I am a firm believer in helping people find freedom in their lives so they can make the choices they truly want. But there comes a time when having too many available opportunities and too many choices is NOT a good thing. This week, that’s our primary area of focus.

At the start, when you are deciding what you want to do, it’s good to have many choices and experiment with different things – finding out which one resonates with you. In that scenario, choices help you make the best decision.

But once you decide on a certain path, having too many choices actually impedes your ability to decide and take action … and having too many opportunities that side-track and distract actually rob you of much needed concentration.

That’s one of the biggest challenges I see budding entrepreneurs and business people face these days.

Once you get a little success, everyone starts ringing you with a brand-new business opportunity – or something to work on together.

They are enthusiastic and in the moment, everything seems like a good idea. But what these opportunities can possibly do is distract you and make you take your eye off where you were going.

The more distracted you get, the more things start to fall apart. The opportunities themselves start to disappear and you lose everything in a flash.


History is littered with stories of people who got to the top (or were on the rise) ... only to plunge right back because they took their eye off the prize.

Then, there is the small matter of having too many decisions to make and choices to select from. As your star starts to rise, you start having to make more and more decisions - from the big to the small. If you don't set up a system for getting these handled, you can lose yourself in decision-making hell - driving yourself nuts with decision after decision.

It's precisely for reasons like this that the very best performers LIMIT the number of decisions they have to make, reserving their decision-making process to only things that were REALLY important.

Steve Jobs for years wore black turtleneck shirts and blue Levi’s 501 jeans. It became his signature style and a part of his public persona. But by limiting his choices, Jobs also simplified his life. Any one shirt and any one pair of pants and he was off to work to make more important decisions.

My main point is this: Once the wheels of success start turning for you, keep your eyes firmly on the road.

Know that distractions will appear and they will test your resolve. But never lose sight of why you started this journey in the first place.

Also, keep the number of decisions you have to make to few and important. Do your best to outsource the rest or limit the unnecessary.

Getting things done and making things happen is very different than figuring out what to do. When you have your course set and you want to turn dreams into reality, it’s time to set up shop and focus like a laser-beam.

This way, you remain grounded and stay right on course to creating the life you truly want for yourself.

Live Fearlessly,
Yana

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