201: Your Decision-Making Starter Kit
The Next Right Thing
Emily P. Freeman
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Links + Resources From This Episode:
- Episode 167: Spiritual Direction for Beginners
- Episode 32: Stop Collective Gurus
- Episode 70: The Best Time to Make a Decision
- Episode 109: Wait Until the Morning
- Episode 113: Decide to Decide
- Episode 136: Decision-Making for Slow Processors
- Episode 172: Make These 2 Lists Now
- Episode 196: Why Your Pro/Con List Isn't Working
- Episode 162: Is It Time to Move On?
- Episode 168: Is It Time to Dream Again?
- Episode 174: Is It Time to Quit My Job?
- Episode 121: How to Discern and Decide
- Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
- Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
- Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
- Download a transcript of this episode at emilypfreeman.com.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing. |
| 0:04.9 | You're listening to episode 201. |
| 0:09.5 | This is a podcast about making decisions but also about making life. |
| 0:14.0 | If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or if you just need a few minutes |
| 0:18.6 | away from the constant stream of information, and is sometimes delightful but also distracting |
| 0:23.8 | hum of entertainment well, you're in the right place for a thoughtful story, a little |
| 0:28.4 | prayer and a simple next right step. |
| 0:31.6 | While every episode is in some way adjacent to discernment or decision making here, not |
| 0:36.9 | every episode is a straight line from I have a decision to make to and here's how to |
| 0:42.5 | make it. |
| 0:43.8 | Actually none of the episodes are like that. |
| 0:46.4 | That's nearly impossible to do in this kind of a format. |
| 0:50.2 | But also it's nearly impossible to do it all. |
| 0:53.2 | You are endlessly complicated and decisions are multi-layered and nuanced, which is by |
| 0:58.1 | the way why I love the practice of spiritual direction for decision making. |
| 1:02.6 | But that's another conversation in episode 167, spiritual direction for beginners. |
| 1:08.1 | But I digress back to the point today's episode. |
| 1:11.7 | I did want to point you to the episodes I've created here that will give you some direct |
| 1:18.0 | guidance, maybe more than the others, specifically if you are holding a decision right now. |
| 1:24.0 | Think of it as your decision making starter kit. |
| 1:27.3 | Especially if you're new around here, here are 10 episodes and maybe a bonus to help you |
| 1:33.4 | get started if you're holding a decision right now. |
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