Good Decisions. Bad Decisions.

“…and the only thing that sets apart great leaders from others is their ability to take good decisions”, said one of my professors before ending his class. We have heard this so many times before as well. But I have my own take on this saying. I will say it’s the ability to take decisions rather than end result of that decision, proving good or bad, which is important. Of course, not all of us are born to become great leaders but all of us are born to take at least those decisions that affect us, if not the humanity.

We all have, at some point in our life; have faced tough situations that demanded a tough decision from us. And I have felt that in those moments of indecision, I have panicked a lot. What if my decision goes wrong?

Today, as anyone else can, I can very well analyze those decisions and start thinking that I should have done that thing differently or I should not have taken that decision. Yeah, some decisions did not work as expected. But I have the satisfaction of taking those decisions on my own to the best of my knowledge at that time. I chose something that was best for me at that particular time of my life. I have seen that many of the decisions have turned out to be brilliant and I don’t rue the ones which did not go well. And many of my decisions have actually carved a path for me for which I can only thank my stars. The important thing here is that I stand by every decision (good or bad) of mine even after years of taking them. Because, I feel if we regret our decisions, we are actually trying to escape from ourselves and are ashamed of some part of our own.

Life is more fulfilling if we know that everything that has happened, is happening and will happen to us because we wanted it that way. It’s just like giving a script to the God, who is the ultimate director, and waiting to watch a blockbuster in the end. But I think a below average and flop performance also has something in it: Learning. And anyway, I believe in not recognizing failures.

P.S.: Someone sent me a message few years back: “Be very careful about what you want from God, You may get it”. Hmm..interesting;)