Success Strategy: We Always Have Choices

In any situation, we have choices—emphasis on the plural! It bothers me when someone says that he or she did something because he or she “did not have a choice.” Wrong!

There are always choices. There might only be one good choice out of a dozen bad choices, but there are still choices! Even deciding to do something rather than nothing is a choice. Deciding not to make choice is still making a choice!

When we tell ourselves that we did something because we did not have a choice, it is a negative. It is giving away our power. When we take ownership of the choice we made, it is a positive. It reaffirms that we have power over our lives. If we pick the one good choice out of a dozen bad choices, we need to take credit for that!