Three decisions that control your destiny. By Tony Robbins

The three decisions that control your destiny are:

1. Your decisions about what to focus on.

2. Your decisions about what things mean to you.

3. Your decisions about what to do to create the results you desire.

You see, it’s not what’s happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. 

Rather, it’s your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you’re

going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. Know that if anyone is enjoying

greater success than you in any area, they’re making these three decisions differently from you in some

context or situation.

Too many of us don’t make the majority of our decisions consciously, especially these three absolutely

crucial ones; in so doing, we pay a major price. In fact, most people live what I call “The Niagara

Syndrome.” I believe that life is like a river, and that most people jump on the river of life without ever really deciding where they want to end up.
So, in a short period of time, they get caught up in the current: current events, current fears, current challenges.

When they come to forks in the river, they don’t

consciously decide where they want to go, or which is the right direction for them. They merely “go with

the flow.” They become a part of the mass of people who are directed by the environment instead of by

their own values. As a result, they feel out of control. They remain in this unconscious state until one day

the sound of the raging water awakens them, and they discover that they’re five feet from Niagara Falls

in a boat with no oars. At this point, they say, “Oh, shoot!” But by then it’s too late. They’re going to take

a fall. Sometimes it’s an emotional fall. Sometimes it’s a physical fall. Sometimes it’s a financial fall. It’s

likely that whatever challenges you have in your life currently could have been avoided by some better

decisions upstream.

There will be times when you’re on the river solo and you’ll have to make some important decisions on

your own. The good news is that if you’re willing to learn from your experience, then even times you

might think were difficult become great because they provide valuable information—key distinctions—

that you will use to make better decisions in the future. In fact, any extremely successful person you

meet will tell you—if they’re honest with you—that the reason they’re more successful is that they’ve

made more poor decisions than you have. People in my seminars often ask me, “How long do you

think it will take for me to really master this particular skill?” And my immediate response is, “How

long do you want it to take?” If you take action ten times a day (and have the proportionate “learning

experiences”) while other people act on a new skill once a month, you’ll have ten months of experience

in a day, you will soon master the skill, and will, ironically, probably be considered “talented and lucky.”

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This paragraf is from the book "Unleash the power within" of Antony Robbins. He is a great inspiration to me in term of how passionate he is in speaking and studing the tools we need to get what we want once we discovered what and why we want it.