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Six rules for choosing whether or not to act on a given opportunity.
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This article explains how most of the decisions that we make are choices of non-action and why those decisions are so valuable. In many situations, choosing not to react can be the best choice, but when it comes to pursuing opportunities , habits and inertia are deadly. It is always easier continue doing we have done in the past than go in a different direction. We must consciously make the choice to pursue opportunities because it requires a change of direction. The most common cause of our failure to make progress in our lives is our failure to see and then pursue opportunities.