“On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts.
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In both cases, don’t stop”
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– Paulo Coelho
How many “Good Enough” years would you trade for each “Unorthodoxly Amazing” year?
This is a tough question to answer since each person uniquely defines these two terms, using their unique Holistic Decision Making Quality (DMQ).
Further; most people overestimate how many years they’ll live, while often mistakenly thinking, their years will get better vs. staying about the same or possibly getting worse. Sadly, “Better”… seldom plays out in reality.
So… when you’re faced with forks in the road on your life’s journey… how do you make the best decisions?
First; it’s critical to figure out what you’re truly committed to doing with your life… for you, your family and society overall. Your commitment level will determine how you handle each subsequent trip through the “deserts of life”.
Here are a few commitment levels frequently observed.
- Hope – We make choices without doing the underlying work needed, hoping these façade choices get us through the desert.
- Be Carried – We get so weak that others need to carry us.
- Independent – We grab the camel and head into the desert with minimal help from others, because we think we need to do this by ourselves… only to put ourselves in control to make even worse choices during the trip.
- Interdependent – We work together with others so everyone gets through the desert safely.
- Unorthodoxly-Amazing – We are so appreciated by others, they walk side-by-side with us every step of the journey, carry us when we falter and make sure we get the majority of the water during the journey!
When things don’t go as planned, go well, etc., how do you respond?
Our past experiences often drive our current decision making… when our Holistic Decision Making Quality (DMQ) is an 8.4 or lower.
Our past experiences partially contribute toward our current decision making, but we effectively (critical) incorporate all the unique variables… when our Holistic-DMQ is an 8.5 or higher.
Each time we make a jugular decision at major forks in our lives… something is gained and something is forfeited… no exceptions… period!
If our commitment is to choose the most predictable path through the desert… the results will likely be… just that… predictable and Good Enough.
If our commitment is to choose to lead an Unorthodoxly-Amazing life on our path through the desert… the results are unknown, but the journey is Unorthodoxly Amazing!
Most people shrivel when it comes to Executing-Excellently Unorthodoxly-Amazing. They think they grasp the idea, but often falter when the journey becomes too rough, unpredictable, etc.
How have your Unorthodoxly-Amazing journeys turned out (if you’ve had any)?
If you started the journey with another person, when and why did they continue
on the journey with you; or, abandon you during the journey?
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Get MAD! Get Making A Difference! ~ JR
