Sometimes we make decisions that cater to what we want rather than what we need. A lot of those decisions are made long before we realize it. We will take time to acquire data that will support these decisions so that we can justify making the decision we want, even when we know it is not what we need.
• Work today wiped me out so it is not a good idea to go to the gym.
• I don’t have time to cook so fast food it is.
• I am too busy to train consistently so kung fu is not in the cards.
There are an almost infinite number of reasons to make any decision. Hence why it is important to always differentiate between wants and needs. We tend to gravitate to mediocrity even though our goal is mastery. We all know what is good for us but we spend an awful lot of time convincing ourselves that the easy way - what we want, is actually what we need.
Mediocrity is easy. So easy that most of us gravitate to it so seamlessly that we don’t even realize it. The thing is though, mastery is almost as easy. It is just a matter of maintaining clarity and making the right decisions.
“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” — Robert H. Schuller (1926 - 2015)
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