Every MicroDecision Counts
It ain't a complex story, just a hard path to follow. "It's the old dog for the hard road." Lately I've noticed people who have great intentions but make poor micro decisions.
What's a micro decision? It's the very first decision you can make that has 2nd, 3rd, all the way out to 17th order effects.
It's taking that first sip of beer when you know you don't handle alcohol well. It's having that cup of coffee late in the day just because you're a bit drowsy. It's letting yourself get hungry knowing you'll be presented with poor food choices later.
It's any one of a million little decisions you make on a daily basis. We tend to think that all those little decisions don't matter, but what they add up to in aggregate is your life.
It's being curious enough to wonder about Steem, it's taking the plunge and buying a Bitcoin when you don't know much about it. What I'm seeing over and over again is that those tiny little decisions are actually points of inflection.
We think that eating a "bad" food (whatever "bad" means to you) won't matter if you just eat a slice, or a morsel, or a nugget. What you don't realize is that once you "break the seal" on one bad decision, your course can be set for far longer than you think it will be.
If you're living a life that you don't like all that much or you're wondering why you can't accomplish your goals or wondering why things just "aren't going your way", take a minute and examine some of your micro decisions lately.
We are responsible for our reality far more than we'd care to admit on a daily basis. Taking charge and making those decisions that consistently steer you towards your goals is the only way you'll achieve the biggest and the best of what life has to offer.
To life, amigos!
Cheers,
Nik@PT
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Absolutely true! I think I have always been a "micro thinker," or-- to use an NLP term-- I tend to "chunk small." I do OK with big picture thinking and decision making, but I am really more interested in the small individual pieces, and how they make up the whole.
Hmm, I'll have to re-read some of the NLP stuff. I like how they lay out the use of language. I usually catch distortions and deletions pretty easily during convos and thoughtlines, but I'll have to re-examine chunking. Cheers!
Nice. Brings a whole new perspective in decision-making.
Right on, hope it helps!
Nice! I upvoted and followed, good read.
Thanks, glad you dug it.