Starting Off Right: Ten Choices That Will Revolutionize Your Life

The journey into adulthood is not an easy one. It must be navigated with skill if we are going to experience the significance that comes with living a life that is worthy to society. Any journey has intersections and those who win are the ones who make good trade-offs at the intersections of life. Bob Buford once said, “None of us know when we will die, but all of us, if we wish, can select our own epitaph”. We select our own epitaph based on the kind of life we live. Are you pursuing a better life? If not, here are ten choices worth making that can qualitatively improve your life and a question after each to prompt your decision-making.

1. Choose accomplishment instead of affirmation – Are you going to be one of the boys and get the affirmation of mediocrity or will you step out of the herd and blaze a trail of accomplishment?

2. Choose future potential instead fo financial gain- Will you be enticed by the promises of wealth or will you live for a life of significance based on your true capacity?

3. Choose personal growth instead of immediate pleasure - Are you tempted by the life of ease and play now, or are you motivated by the desire for living your best life possible?

4. Choose significance instead of security - Do you want to live a comfortable life of comfort and convenience or will you soar towards a better life in which you make an even greater difference?

5. Choose excellence instead of acceptance - Are you going to settle for the acceptance of your peers and friends or will you aim for the excellence that comes from the pursuit of your dreams?

6. Choose multiplication instead of addition - Are you satisfied with adding value to your community or will you go for the more rewarding joy of multiplying value to the world?

7. Choose one thing instead of many things - Will you be a jack of all trades and master of none or will you stand out from the pack and be a master of one thing?

8. Choose quality instead of quantity - Are you going to fill up your life with things and events or will you go for the right things and events?

9. Choose success instead of stability - Is your prime desire to have a stable life or are you willing to tap into the success of knowing and realizing your true passion?

10. Choose family instead of work - Are you laboring at your work at the expense of your family or are you creating a legacy for those whom you love?

Only through making wise choices can we truly reach our potential.