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The Decisions That Guide You
Are you an entertainer, politician or a hero?
A Biased Survey
Several days ago I surveyed a few of my friends and family. It wasn’t a long survey. It actually consisted of one question.
“Why did you do that?”
I wanted to know what processes were going through their heads while choosing to make a decision in life. I didn’t take notes on their answers nor did they even realize they were participants in a survey. But I was quick to judge their answers and was biased towards my own thinking. In other words, the survey was completely unscientific.
but it did bring up good conversation.
Three Ways To Make Decisions
I also figured out that there are 3 types of people when it comes to decision-making.
- Those Who Decide From their Mind - A Politician
- Those Who Decide From their Heart - A Hero
- Those Who Decide From their Emotions - An Entertainer
A politician is always successful, but is never loved. He carefully manipulates situations with his mind so that he will come out on top. You can never turn your back on him.
An entertainer is always loved but is never in control. Their decisions are always made by the outside influences surrounding them. They might be a flower floating downstream being led by the water’s current, but they still are always loved by everyone around them. They have an unmatched ability to connect with everyone around them, because their lives are guided by emotions.
A hero is hardly loved or successful. She makes decisions based on a larger idea of what is right. She will lose everything she owns because her heart pushes her to go for something more than herself. There is a greater good out there, and she strives for it everyday. In the simplest of choices, her will tugs on her and guides her to help out those around her. She might not be the richest nor the most popular..
but she is a hero.
Who are you?
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4 Responses to “The Decisions That Guide You”
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September 10th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Great thoughts Stephen.
Seems like a balance of the 3 would create a person who makes healthy decisions.
We can’t be al head and no heart, nor the opposite. At the same time, we can not ignore the feelings of others, and never seek to be the “entertainer”. Finding a balance of these will guide a person to make wise decisions.
Good insight.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Thanks Luke.
I don’t know if you can balance the three. I think that you can only choose one. Do you want to make choices based off your own desire, the way you feel, or what you believe to be right?
December 9th, 2008 at 10:38 am
I’m stuck between entertainer and hero? I think I am an entertainer but I want to be a hero…
December 10th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I think you are closer to being a hero than what you think Danielle. Just keep on working at it, and moving forward to the goal.