“Everything in your life either moves you closer or farther away from where you want to be. Nothing is neutral.” Larry Winget

Life is all about choices—big choices, little choices, choices that make an immediate difference and choices whose impact may not be felt until days or weeks later.

And every choice is an action. Even if you choose to do nothing, it still affects where you are in relation to your goal.

If your goal is to get healthy, become more financially stable or just be a nicer person, everything you do (or don’t do) will determine if you will succeed or fail. At an ethical level, each time you stand up for your beliefs (or stay seated out of fear of repercussions), you shift one step closer to (or farther from) the person you want to become.

As for you procrastinators out there (and you know who are!), saying you are “planning to make a decision” “or "thinking about what step to take” doesn’t get you anywhere. It’s like trying to go forward when your car is stuck in the mud. You’re just spinning your wheels.

Every act matters. Every thought, word and deed have an impact—on the world at large and, even more critically, on who you are and what you want to achieve.

Where are you on your personal continuum—closer to your goal or farther away? What can you do today—right now—to shift your place on that scale?