Broadly speaking, there are two types of people. Some make decisions and those for whom decisions are made.
There are always costs for every decision. While those who make decisions take responsibility for their actions, those for whom decisions are made, shifts responsibility by blaming others.
It is usually easy to amend a decision when it is made by you. The reverse is the case, if the decision is made for you.
I have made several decisions which have made me who I am today.
Below are some of the personal decisions I have made, but in no particular order. Some with dates and others without dates.
They are as follows: -
- Around 1957, I decided that I would not die young.
- I bought and fully paid for play.
- About 1969-1970, I decided not to inherit nobody's enemies.
- In 1970, I decided to go to school in 1972, by rejecting to become a furniture maker.
- At an early age, I decided not to marry anybody's first daughter.
- In 1975, I decided to study Sociology instead of my former desire to study Law.
- In the late 1970s, I decided to relocate to Sapele in pursuit of education.
- In December 1980, I decided that come 1981, I shall proceed to the University of Benin, to study Sociology and Anthropology.
- While in Uniben, I decided not to earn Naira after graduation but Dollars, consequently, I majored in Medical Sociology.
- In 1985, I conducted a study on "The Causes of Illness and Cure" in my Local Government Area Headquarters.
Does this look like pride to you? Let us continue with Decision Making: A Strategy for Development next week.
Personal decision making and responsibility.
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