OMG Digital Magazine OMG Issue 334 6th December 2018 | Page 6

OMG Digital Magazine | 334 | Thursday 6 December 2018 • PAGE 6
Doing The Right Thing Is Always The Right Thing.
Humanitarian Photographer Daniel Hayduk
The headline of this article has been the subject
of a lot of my recent success. It’s a phrase made
famous of late by Gary Vaynerchuk although I’m
pretty sure he didn’t invent it.
The creator of that phrase is unknown to me but feel
free to tell me in the comments below.
I started hearing this phrase a lot and its simplicity is
profound. Whenever you don’t know what action to
take, you can use this phrase to rescue your arse.
Here’s a list of decisions I’ve had to make recently:
– Do I tell people I’m quitting my job?
– Do I throw abuse at someone who wrote something
nasty about me?
– Do I leave my used coffee cup in the supermarket
trolley?
– Do I reply to a cold reach out message with some
tips in a rude tone?
In each of these scenarios, I had a choice and I used
the idea of doing the right thing, as always being the
right thing, as my answer to each question. Doing
the right thing made my decision-making process so
much easier.
better decisions comes from doing the right thing and
seeing the result.
The results that come from doing the right thing are
crystal clear and they’ll give you the evidence you need
to keep on doing the right thing. This is not about being
a do-gooder; it’s about being human and getting what
you want while serving others at the same time.
Doing the right thing is how you become the person
you want to be in the  future. We don’t become who
we want to be because we do the right thing and the
wrong thing. Whatever success looks like for you, doing
the right thing will get you there faster.
This meant listening to them and telling them who I was
afterwards. I had to be prepared for the outcome being
both positive and negative.
I resisted the temptation to get angry and listened to
my opposition. Doing this helped me to learn a hell of a
lot about myself.
I did the right thing and told them I would support them
either way, even if I didn’t get what I want.
Hearing those words come out of my mouth felt weird
and strangely liberating.
Because I did the right thing, my so-called opponent did
what I wanted. They realized I was a good person and
we ended up joining the same side.
“The delusion is that cutting a few corners and not
always doing the right thing is a must for success”
This is a big fucking lie. “Doing the right thing brings people closer to
you — even your haters, opponents and critics”
Doing the right thing will bring the right people into
your life so you can succeed quicker. The person you
want to be doesn’t compromise on who they are and
how they can help people. Selfishness is holding you
back, not doing the right thing. Commit to embracing the idea that doing the right thing
is always the right thing. Play with this idea for a week.
Do nothing but the right thing even if it means you lose,
don’t get what you want or have to be uncomfortable
because of the decision. I’m confident that once you’ve
experienced what it’s like to do the right thing, you’ll
live that way from now on.
I remember having a sleepless night last week
because someone published an article about me that I
interpreted (and others did too) to be an attack on me.
I write a lot about decision making because I believe it
sucks away all of the energy that we need to be creative
if we let it. It was a horrible day.
What if making decisions could be a lot easier?
Well, it can be. The answer is always this:  “Doing the
right thing is always the right thing.” I had so much rage that was ready to explode. Then I
had an epiphany:
Deep down you know what the right thing is and you
know good from bad. The knowledge you need to make The right thing was to contact the person who said
these harmful things and treat them like a human being.
I felt the good person I thought I was fading into
darkness.
Doing the right thing is always the right thing.
Where to from here?
Caveat: sometimes you’ll mess up and do the wrong
thing. That’s okay. You weren’t an immaculate
conception and neither was I. We’re human after all and
we will stuff up.
It gets easier as you go along. Doing the right thing is
always the right thing. It feels good, it’s the right thing
to do, it brings you closer to others and it will transform
your life.