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Let me start by saying, the right thing to do usually isn’t the easy thing to do. The easy thing would be to not change because the near future is all you see in front of you. It all seems ok and there is no pain. You may not like it, but you say things like, “I can live with that” or “it’s not that bad”. That’s the beginning of compromising your life and your happiness. It’s a rare person that sees three months, six months or one year into the future. They have a certain capability to see the future and opportunity set before them and others as well. Most successful people in the world have the ability to see the change before it happens. There is an art to making tough decisions. First you have to commit to a time frame to make the decision. If you don’t you will live in a state of uncertainty and turmoil. You must say to yourself something like, “in two months I will have a decision made.” Second, look at all your options for today and for the future. This is important because our nature is that we don’t want to let people down or worry about what people will think of us if we make the wrong decision. If you don’t take a chance and make the hard decisions you will continue to be in the same place, the same job, doing the same thing, living life with the question, what if. Third, you have to commit to your decision. You can’t go into life changing decisions trying it out. After you look at all the pros and cons and you’ve made your decision you have to commit to it. If not you will always just be trying new stuff and never giving 100 percent. You will just give enough to tell yourself you gave it a shot.

Harry S. Truman once said, “All my life, whenever it comes time to making a decision, I make it and forget about it.”

Let’s face it; most people don’t like being decision makers. We all like the plan to be laid out for us so that we call follow. That’s why there are managers and leaders. But there will come a day if hasn’t already that you will have to be the manager and eventually the leader to yourself! If not you will continue to follow until the day someone is standing at podium talking about what a great person you where! Life is short. There are times you really have to make decisions for yourself and the people closest to you. Stop avoiding the confrontation of decision making and follow these three easy steps to your happiness. Life is too short not to be happy!