You Only Have to Make 8 Good Decisions in Life. These Are the Ones That Determine Your Happiness.
And how wealthy you get
It’s stupidly easy to overcomplicate life.
Gurus love complexity because they can charge an entrance fee to make the complex simple again. This is what most business consulting is. They love making problems sound hard so you’ll hire them to solve them.
Life isn’t complex at all. It’s made up of a few big decisions.
Get these decisions right and you’ll live the good life.
Decision #1 — Boss or no boss?
This is a hard decision.
A job with a boss comes with supposed job security. Yes, a boss gets to tell you what to do and many decisions are made for you, but at the same time there’s less to worry about.
Getting laid off feels like an unlikely possibility.
On the other hand, the greatest happiness in life is found when you feel free. When you have your own schedule and don’t get told what to do. This is the path I chose 18 months ago.
The decision ripped my face off. I felt so scared.
But looking back it was the right call. Even if the no-boss life isn’t for you, I…
