Decisions & Consequences

I have felt the immersion of the news about Former Baltimore Raven running back Ray Rice over the last 24 hours.  I had always believed that Rice was an upstanding individual and a guy that young boys can look up to.  However, what he did is disgusting.

 Is there anything for us to take from this other than a renewed sense of disdain for men that hit women?  He may be a good guy but he made a very bad decision to react to whatever was going on to brutally punch his wife.  Now, due to that decision, the consequences are that he has lost his once in a lifetime job and commentators are discussing whether or not he will ever play again.  I make many decisions every day and each one has consequences. Good decisions gain momentum and allow us to easily make more good decisions resulting in favorable consequences.  Developing the habit of continually making good decisions is like working a muscle to strengthen it to lift or run etc.  if you work the muscle you get stronger and faster but if you get out of the habit of strengthening that muscle you slow down and get weak.  You can not ride the fence when making decisions.  You either develop the muscle or habit to make good decisions or you let the muscle get lax and you develop the habit of making bad decisions. 

Life in business is controlled daily by the decisions we make no matter how small or monumental.  Therefore, it is vital to success that we develop the habit of making good decisions.

Expect to win!!

JW