Comments on: Positive vs Negative Decisions

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:39:09 +0000

I enjoyed other articles here, but this one seems plain silly to me. I do very much want to hope that people will guide themselves in life by other criteria than “make a positive decision” (e.g. as written, “move toward pleasure”). Moreover, the division itself I would question. How come there are only negative (“avoid pain”) and positive (“seek pleasure”) decisions and no other kind? May be the the ‘pleasure’ here is *very* loosely defined to include broader range? This would explain something but then I still wouldn’t get the sense.
Somehow the author couldn’t convey whatever he meant, at least to me…

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By: George Serradinho

George Serradinho — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:54:36 +0000

Wow, this article was spot on. We as people have choices to make every day and we sometimes only feel the after affect later on the decision we made. I went through a patch in my life to always take the easy way out which had a negative impact on my social life. I turned that around and life seems much brighter for me now. .-= George Serradinho´s last blog ..Need to know more Twitter Lingo? =-.

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By: Oscar - freestyle mind

Oscar - freestyle mind — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:12:05 +0000

Stephen,
positive vs negative decisions is of the few topics that really can make the difference. As with other high value activities, it is not something that show its results after one day, but it will change how your mind is programmed and how you make future decisions. Great work.
.-= Oscar – freestyle mind´s last blog ..Goals exposition to the rescue =-.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:30:09 +0000

This is truly a great and challenging post for me. Tony Robbins talks about the power of decision as a key success factor to achieving versus languishing. It's too easy to rest on one's laurels after achieving a certain level of success. It takes a winner to look at his/her goals and deliberately make the decisions to seek long term pleasure by enduring short term discomfort in order to achieve a worthwhile goal. .-= Steve´s last blog ..Have You Used These Success Factors to Go From Victim to Victor? =-.

By: Robin Easton

Robin Easton — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:19:19 +0000

Hi Stephen. This is an interesting post. It’s almost like your saying that we all need to maybe take the bigger risk (or what may ‘seem’ like a risk) or the bigger step that gives us a better quality of life so that once in THAT situation there are FEWER or no negative choices.

I guess all I can say is that in my life I take great risks when it comes to creating quality of life (peace of mind, joy, happiness and contentment of spirit, growth, etc) so that I am not forced to live trapped in a cycle of endless negative choices, none of which are the answer and all are negative and leading no where. It’s just easier to make that one ‘seemingly’ daring jump or choice that will allow me to grow and have infinite positive choices.

Hope some of this makes sense. I’m not as clear after a long day. ) But I enjoyed your article a lot. Thank you. Robin
.-= Robin Easton´s last blog ..Is Nature Real? =-.

By: ICONIC FREEDOM

ICONIC FREEDOM — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:50:38 +0000

I want to offer this for consideration: life need not be pain at all, the pain is created from within the individual who seeks to victimize the self – this is accomplished by not empowering personal choice and the development of personal responsibility.

When you understand that you ALWAYS have a choice, you then must accept the choices you’ve made which have created error in your personal judgment of your own goals – no one else’s.

Once this is assimilated and the ability to respond to every choice made at no cost to another without his consent is achieved, what pain is there? what stress is there? what angst is created? None. Integrity of self, self-reliance, self-governance is achieved.

The pain in life is created from not taking personal responsibility for choices made. You can eliminate it, but only if you’re willing to be accountable (own your choices) for the life you have forged with each and every choice you’ve personally made along the way – no one forced you, no one coerced you – each choice was made by you. Whatever influences you allowed – were choices you made to be influenced or coerced.
.-= ICONIC FREEDOM´s last blog ..THE AGE OF ENTITLEMENT =-.