CHAPTER 4
Choices and Decisions
It is our choices, Harry,that show what we truly are,far more than our abilities.
—PROFESSOR ALBUS DUMBLEDORE,FICTIONAL CREATION OF J. K. ROWLING
The previous chapter explored our power to choose our thoughts, feelings, communication, and behavior. From our choices come our decisions. Life and work are full of decisions that we must make every day.
Our decisions can be conscious or unconscious. We make choices to meet our human needs, and we make decisions to pursue our intentions, goals, and aspirations. Consciously exercising choice and the ability to make effective decisions is the mark of a self-leader; yet so many people are oblivious to how they make decisions or are paralyzed by fear of the choices they ...
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