For at McKay here and welcome to the edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast, now there

are little decisions to make in life like what to wear to work and what to eat for lunch.

Then there are potentially life changing decisions, like whether to move, take a new job,

break up with someone, or get married.

With these big decisions, you may never face the choice before, have to sacrifice one path

to choose another and have a hard time figuring out the right way to go.

As a result of the high stakes and high uncertainty, we often flounder in this kind of decision-making,

sometimes failing to make any decision at all.

My guess is that those who have to make these kinds of critical choices more often, first

responders and members of the military, to figure out how civilians can make better decisions

in their everyday lives.

Their names are Lawrence Allison and Neil Shortland, and they're the authors of decision-time,

how to make the choices your life depends on.

Today on the show, Lawrence and Neil explain the mistakes people commonly fall into when

making big decisions, including getting stuck in a cycle of redundant deliberation where

you forever circle around the options without ever pulling the trigger on one.

They then unpack their model for more effective decision-making, including why should follow

a fox-trot pattern and how to know when it's time to stop ruminating and finally make

a choice.

Along the way, we discussed the importance of self-awareness in the process and what it

is you need to know by yourself to make better decisions.

This shows over, check out our show notes at a-wim dot is slash decision time.

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