As I mentioned, as we head toward our goals we encounter an enormous number of choices that come at us, and
each decision we make has consequences. So, the quality of our lives depends on the quality of the decisions
we make. We literally make millions of decisions that add up to the consequences that are our lives.
Of these millions, I believe that there are five big types of choices that we continually must make that radically
affect the quality of our lives and the rates at which we move toward what we want. Choosing well is not
dependent on our innate abilities such as intelligence or creativity, but more on what I think of as character. For
this reason, I believe that most people can make the right choices.
The following five decision trees show these choices. I believe that those who don’t move effectively to their
goals do the things on the top branches, and those who do move to them most quickly do the things on the
bottom branches.