Mastering the Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success: An Owner's Manual to the New York Times Bestseller, The Traveler's Gift »

Mastering the Seven Decisions guides readers to a profound understanding of how to fully integrate seven life-changing Decisions into their daily lives.

• The Responsible Decision: The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I will not let my history control my destiny.


• The Guided Decision: I will seek wisdom.


• The Active Decision: I am a person of action.


• The Certain Decision: I have a decided heart. Criticism, condemnation, and complaint have no power over me.


• The Joyful Decision: Today I will choose to be happy.


• The Compassionate Decision: I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit.


• The Persistent Decision: I will persist without exception.

Preface     ix
Introduction     xi
Discovering the Seven Decisions     xi
Seek, and Ye Shall Find     xiii
Seven Principles, Seven Decisions     xv
Real-Life Travelers     xviii
The Qualities of Leadership     xix
How to Read This Book     xxi
The Power of Consistency     xxiii
The Responsible Decision     1
Playing the Blame Game     4
The Power of Thought     6
Catching the Prize     8
Trading Freedom     9
Overcoming Fear of Failure     11
Og's Initiative for Success     12
A Defeated Washington     16
Embracing the Gift of Adversity     18
Real Traveler Profile: Jimmy Dean     20
The Guided Decision     25
Seeking Wisdom     27
Words of Wisdom     28
The Power of Fellowship     31
Your Board of Directors     34
Beware of the Danger Point     36
An Afternoon in Waterloo     37
Napoleon's Blunder     39
Learning to Serve Others     41
Alfred Vanderbilt's Servant Spirit     42
Fuller's LifeExperiment     44
Real Traveler Profile: Bob Hope     45
The Active Decision     49
The Decision to Act     51
History Remembers the Bold     53
The Way of the Hero     56
Becoming a Person of Action     59
Chamberlain's Charge     61
Early to Bed, Early to Rise...     66
The Butterfly's Effect on Change     69
The Protective Field of Purpose     70
Adams's Choice     72
Real Traveler Profile: Stan Lee     74
The Certain Decision     77
The Purpose of Analysis     79
A Decided Heart     80
Finding Your Vision     82
Your Heart, Your Life     83
The Cortez Initiative     85
Burning Our Boats     86
Thriving on Rejection     88
The Passion of Decisiveness     90
Architecting the Greatest Show on Earth     91
Living a Life of Unlimited Possibility     94
Real Traveler Profile: General Norman Schwarzkopf     95
The Joyful Decision     101
Beware of Conditioning     104
A Happy Choice     106
A Possessor of a Grateful Spirit      108
Who's Packing Your Parachute?     111
The Magic of Smiling     114
The Secret to Lasting Success     115
The Joy of Stupidity     118
Living a Dog's Life     119
Real Traveler Profile: Amy Grant     121
The Compassionate Decision     123
The Anger-Management Myth     126
The Ultimate Anger-Resolution Course     127
The Gift of Forgiveness     128
The Miracle of Forgiveness     130
Hope-ful Forgiveness     132
A Powerful Act of Forgiveness     134
The Poison of Unforgiveness     137
Beginning Anew     139
Real Traveler Profile: Norman Vincent Peale     141
The Persistent Decision     145
The Habit of Quitting     148
... Without Exception     149
A Commitment to Persistence     151
Faith or Fear     154
The Doorway Beyond Fear     156
True Rainmakers     159
The Unlucky Traveler     161
People of Persistence     163
Embracing a World of Crisis     166
An Idea Backed by Ceaseless Persistence     169
Real Traveler Profile: Joan Rivers     171
Conclusions     175
Do You Really Matter?     175
Pioneering Your Own Life     178
The Obstacles on Your Path to Greatness     179
Success Through Failure     180
The Realm of Endless Possibilities     182
An Endless Web of Decisions     183
24 Hours and Counting...     185
A Different Choice     187
A Destiny with Success Meditation     188
Bibliography     191
Acknowledgments     193
About the Author     195
Also by Andy Andrews     196