| Did you ever think about the important roll bad | | | | with experience and experience eventually leads |
| decisions play in how to succeed in life and how to | | | | us to success. |
| succeed in business? | | | | You should fully expect to make an occasional |
| I'm being deadly serious about this because | | | | bad decision but I will even go as far as to say |
| whether you realize it or not, your decisions, | | | | that you should embrace all the bad decisions you |
| especially the bad ones, are so important to your | | | | will certainly make. |
| success. | | | | So when you do make those inevitable bad |
| Although poor decisions play a critical role in | | | | decisions, be easy on yourself. Understand that |
| anybody's life, very few people realize it or even | | | | there was a good reason why you make the |
| think about it. Most people look to sweep their | | | | decisions you make so accept whatever the |
| lousy decisions under the rug or otherwise | | | | outcome might be. Most importantly you've got |
| pretend that they never even happened. What a | | | | to learn your lessons. There is nothing wrong with |
| huge mistake this is. | | | | making a bad decision and learning from it. On the |
| Not recognizing a bad decision is to miss out on a | | | | other hand there is everything wrong with making |
| huge opportunity for self improvement. Every | | | | a bad decision without taking a good lesson from |
| decision - whether it turns out to be good or bad | | | | the experience. |
| - provides an outcome. Good outcomes result in | | | | Do not let your bad decisions go to waste. |
| good, positive feelings and there is certainly | | | | As an example, look at the child who touches a |
| nothing wrong with that. Less than favorable | | | | hot stove. Obviously touching a hot stove is |
| outcomes on the other hand provide us with | | | | clearly a bad decision. However at the same time |
| something far more important. | | | | a crucial lesson was learned. That child learned her |
| Making hundreds of decisions throughout the day | | | | lesson and she won't be touching anymore hot |
| is a part of life. Most are small, seemingly | | | | stoves any time soon. |
| insignificant decisions like what to have for lunch | | | | Of course, one should always look to make good |
| while others hold a great deal more importance. | | | | decisions and I think that goes without saying. |
| You've got to understand, everybody is the sum | | | | Nobody ever wakes up in the morning eager to |
| total of the decisions they make. The small | | | | make poor decisions. But, as fallible human beings, |
| decisions and the big ones; we are a reflection of | | | | it is absolutely impossible to avoid them. |
| our choices. | | | | Also, on a lighter note, bad decisions make for |
| Let's look specifically at only the bad decisions we | | | | good stories, agreed? I can absolutely guarantee |
| make. The truth of life is that learning how to | | | | you that something which appears to be a bad |
| succeed in business or how to succeed in life in | | | | decision with a seemingly dire outcome today will |
| general would be impossible without the benefit of | | | | not seem so bad tomorrow. |
| bad decisions. Making bad decisions provides us | | | | |