62: Why Not . . . Simplify Your Choices
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2015
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The quality of our lives is based on the decisions we make every day. And even though it may feel as though our minds are energizer bunnies, they burn out each day as well. It is imperative that we consumer our mind's power for the most important decisions and leave the remaining decisions to auto-pilot. The key is to make sure the auto-pilot is set to a quality life outcome.
In today's episode 17 everyday decisions will be shared that can be added to the auto-pilot list.
In this week's Petit Plaisir, the perfect recipe to end summer and begin fall: Fresh Heirloom Tomato Soup with Cream inspired by my favorite podcast, The Splendid Table.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 62nd episode of the simple |
| 0:47.3 | Sophisticate. We are about to step into fall here in a few days and I started thinking about this idea of keeping a routine that still allows |
| 0:58.4 | us to enjoy as much of the pleasures of summer or a leisurely schedule as we can, as well as being efficient. |
| 1:07.0 | And I was also incorporating a request from a reader that I will share in a minute. And so I came up with a list of 17 simple |
| 1:18.4 | one and done decisions that we can make in our everyday lives that will allow our minds to be freed up basically to make the best decisions |
| 1:28.8 | on those issues that are more complex, more demanding of us taking time to really sort through the |
| 1:35.9 | options. So today's episode is titled Why Not Simplify Your Choices? And I'd like to start off with a quote from J-K. simplify your choices. |
| 1:42.8 | And I'd like to start off with a quote from JK Rawling. |
| 1:45.9 | She states, it is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. |
| 1:54.0 | Certainly a quote to think about, |
| 1:56.0 | and since choices are the focal point of today's episode, |
| 2:01.0 | I want to talk about that, so it's our choices that show who we really are. |
| 2:05.0 | Let's discuss that for a moment. |
| 2:07.0 | Just as our muscles can become fatigued, so too can our minds. |
| 2:11.0 | And so when we are bombarded with endless choices each day, much like using |
| 2:16.2 | a smartphone, if we use it excessively, the battery becomes drained and it's unable to function |
| 2:22.3 | as we need it by the time the day ends or if we use it |
| 2:26.3 | Uber excessively it can die early on in a day when we desperately need it to finish |
| 2:31.8 | our work day and even into the evening when we're |
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