W.I.N. Wednesday: The unexpected can happen to any of us.

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”

Stephen R. Covey,

“The unexpected can happen to any of us.“ This is a line from a commercial. The commercial shows a couple walking out into the street between two parked cars. The husband has his head down looking at his phone. His wife puts an arm out to stop him from getting struck by a car driving down the street. I cannot tell you what the commercial is for because I get mad every time I see the commercial and tune out everything after that line while I rant in my hotel room, which is the only place I ever watch TV.

I get frustrated by the message “The unexpected can happen to any of us.” because it implies that potentially being struck by a car would have been a complete random event, an unpreventable accident.

If you are looking down at your phone while you walk out into traffic from between two parked cars, you should expect to get hit by a car.

If you are texting while driving, you should expect that at some point you will be involved in a crash.

If you are talking on a cell phone while driving, you should expect that at some point you will be involved in a crash.

If you continually drive in sleep deprived state, you should expect that at some point you will fall asleep at the wheel and be involved in a crash.

If you are on your phone texting or e-mailing while walking down a busy sidewalk, through a mall, through an airport and anywhere else where there are other people and obstacles you should expect that at some point you are going to trip over or walk into an obstacle or into someone else.

If you smoke, you should expect that it will shorten your life expectancy.

If you neglect your health, you should expect that at some point you will get sick and experience health issues.

What’s Important Now? We are all products of our decisions. Use W.I.N. to help guide those decisions, then take responsibilities for the decisions you make.

Take care.

Brian Willis

www.lifesmostpowerfulquestion.com

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