The Power of Choice-How Every Decision Shapes Your Destiny

Life doesn’t just happen to you—it responds to you. It’s shaped by the decisions you make, every single second of every single day. Some of those choices are monumental, like: Should I take this new business opportunity? Is it time to hire someone—or fire someone? Should I move to a new city to chase my dreams? Other decisions seem small, like: Oatmeal or eggs for breakfast? Workout now or later?

Let me tell you something powerful: every decision you make matters. Every. Single. One. Because the truth is, your destiny is shaped in the moments of decision. When you want to build an extraordinary life, an unstoppable business, and a legacy that outlasts you, you must become a master of your choices.

Here’s what I want you to take away from all of this: You are not a victim of your circumstances. You are a creator of your outcomes. Every choice you make, every habit you lock in, every moment you take full ownership of your life, that’s a vote for the future you want to live.

So, ask yourself:

• What decision have I been avoiding?
• What’s one upgrade I can make today that aligns with who I want to become?
• Who do I need to become to consistently make courageous and value-aligned decisions that will grow my business and make my life even better?

You already have the power. You just have to use it.

Now go out there and choose powerfully. Choose with purpose. Choose to become the entrepreneur, the leader, and the person you were born to be.

Because your destiny isn’t written for you—it’s created by you.

I’m the author of many books, including, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule, Live Life with No Regrets, No Excuses, The Guide to Stopping Procrastination, The Power of Visualization, My Gratitude Journal, the Work Life Balance Emergency Kit, and The Roadmap To Success with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard, and more.  

Aim for what you want each and every day!  

Anne Bachrach

The Accountability Coach™

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I’m the author of many books, including, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule, Live Life with No Regrets, No Excuses, The Guide to Stopping Procrastination, The Power of Visualization, My Gratitude Journal, the Work Life Balance Emergency Kit, and The Roadmap To Success with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard, and more.

Aim for what you want each and every day!

Anne Bachrach

The Accountability Coach™

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The Power of Choice-How Every Decision Shapes Your Destiny 

Life doesn’t just happen to you—it responds to you. It’s shaped by the decisions you make, every single second of every single day. Some of those choices are monumental, like: Should I take this new business opportunity? Is it time to hire someone—or fire someone? Should I move to a new city to chase my dreams? Other decisions seem small, like: Oatmeal or eggs for breakfast? Workout now or later?

Let me tell you something powerful: every decision you make matters. Every. Single. One. Because the truth is, your destiny is shaped in the moments of decision. When you want to build an extraordinary life, an unstoppable business, and a legacy that outlasts you, you must become a master of your choices.

Indecision Is Still a Decision

Here’s the trap that too many entrepreneurs fall into: they freeze. They overanalyze. They wait for the “perfect” choice. And in doing so, they unconsciously decide to do… nothing. Sound familiar?

There’s a lyric that hits this home: “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” That line is more than poetry—it’s a truth bomb. Not choosing is choosing. And in business, in life, and in relationships… indecision is one of the biggest killers of progress.

As an entrepreneur, you are faced with dozens of decisions daily. Big ones. Small ones. Sometimes you’re so overwhelmed by so many options that you fall into “decision fatigue”— a state where your brain is so taxed that it starts defaulting to whatever is easiest, not what’s best. That’s a dangerous place to operate from.

Free Yourself from Decision Fatigue

Let me make this practical: if you’re wasting willpower on simple decisions—what to wear, what to eat, when to work out—you’re depleting the very energy you need to make powerful decisions that move your business forward.

This is why some of the most effective entrepreneurs in the world simplify their routines. They meal prep. They wear similar clothes every day. They time-block their calendars. Why? Because they’ve learned that energy is finite. 

They reserve it for decisions that truly matter.

Here’s a quick win: Make the decisions that don’t require creativity in advance. Choose tomorrow’s breakfast tonight. Plan your top three priorities before going to bed at night. The fewer choices you leave to chance, the more power you conserve for the decisions that shape your future.

To explore more about the power of routine mastery, go to https://bit.ly/Routine-Mastery. 

To learn the top 6 routines of successful entrepreneurs, go to https://bit.ly/Success-Routines. 

The 3 Choices That Define Your Business and Life

Every day, you’re making hundreds of micro-decisions. There are three categories of choices that I’ve seen shape people’s lives and businesses more than anything else. Let’s break them down:

1. Who You Surround Yourself With

You’ve heard this before, I’m sure: Proximity is power.

Jim Rohn, said it best: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Think about that for a second. Who are your five people? Do they challenge you to level up? Do they fuel your fire or drain your energy? Are they committed to growth—or stuck in comfort?

