Decide. Period.

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Most people think change requires more time, more information, or more motivation.
It doesn’t.

Immediate positive change begins the moment you Decide. Period.

Not consider.
Not hope.
Not wait until conditions improve.

Not try.

Decide. Period.

Decide right now.

“Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.”
— Tony Robbins

The Myth of Not Being Ready

One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re “not ready yet.”

We wait for confidence to appear, for fear to disappear, or for life to calm down.

Readiness is not a prerequisite for change, it’s a byproduct of commitment.

Clarity doesn’t come before the decision.
Clarity comes because of the decision.

Once you decide, your brain stops asking “Should I?” and starts asking “How do I?” That shift alone changes everything.

Decisions Collapse Time

When you decide, time compresses.

Years of hesitation can dissolve in a single moment of resolve. The gap between who you are and who you want to be shrinks not through gradual wishing, but through firm choice.

Think about it:

• The moment you decide to stop tolerating something, it loses power.
• The moment you decide to act, excuses lose credibility.
• The moment you decide who you are, your behavior begins to align.

Decision is not passive. It’s directional.

Positive Energy Follows Decisions

Indecision drains energy. Decision creates it.

When you’re undecided, your mind spins endlessly, evaluating, doubting, replaying scenarios. That mental friction is exhausting. When you decide, that friction disappears.

Energy that was trapped in analysis becomes available for action.

You don’t get energy then decide.
You decide and then energy shows up.

There are No Half-Decisions

Half-decisions produce half-results.

“I’ll try.”

“Do or do not, there is no try.”

Master Yoda from Star Wars

“I’ll see how it goes.”
“I’ll start when…”

These are not decisions.

They are delays dressed up as responsibility.

A real decision has finality to it.

It closes doors.

It draws a line.

It says, This is who I am now.

And once that line is drawn, you initiate positive change.

How can you make decisions in your own life?

Decide Today

You don’t need a five-year plan to create positive change in your life today.

You need that one decision that you stop negotiating with.

Decide, Period:

• What you will no longer tolerate.
• What boundary violations you will no longer tolerate.
• What abuse you no longer will tolerate.
• What you will commit to consistently.
• Who you are choosing to be, starting now.
• How empowered you are going to be as a person.

Then observe how your life changes in a positive way and how you create positive impacts in your own life.

Your life doesn’t change when circumstances change.
Your life changes when you decide.

Period.

Out There on the Edge of Everything®…

Stephen Lesavich, PhD

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Certified solution-focused life coach and experienced business coach.

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