When you get down to it, success in life equates to making choices. These choices will ultimately determine if we reach our goals. How can we consistently make empowering choices? How can we remember what is important and make the choices that reflect our most treasured values?

Because let me tell you, the voices will creep in when you are at your weakest. They will tell you exactly what you want to hear. When it is late at night, and your head is bobbing up and down, you can only imagine how powerful the suggestion of going to bed will be. For me, that instance when the voices come up and I begin to consider what they are saying is my moment of truth. In the long run, the more I am able to resist those suggestions, the closer I will come to reaching my goals. I know, because I know me.

However, there is another side to this dilemma. Sometimes, you will lose this battle. Very few people have such powerful control over their minds to combat these suggestions. I know that I certainly am not one of them. Some days I’m going to lose the struggle. However, we have to remember that just because we give in, doesn’t mean that we are going to give in the next time too. The most important thing to remember is that each time we face this struggle it is brand new, and as they say on those mutual fund prospectus, past performance does not indicate future performance.