AIQ Life – Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Destiny
Your Destiny Says You’re Destined For It All
(Stevie Nicks)
Some people define “destiny” as the inevitable or predetermined future. In other words, they believe they have no control over their ultimate fate. They believe it will inevitably happen and they have little ability to change their fate. I believe nothing could be further from the truth. You have unlimited ability to chart your own course and to determine your own destiny.
If you believe, as I do, that you can determine your own destiny, why not go for the gusto? It takes just as much energy to deal with small matters as it does large ones. In my law practice, I have seen examples where it took just as much, if not more effort to handle a $200,000 transaction as it did to handle a multi-million dollar transaction. In terms of results achieved versus the amount of energy expended, the multi-million dollar transaction was a much more beneficial expenditure of energy.
This analysis of results achieved versus energy expended applies not only to the world of business, but also to life itself. Many people spend so much energy dealing with life’s mundane details, that they have little energy left over for life’s important matters. Author Richard Carlson brought out this point in his book: Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff … and it’s all small stuff. This is an excellent book for those of us who need to focus more on what is important.
List “small stuff” in your life that you could devote less energy to:
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________
Name three positive things that would happen if you took your focus off these things:
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
If you’re going to spend energy shaping your destiny, why not shape a grand destiny? It takes just as much energy to shape a mediocre destiny as a grand one.
Consider adopting the following phrase as a motto by which to live your life:
“My destiny says I’m destined for it all.”
Not just a little bit, but all!
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