Thanks for the great post Don.  We do start with a choice.  In acting on that choice, we can (or we may fail to) kill all the other options.  To me, sometimes success isn't related to the choice, but to the degree of effort and commitment we make to it.  For example, there are certainly more than one method for gaining financial success.  But we're generally more successful when we commit to a single (or primary) one.  Therefore, I think it's hard to over-estimate the value of a decision in that context.

In either context, the first action is, just as you said above, that we choose.  The ability to choose is what makes us human.  It brings us together.  We shouldn't let the choices themselves separate us.

Happy Thanksgiving!  Mike...