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Podcast #73 | How to Own Your Decisions and Find Inner Peace?

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What if instead of having to live your one life one day at a time, you could sample every life you could possibly have? Would you be happier? Would you find “the one?” The life in which everything fits? We don’t have a problem owning our smaller decisions, because the consequences are limited. But bigger decisions can be harder to own, to find peace with them.

Hard decisions are hard not because of our ignorance but because the best choice is not always obvious. Our values, our commitments, our beliefs in large part are what determine the best decision in a hard decision. 

In this episode, we explore:

  • Misconceptions about decisions

  • The importance of self-awareness and acceptance

  • The virtue of decision-making prudence

  • The art of decision-making; The right outlook; Space to reflect; owning your reality; aligning with your core values; taking advice

  • She explored the pitfalls in decision-making; control v letting go; the difference between goals and outcomes; embracing the suffering; no such thing as perfect; facing the consequences of a decision; God doesn’t ask for success but love

Resources
The Midnight Library, Matt Haig

Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions, Chip and Dan Heath

How to Make Hard Choices, Ruth Chang

The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz

Very Human, Very Divine (VI): Prudence in Action, José Brage