Rule #1 You Always Have a Choice

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.  It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.  Every morning a lion wakes up.  It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.  It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up you’d better be running.

Choice, probably the most important thing in my life that I’ve learned to understand.  Choice is something that we all have.  You can choose to tell the truth, exercise, work hard, own your mistakes, learn, achieve success, and be whatever you want.  Sometimes, the tough part with making a choice is the choice itself; General Norman Schwarzkopf (ret) said it best, "the truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."  We all know that to maintain good health we need to have a well balanced diet and to get regular exercise, but too many of us don’t make that choice.  We all know that to get ahead and be successful at anything that you have to put in a lot of time, hard work and practice, but again, so many of us choose mediocrity.  Imagine what could be achieved if everyone made a positive choice to make the world a better place…  I will never tell anyone what the right or wrong choice is for them, as long as we all accept the decisions we make without regret.  If you can do that, we’re all successful.  The choices we make define who we are.