Making decisions
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
4 things to prune
Dead things
Sick things
The good but not the best
The best that’s not in the next
Trey Rose
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)
From James... See more
Jonathan Goodmansubstack.comOn 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
... See more“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
... See moreIf stuck between two potential options, ask: What is the best story?
"Life is a form of self storytelling. We're continually retelling ourselves our life story, but very few people think of themselves as authors of their story, not mere subjects. People with extraordinary high-agency realize this early in life and start maximizing the... See more
"Life is a form of self storytelling. We're continually retelling ourselves our life story, but very few people think of themselves as authors of their story, not mere subjects. People with extraordinary high-agency realize this early in life and start maximizing the... See more
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Moving presumably vs in faith
““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
... See moreA road diverges in the woods, and we have a choice. The safe one and the dangerous one. The one that pays well and the one that teaches a lot. The one that people understand and the one they don’t. The one that challenges us and the one that doesn’t.
It’s the cumulative result of these choices that leads to a life worth writing about, or a life
... See moreRyan Holiday • You Must Live an Interesting Life - RyanHoliday.net
Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives.
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets... See more
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets... See more