God seems to throw Himself on the side of the individual who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT!

Napoleon Hill pointed out that procrastination is the opposite of decision. Towards the end of Think and Grow Rich, he suggests that you read the book over again and study it. As this is a fairly large book, I can see how most would have been put off by this request and therefore not followed through with it.

Here is something I have observed. If you follow through with everything Napoleon Hill writes in his book and make the decision to perform all of the tasks and requests then there is no way you will not reach the riches you desire. I know this because I followed through with everything just as suggested and received massive breakthroughs. If it wasn’t for Think and Grow Rich – I don’t think I would have ever created this blog and therefore you wouldn’t be reading these words.

A popular self-development forum that I frequent often revealed some interesting facts. Those who re-read Think and Grow Rich and applied everything and studied the book just as suggested – made massive breakthroughs in their lives. Whereas those who did nothing and read the book only once, remained where they were and no major breakthroughs ever occurred.

What type of a person are you? Are you the sort of person who will do what it takes to obtain the riches you desire? Or are you the type of person who wants it all on a silver platter without having to do any of the work?

Decision making is part of our every day life. You will end up making thousands of decisions every day. Some small, and some not so small.

Analysis of several hundred people who had accumulated fortunes well beyond the million dollar mark, disclosed the fact that every one of them had the habit of REACHING DECISIONS PROMPTLY, and of changing these decisions SLOWLY, if, and when they were changed. People who fail to accumulate money, without exception, have the habit of reaching decisions, IF AT ALL, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and often.

As the quotation above points out, making the habit of reach decisions promptly is one of the habits of high achievers, which is the focus of today’s discussion.

So how can you begin to make decisions quickly?

Here are a couple of suggestions;

• Make an affirmation card and place it in many obvious places where you will see it often. Write on the card ‘I make decisions quickly and easily’.
• Think about it often. The more you can think about making your decisions quickly the more chance you will have of remembering to do so when faced with a decision.
• Make a decision around something important right now. There is no time like the present, so have a think about something that may have been lingering on and bothering you. Make a decision about it once and for all and stick to your decision.

And lastly… make your own decisions. Never let anyone else influence your decisions unless they are a part of your mastermind group. Remember, everyone has an opinion, but the only opinion that truly matters is your own – regardless of the position that the other person has – it is your opinion that counts!

If you are too easily influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no DESIRE of your own.

Often throughout life you will have set backs and receive negative comments when working towards your goals.

“You can’t do that”
“No one will even listen to your ideas”
“That’s just stupid!”
“You should give up now before you’re humiliated”

These are just a few of the comments that can be detrimental when working towards creating the life you wish to live. Remember, everyone has an opinion but NO ONE is right or wrong with what they say.

Give no attention to what comments you receive along the way and stay firm to your decisions that you make. The only people you should take advice from are those members of your mastermind group.

Although it can seem hard to ignore the comments of your loved ones and close friends, they are not you and cannot influence your life. Only you can do that – which is why giving their opinions attention and focus is worthless and destructive to your own progress.

Keep your plans and ideas to yourself whilst working with the principles from Think and Grow Rich. Do not disclose your ideas and do not share your goals with anyone.

From a Law of Attraction perspective, not sharing your goals could be weakening your manifestation power. By speaking about your goals and talking about them often you are magnetically attracting them into your experience. However, when you’re surrounded by people who do not support your goals and have in the past shown traits of discouragement then you should keep your goals close to your heart and not share them to those who could influence the way you feel around those goals.

Keep your eyes and ears wide open – and your mouth CLOSED – if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt DECISION.

Napoleon recommends that in order to remind yourself to follow this advice you should copy the following statement and place it in large letters where you will see it daily:

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT

I think this is a brilliant statement and one that we should all remember. By removing your egos thirst for telling people how great its going to be once you’ve achieved your said desires and you begin to move beyond that insignificant way of thinking you will be in a much better place to get on with creating your desires so you can then show them to the world once they’ve been achieved.

Before long your friends and family will notice the change within you and will want to know everything you do so that they can experience a piece of it for themselves. Teaching by example is the best way to teach any subject matter.