How to get into Second Life without really trying
Selby Evans is Thinkerer Melville in Second Life
So why should I take responsibility for my choice?
We said nothing about what you should do. We have no authority to tell you what you should do. If you want to know what you should do, you can find plenty of advice on that. You will still have to decide whose authority to accept.
It is not our abilities that show what we truly are.
It is our choices.
-Albus Dumbledore.
We can only talk about what you want. And present options. And point out consequences. The main reasons you might want to take responsibility for your choices:
You know when you are choosing.
You know what you are choosing.
You forecast the consequences.
You consider the options.
You can listen to the parts of your brain that are not on board.
You make a commitment to the choice.
Or you chose something else.
Luke Skywalker: I'll try.
Yoda: No. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
All of this makes choosing take a lot more work that it does if you let somebody else choose for you.
People complain that they lack motivation. Accepting a choice made by somebody else does not build motivation. Drifting into a choice without a commitment to it does not build motivation.
If you want motivation, make your own choice.
