The things we want 

FREEDOM OF CHOICE

Unfortunately this is not a given to everyone. There are still many countries in the world that don’t allow people to make their own choices. But if you live in a country where you can make choices yourself, there is great power in there. You can think about what it is that you truly want and value. In life, in business and all other areas that are important to you. The more we understand what we want, the easier it becomes to make those choices and take actions that will help us to live the life we love. At the same time, it’s a lifelong journey and what we want most certainly will change overtime. We need to stay aware if what we thought we wanted before is still aligned with what we want for now and for the future. 

To act on

RESPONSIBILITY

With freedom of choice comes great responsibility. The fact that we make a choice for ourselves, doesn’t mean that that is the choice of everyone around us. It is up to ourselves to decide if we want to continue and take action. To realize the things we really want. Are we capable of fully accepting the consequences of our choices and taking responsibility for our actions?

Not

PERSPECTIVE

One little magical word: “NOT”. This might sound very insignificant, but it's changing the entire narrative. When we choose to skip this word, the title of this book gets a whole new perspective: “The things we do in order to act on the things we want”. Isn’t that great. Just extracting one single, simple word and everything changes. I wish life and business was as easy as that. Unfortunately it isn’t, but it is up to us how we approach it and deal with it.

In order

CONSEQUENCES

Every choice we make and action we take will have consequences. Not only for ourselves, but also for other people, the environment and society. If we take action to accomplish our goals, it also might mean that we can’t get something else. It’s not always “and, and”, often it is “either, or”. When we don’t understand the impact of our choices and are not willing to accept the consequences, some of us start to fight and blame others for the consequences. But it is us who made those choices and took those actions in the first place. 

The things we do

ACTIONS

This is how we behave. A multitude of actions we perform as an individual. Day in, day out. Whether we are aware of these actions or not. Do they come automatically or do we have to think about them? We have to understand that in order to get what we want, we need to be intentional about our actions. This is the journey, with an end goal in mind, that comes with the freedom to choose what we really want.