Extraordinary Decisions vs Ordinary Decisions

Wow, it's been 10 days since I've posted. I want to post at least twice a week but I have let life and work get in the way. Both have been great. Really busy. I've got some new opportunities work wise which should generate a lot of new clients and revenue which I'm really excited about. More about that when they start popping.

Last week I was feeling a bit out of sorts. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that I had spent so much time in courses over the last month that I had not been able to push my business forward like I'd wanted to. Although with a bit more clarity I've since realised that I was doing exactly what I needed to...acquiring more skills to use in my coaching and a wonderful methodology through the Thought Leaders' Million Dollar Expert Immersion program. That one really helped me get clear on my message and gave me a system to organise everything. I highly recommend it to anyone in Australia that can take advantage of it that wants to develop a career training, speaking, writing and coaching (not necessarily in that order).

But last week I was not feeling this way. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and disappointed in myself for not doing more in my business. I was also feeling angry at myself for not having as consistent of a yoga practice during all of these courses as I am committed to having.

Then, Thursday night as I was getting ready for my session with my coach from the States, Patty I started to ask myself some hard questions. The kinds of questions that I ask my clients. The kinds of questions that makes you really take a good hard look at yourself.

I asked myself why I let myself down so much in so many areas of my life. I wasn't eating consistently like I really want to eat. I wasn't practicing as much as I want to practice. I wasn't working on my business as much as I know I should.

And then the light bulb went on. I realised that I only really needed to ask myself one question. That question changed my life and my approach to it. That question is this..."Is this an extraordinary decision or an ordinary one." That's it!

Let me explain. You see, I am committed to helping people realise their true potential in life and then helping them with some tools so that they can live up to that potential. I'm committed to helping people have extraordinary results in their life. Yet, I realised that I wasn't living up to my own potential or getting the extraordinary results that I wanted and deserve.

I realised that I settle for the ordinary...a lot.

So I decided to ask myself a question every time I make a decision. "Is this an extraordinary decision or an ordinary one?" And these decisions range from what to have for snack...(starchy, processed food or a healthy juice blended up in my Vita Mix), to how to spend my time (should I really meditate or am I too tired?)

Now I'm not claiming that I'll make extraordinary decisions every time. But what I've noticed is that I am making them (after now 4 days of practice) much more than I was before. I'm also noticing that they are easy and that the mere act of asking myself that question gives me choice and serves as a constant reminder of what I'm committed to.

It's been a great tool for me and I'd encourage anyone who's up to extraordinary things to ask themselves the same question or a similary one.

What decisions have you made today that were extraordinary? :)