When you’re around people who play small, gossip, or settle for average, guess what? You’ll start doing the same. However, when you surround yourself with winners—people with a relentless hunger to grow, to contribute, to break through limits—you will rise with them.

Entrepreneur Action Step: Audit your circle. Who are your five? Make the courageous decision to upgrade your inner circle. Join Masterminds. Hire coaches. Get around people who force you to raise your standards.

2. How You Spend Your Time

Time is the most valuable resource you have. You can always make more money—you can’t make more time. Yet so many entrepreneurs operate as if their calendar is an afterthought, instead of a tool to design their destiny.

Ask yourself: Are you being intentional with your valuable time—or just reacting to what the world throws at you?

Scrolling social media, answering low-priority emails, saying “yes” to things that don’t serve your mission... that’s how average performers spend their days. High performers? They guard their time like a hawk. They say “no” to what doesn’t serve their vision. They live in their zone of genius.

Entrepreneur Action Step: Time-block your week. Schedule thinking time, growth time, relationship time, and recovery time. Don’t let the urgent hijack the important. Live by design, not default.

For information on time blocking your calendar for maximum effectiveness, check out an article I wrote by going to https://bit.ly/Time_Blocking. 

3. How You Interpret What Happens to You

This is where real freedom lives.

You can’t control everything that happens around you. The economy, a bad hire, a competitor’s move—that’s out of your hands. However, you can control your response. You can decide what it means.

That’s what separates successful entrepreneurs from those who struggle. It’s not the absence of problems. It’s the way they interpret and respond to them.

There’s a reason the Serenity Prayer has lasted for generations: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Wisdom is power. Acceptance is strength. Response is choice.

Entrepreneur Action Step: When something goes “wrong,” ask yourself:

• What else could this mean?
• What is this trying to teach me?
• How can I grow from this?

Train your mind to see setbacks as setups and opportunities to learn and grow. That shift in mindset changes everything.

You’re Going to Screw It Up—And That’s Okay

Here’s a truth most people don’t like to admit: you will make bad choices. You’ll make mistakes. You’ll say ‘yes’ when you should’ve said ‘no’. You’ll trust the wrong person. You’ll invest time and energy into something that doesn’t work out.

Welcome to the human experience.

What matters most is what you do with that. Will you wallow in regret, or will you extract the lesson and move forward stronger? Will you let it define you, or will you use it to refine you?

The greatest entrepreneurs in the world aren’t the ones who made the fewest mistakes, they’re the ones who made bold decisions, learned fast, and course-corrected without shame.

Mistakes don’t make you less valuable. They make you wiser.

Your Past Doesn’t Define You—Your Next Decision Does

You can’t rewrite your past—however, you can absolutely reshape your future.

Right now, in this moment, you are one decision away from a totally different business and life. That might sound dramatic; however, it’s true. One decision to launch the business. To leave the toxic partnership. To commit to that next level. To hire a coach. To say “no more” to what’s been holding you back.

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve felt stuck. It doesn’t matter what didn’t work last year, last month, or even yesterday.

What matters is: What are you going to choose now?

The Compound Effect of Daily Decisions

Every great achievement in life is the result of a series of small decisions, repeated with consistency and intention.

• Choosing to wake up an hour earlier to read, meditate, be grateful, plan, or exercise.
• Choosing to hold yourself to a higher standard—even when no one’s watching.
• Choosing to follow through on what you said you’d do, long after the mood you said it in is gone.

Success isn’t one big choice—it’s hundreds of aligned micro-decisions over time.

Ready to Make Better Choices?

Here’s what I want you to take away from all of this: You are not a victim of your circumstances. You are a creator of your outcomes. Every choice you make, every habit you lock in, every moment you take full ownership of your life, that’s a vote for the future you want to live.

So, ask yourself:

• What decision have I been avoiding?
• What’s one upgrade I can make today that aligns with who I want to become?
• Who do I need to become to consistently make courageous and value-aligned decisions that will grow my business and make my life even better?

You already have the power. You just have to use it.

Now go out there and choose powerfully. Choose with purpose. Choose to become the entrepreneur, the leader, and the person you were born to be.

Because your destiny isn’t written for you—it’s created by you.

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I’m the author of many books, including, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule, Live Life with No Regrets, No Excuses, The Guide to Stopping Procrastination, The Power of Visualization, My Gratitude Journal, the Work Life Balance Emergency Kit, and The Roadmap To Success with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard, and more.  

Aim for what you want each and every day!  

Anne Bachrach

The Accountability Coach™

If you are getting value from any of my episodes, please take a minute to leave me a short rating and review. I would really appreciate it, and love to hear from you.

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