Making decisions
“I think about decisions in three ways: hats, haircuts, and tattoos.” — James Clear
Most decisions are like hats. Try one and if you don’t like it, put it back and try another. The cost of a mistake is low, so move quickly and try a bunch of hats.
Some decisions are like haircuts. You can fix a bad one, but it won’t be quick and you might feel
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This is the BEST framework I’ve ever heard about quick decision-making.
Every decision is either a:
-Hat (try on and take off)
-Haircut (you’re stuck with for a while)
-Tattoo (permanent)
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Jonathan Goodmansubstack.comWe make our decisions and choose our next steps, but we get scared when we can’t see the future. What if we chose to finally believe that our steps are leading somewhere good?
Emily P. Freeman • The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help.
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
On presuming vs faith
“But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.”
Numbers 14:44-45 ESV
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““Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We ourselves will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every one of you fastened on his weapons of war and thought it easy to go up into the hill country. And the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your
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Dead things
Sick things
The good but not the best
The best that’s not in the next
Trey Rose
While it’s true we often need teachers and mentors to help us take our next right step, my tendency is to rush to other voices before I’ve taken the time to listen to my own voice as it is united with the voice of God.
Emily P. Freeman • The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
A Filter for Discerning:
The Faithful, Fruitful, and Fitted Framework:
Is it FAITHFUL?
Does the decision align with God’s character and what He’s already said?
Would this move draw you closer to Jesus as a family?
Is it FRUITFUL?
Can you envision fruit growing there—relationally, spiritually, creatively, communally?
Is it FITTED?
Not “comfortable,” but