The Power of Small Decisions

2024-01-30

"Do people change?" If you've listened to my show at all, then you know I say the answer is, "Yes." But while we are tempted to think that change always occurs in some sweeping, dramatic fashion, the truth is... most change is gradual. The result of small decisions, taken daily, that change us over time. This is a story about a small decision that changed me. Of course, I had no idea of the ramifications at the time. It was just another day at work for me. But it was also a monumental...

"Do people change?"

If you've listened to my show at all, then you know I say the answer is, "Yes." But while we are tempted to think that change always occurs in some sweeping, dramatic fashion, the truth is... most change is gradual.

The result of small decisions, taken daily, that change us over time.

This is a story about a small decision that changed me. Of course, I had no idea of the ramifications at the time. It was just another day at work for me. But it was also a monumental day—February 1, 2003. The day of the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster.

And looking back, all these years later, one small decision I made that day had a ripple effect that changed my life.

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