Good decisions I made in the past that gives me a sense of achievement came through a series of experiences.

Experience 1:

I was at my consulting desk and it was around 1 p.m. which means lunch time. I was already so hungry I could eat a human. But I didn't want to eat alone. So I went to invite a colleague to join me.

"Okay. Give me 20 minutes; I'm finishing up with my patients." he said.

I can wait for 20 minutes. No big deal.

Twenty minutes later... He's still Seeing more patients.

"Hold on. Give me another ten minutes. I'll call Adam (his friend from other department) to join us."

He called Adam who agreed to have lunch together, then continued his work.

Ten mins later (so that's already half an hour)...

"I don't think I can join you. I have to finish this pile of folders. Please go first. I think Adam is already waiting at the cafe. If I manage to finish my work in the next ten mins, I'll join you guys," he said.

Experience 2:

The weather was good. Blue sky, windy. I was in the mood for running. I wanted to go out and sweat. I skipped exercising for three weeks due to workload and when the weekends came, I was occupied with other stuff. Either that, or terrible weather. There were always excuses. But that day I had no excuse. I was thrilled to go out.

It was 4.30 p.m. I rang my neighbour who's also a runner.

"Bro, the weather is so good today. Let's run," I said.

"It is. But can we go at 6 p.m.? I have something to do right now."

One and a half hour is nothing. I can wait. No big deal.

6 p.m. The weather changed from good to bad. It was suddenly raining. So we cancelled our plan. If I just walked out of the house at 4.30 p.m., I would probably be sweating and came home at 6 p.m.

These two and dozens of similar experiences led me to a decision.

Don't wait for others. You want to eat? Go. You want to run? Go. You want to watch movie? Just go. You want to travel? Go.

For all the things you can do alone, just go. Wait for nobody.

Some other decisions I made in the past,that am proud of:

Not doing anything:

People sit, gossip, discuss other people. They enjoy all these things. But it doesn’t help anyone.We call it passing time.

I left that habit few years ago and promised myself to do something in leisure time which will help me or others.

“Not doing anything” used to be the biggest problem in my life.

Keep my success to myself:

Half of your friends, family and relatives get jealous when you do something great. Isn’t it?

They don’t show it on face but they are envy of you. That creates a negative energy around you. You should have felt that before? So hence,most times,I keep my success as a secret.

Leaving people who dominate:

We have been listening from our childhood, “Do it, do that, don’t do that”.

From our parents to our teachers to our bosses have helped us built the habit of “Being dominated”.

Domination harm our confidence level, brings stress and create obstacles on the path of success.

When I started freelancing, my classmates told me “You might get into trouble. Don’t do that. You have enough for living.”

When I started investing for the first time and lost some money, people told me, “We told you before. Investing is just for rich people”.

People will demotivate you because they can’t do it themselves.
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