:: Robin Sharma

Power to choose

Robin Sharma

Oct.09 : The most important of all of our human traits is the power we have to choose. To choose how we live. To choose what we will do. To choose how we will view and consider a circumstance.

I’m up here in the mountains on a quick ski trip with my kids. Yesterday it rained. We could have grumbled. We could have complained. We could have got frustrated. Instead, we stepped back, decided to make a better choice and then viewed the whole thing as a giant adventure. We got excited versus upset. We donned the plastic covers that the resort provided. Suited up. And skied like there was no tomorrow. Guess what? The skiing was actually amazing. Soft snow. No crowds. Clean runs. It’s going to take me a week to wipe the smile off my face. Each day we have the opportunity to make choices. And the way we choose shapes our destiny. So don’t get upset. Get excited. As author Paul Theroux once observed, "Only a fool blames his bad vacation on the rain".

— Excerpted from The Greatness Guide 2

by Robin Sharma. Published by Jaico

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