, the higher the risk factor. The higher the risk factor, the higher the chances are for procrastination to stick its ugly head out.
On a personal level, too many of us don't like making life changing decisions and just go with the flow, letting 'life' make the decisions for them. Then they can shrug and blame 'life' for any lack in their lives.
On a business level, a wrong dicision can be very costly to the company. Something employees try to avoid like the plague and that creates its own lack. You get where I am going with this? Decision making requires courage, sometimes a little, other times a lot.
Having a lot of lack in your life, can often be ascribed too a lack of courage. Simon (not his real name) works in a small family business and has done so for 15 years. He knows every aspect of the business and at times has to keep the business running when the family goes on holiday. He complains all the time to anyone who will listen about his home life and his work situation.
He blames 'life' for not standing up for him.
When we lack the courage to stand up for ourselves, lack the courage to make dicisions, we in effect drop out of the life-race and give up.
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