PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

“Hey girl, we’re partying tonight. Are you coming?”

“What? Tonight? I can’t. I have an important job interview early tomorrow!”

“Oh don’t be like that. You never want to come with us. Come on!”

“Really, it’s not a good idea. I’ll be wrecked tomorrow and I really need this interview.”

“You’ll do just fine. It’s just a couple of hours. We’ll be back before you know it.”

“But…”

“Stop bitching. You’re turning into your mother. Just get your ass out with us already.”

“Oh God…”

“Girl, make up your mind now. We’re not waiting. In or out?”

“OK, OK, I’ll come.”

 

THE TROUBLE WITH CORNERS

Are you one of those people who seem to make bad quick decisions?

The kind that misfires under pressure?

You get easily cornered and lost and you just grab the solution that seems the the quickest way out at the time – which of course turns out to be pretty dumbass in retrosopect?

OK look!

First off, if that’s how you are right now, don’t worry.

You are certainly not alone in this respect.

A surprising number of people make less than great decisions under pressure.

Secondly, retrospect is a bitch.

It makes everyone a genius.

Yes even the ones with castanets for brains.

So, it’s far easier to realize that a choice was a bad one after it has happened.

But unless you learn from experience, then you will spend the rest of your life running in circles.

Because you can only modify your life’s path and point it in a better direction if you take stock of what has happened to you and apply it to your journey.

That way you are learning all the time and improving all the time.

 

HARD KNOCKS OR QUALITY TIME?

The crazy thing is most people DON’T learn from their mistakes.

They just point fingers at everyone and everything except themselves and moan about how hard they have it and how unfair life is.

And then lie back and wait for Lady Luck to toss a million euros their way.

Cause they deserve it.

Yeah, right.

Keep on dreamin’, Bubba.

The truth is that it’s a dumb person that learns from their own mistakes.

Sure, the school of hard knocks is a great teacher – but it’s way too expensive to learn that way.

A wise person will learn from the mistakes of others.

That’s a much better way to do it, don’t you think?

That is why people want me as a coach, really – so I can lead them around my pitfalls, and avoid them falling in like I did.

It’s worth every cent to save time in your life – because time is irreplaceable.

You will never get yesterday back.

I wish I had done more of that myself when I was younger.

But hey, when you got balls and brawn on your side, who needs brains?

Damn, was I really that much of a door knob back then?

 

HOW TO LOAD YOUR GUN

Well, what if YOU could avoid mistakes instead of actually committing them in the first place?

What if you could save your ass before actually falling on it?

Wouldn’t that be worth the bacon?

There actually IS a way to avoid making fast decisions.

All you need is a way to get some space to think and a little angel to whisper some sense into your head.

So – what do you do if you are caught up in the heat of the moment and feel pressured to make a decision you know you should not be making?

Easy!!

Take yourself out of the equation.

Jesus, no, I didn’t mean do anything drastic.

Put that fucking gun down!

I meant don’t be the decision maker.

How do you do that?

Because, from now on, you have a manager.

That’s right.

Just like some fancy high roller.

You cannot make decisions.

Because you are not allowed to. You have to run everything through your admin guy.

So now, whenever you are stuck, and someone wants an answer from you that no one’s life depends on, you just tell them “Thanks for that. I’ll pass it on through my manager and get back to you!”

Easy! Dead simple.

And if that sounds weird to you, just imagine if you would rather be in the shit that hasty decision is going to land you in.

“I really need to check my schedule out with my life coach! He has absolutely forbidden me to put anything on my timetable without consulting him/her.”

Pretty painless.

 

CREATING DESTINY

This way, it’s not that you don’t want to make decisions, or are unable to make decisions – you are just not authorized to.

Then, you walk away, take the pressure off, and get yourself some space.

Where you can talk to someone who knows their shit.

By that, I mean a coach or a mentor – please spare me the wise, all-knowing friends and family well-meaning, cringe-worthy time-bombs.

If you are going to sink, then at least sink yourself – don’t let someone else tie a ball and chain to your leg.

So ask someone who can REALLY help.

Which is what we have spent the last 25 years perfecting by the way.

Not only getting people to look their best – but to live their best.

Because you can’t have one without the other.

They just cannot exist apart.

Then, and ONLY THEN, can you make a good decision.

Try it out the very next time you feel pressured into making a choice you know you need time to think on.

Just take yourself out of the picture.

It will change your life.

 

 

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