{"id":644,"date":"2008-05-14T08:06:15","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifetosuccess.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2008-05-14T08:06:15","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T12:06:15","slug":"the-deciding-factor-of-your-success-or-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifetosuccess.com\/blog\/the-deciding-factor-of-your-success-or-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deciding Factor of Your Success or Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making a decision about what you want to be, do or have in and with your life is the single most important decision you will ever make.<\/p>\n

If you leave that question unanswered, you will spend countless years being quite unhappy and at the mercy of those around you who have made these decisions.<\/p>\n

In Napoleon Hill’s great book, Think and Grow Rich, he writes a chapter completely about desire. Desire – meaning things you want to be do and have. He makes a very important emphasis about the desire though. He calls for you to make your desire, WHITE HOT.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you make your desire WHITE HOT, it can burn through any obstacle or challenge that comes your way. If you do not maintain the heat around your desire, it could become very cold and cease to\u00a0exist.<\/p>\n

Making decisions about what you want in your life is simply the most important thing you can do. Once you make your decision about what you desire you need to take immediate action towards it.<\/p>\n

This can become a habitual way of living for you if you take the time to develop it as a habit. Once this becomes a habit you will see things in your life change in wonderful ways.<\/p>\n

Here’s to your LifetoSuccess,<\/p>\n

John Clark<\/p>\n

P.S. Make sure to pass this on to anyone you know who can use this information and make sure to visit http:\/\/www.habitbustingsystem.com<\/a> and start to make this a habitual way of acting today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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