I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing.

You're listening to episode 94.

This is a podcast all about making decisions.

It's also a podcast about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or even if you're great at making

decisions, but in your current season of life you could use a little reminder to simply

do the next right thing, well, you're in the right place.

I've said it before that this idea of doing the next right thing, well, I didn't make

that up.

It's a phrase that's been repeated and passed down by the greats, like Mother Teresa, Reverend

Martin Luther King Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Elizabeth Elliott, and Anne Lamott to name

only a few.

It's a guideline for living an alcoholic's anonymous.

It's become a common catchphrase for coaches and athletes in boardrooms and corporate

motivational speeches.

It's often the simplest phrases that have the power to change our lives.

I love you.

And I'm sorry.

And you're not alone.

Since adults make over 35,000 decisions every single day, it's no wonder that this idea

of simply doing the next right thing feels like such a relief.

My goal in these few minutes we have together on Tuesdays is to make one simple suggestion

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