Scott Ginsberg has a post
on how to be heroic.
His first point
“Decide to matter”
says it all.
Mattering is a decision.
Being great is a decision.
Success is a decision.
It isn’t one single, large decision.
It is a collection of little decisions.
Each of these decisions
may look insignificant on its own
but when added together,
they ARE significant
and they DO matter.
That is why goals are important.
They allow you
to make all these little decisions quickly
without being dragged into
paralysis analysis.
Make a goal of mattering
then align each decision with that goal.