Episode #221 Flip A Coin

Five Problems

• We often spend more time making decisions than we spend actually doing things.
• We may overthink about what matters least and underthink about what matters most.
• The desire to make the perfect decision often leaves us paralyzed.
• When left to our own devices, we typically make the same choices over and over again.
• We are less likely to experience growth when life is mundane, repetitive, or predictable.

Five Principles

• Every moment matters, and every choice counts.
• There is no such thing as the perfect decision.
• Decisions are only as powerful as the discipline that backs them up.
• We have the power to do what we’ve decided to do, even when we don’t feel like it.
• We can all live a life that is interesting, surprising, and full of diverse experiences.

Fifteen Possibilities To Randomize

• Friends to invite over for dinner
• Family members to call on our drive home from work
• People to pray for
• Places to go for date night
• Topics to discuss with our therapist
• Recipes to cook
• Podcasts or music to listen to
• Fruits or veggies to buy
• Clients to reach out to, just to check-in
• Rooms to clean
• House projects to start
• Smoothies, salads, or sandwiches to buy on a menu
• Things to do on a Tuesday evening
• Places to take our children on a Saturday
• Neighborhood kids to offer to babysit, just because

Five Practices

• Visit dmbcoaching.com/podcast/random, and listen to whichever episode pops up first.
• Identify an area where you spend too much time deciding, and automate that decision.
• Wherever your random number generator lands, follow its lead without excuse.
• Take control of your list of possibilities, and remove options when appropriate.
• If you find that your choices are too narrow, throw some new choices into the mix.