How to Make a Big Decision

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Some of the most important moments of our lives are crossroads of different kinds. There’s a big decision, and we have to pick one thing over another. Today Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore how to make the important decisions in life. Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Key Topics: 2:00: Common themes in big decisions. 5:00: Balancing short- and long-term decisions. 10:15: Knowing your own nature, and having different priorities. 17:20: Using analysis to inform intuition. 21:15: Identifying the “parts” of a decision. 22:50: Analyzing costs and benefits. 33:00: Write it down. 36:20: Working backwards. 40:30: Getting clear on what you want. 42:30: Thinking over the long haul. 43:30: The three circles. 45:00: Finding “comps.” 50:30: The calculus of a decision. 59:00: Affective forecasting Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Start a new healthy habit with Seed! Visit seed.com/beingwell and use code BEINGWELL to get 20% off your first month of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic. Build healthy habits with Most Days! Download it in the App Store or go to MostDays.com/beingwell for more information. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.8	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting
0:15.5	well-being.
0:16.5	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:18.9	Today we're focusing on a topic that's been really present over the last year, which
0:23.2	has included so much change and so much flux for so many people.
0:28.8	Some of the most important moments of our lives are crossroads of different kinds.
0:32.8	There's a big decision, and we have to pick one thing or another.
0:36.8	Going to one school over another, staying in or leaving a relationship, moving to a
0:42.1	do-city, changing careers, and so on.
0:46.4	Sometimes the choices are pretty clear, but often they're not.
0:49.7	And inside of those big decisions are often little decisions.
0:53.4	How much do we value one thing relative to another?
0:55.9	Do we want to be more cautious and hold on to what we have, or is it time to take
1:00.0	a big swing?
1:01.5	It's all well and good to share some platitude, like follow your dreams and let your heart
1:05.4	decide, but real life is often a bit more complicated than that.
1:09.3	And sometimes it's not even totally clear what we want on the inside.
1:13.2	So today we're looking at how to make a big decision, and to help us do that, I'm joined
1:17.2	as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, so dad, how are you doing?
1:20.9	I'm really good, and this is one of my favorite topics, because I think there's a saying
1:25.7	in medicine, good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
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