Change Your Story, Change Your Life

KILLER WORD Are you a prisoner to a simple word that you hear every day? Many people are. It’s a common word that we all use and take for granted. And, it’s a killer word. Literally. The word is DECIDE. Here are two dictionary definitions of decide: Come to a resolution in the mind Make a choice from a number of alternatives In this episode of one word stories, you’ll discover the deeper meaning of the word, decide. You will learn what makes it a killer word. Decide is a simple word. It’s safe to assume that all of you know what it means. Still, many people have trouble making simple decisions. Etymology, the study of word origins, teaches us a few fascinating things about decide: Decide has two parts, a prefix and a suffix. The prefix (the part that comes before) is de. The suffix (the part that comes after) is cide. Both parts are derived from Latin – de means off; cide means to kill (from the Latin verb, caedere) Decide literally means to kill off. I believe