Perhaps the greatest human freedom is the one that no dictator, no employer, and no circumstance can ever take away. This is the freedom to choose. Even in the darkness of the Nazi concentration camps, Viktor Frankl observed that "the last human freedom is the ability to choose one's attitude".

Everyday we make choices that determine the life we live. We choose whether or not to marry and with whom. We choose where to live, what career to have, and whether to raise children or not. We choose to get up early or sleep late, to save or spend, to study or watch TV.

These are the choices that create the pleasure and challenges of our lives. These choices also create the quality of meaning and fulfillment that we experience. We are what we repeatedly do. One secret to having lots of choices is to create reserves (more than we need) of time, space, money, and love in our lives.

Coaching is the art of helping people do the things that lead to huge rewards over time. If you would coach yourself to freedom, examine your life and change the things that need to be changed. Make the choices that will take you where you truly want to go.