The word DECIDE in bold white capitals on a plain blue background, the day 12 card from Neil Martin's 2016 Motivational Advent Calendar

Day 12: Decide again

Dec 12, 2016 | Life

Day 12 of my 2016 Motivational Advent Calendar: what you decide to stop doing matters as much as what you decide to do.

Twelve days in, and back to a word from day one. First published December 2016.

Decide

"What you decide not to do is probably more important than what you decide to do" (Daniel H. Pink, Drive)

Remember I talked about decision? Well, now it's time to decide, again.

There are two types of decisions, aren't there? There are the things you decide to do and the things you decide not to do. And guess what? The things you decide you're not going to do are just as important, or potentially even more important, than the things you decide to do.

What are you going to stop doing? What are the things that have held you back? What are the old habits you keep falling back into? What if you could eliminate them completely? What would that mean?

Reinforce the new decisions you've made and the new behaviours you want to take on, and dump the old ones instead.

So here's my question for you: what are you going to decide to stop doing, right now?

The book: Drive by Daniel H. Pink.

Choose one thing to stop doing today, and stop.

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