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Good Enough is Good Enough

Are you a perfectionist? Do you have a hard time feeling content with your life? Perhaps you could benefit from learning and applying a term called ‘Satisficing.’ This term is mentioned in the book, “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide Book” by Kieran Setiya. In the book, Setiya defines Satisficing as: Settling with no regret. It’s a decision-making strategy where decision-makers select the first option that meets a given need or select the option that seems to address most needs rather than the "optimal" solution.

Decision-MakingJordan ManessFebruary 1, 2024Decision-making, fulfillment, Gratitude, Midlife, Kieran Setiiya

What's Your Score?

According to some experts, people make an average of 35,000 decisions each day. In Abraham Maslow’s book, “Motivation and Personality”, Maslow says, "You always have two choices: to step forward into growth or to step backwards into safety: each action you take throughout the day either gets you a plus one or minus one.”

Fear, Decision-Making, GrowthJordan ManessAugust 3, 2021Decisons, Abraham Maslow, self development, Self-confidence

Trust your gut but don't ask it to speak

Have you ever had a decision to make and didn’t trust your gut and regretted it later? According to the book, “Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life” by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, the best decision-making part of the brain is in the old brain and it has no connection to the part of your brain that controls vocabulary! The decision making part of the brain is connected to your guts. IE: a gut decision is a real thing.

Seeking Advice? Read this!

The early bird gets the worm but good things come to those who wait. What the? Have you ever been confused by conflicting advice? Maybe the answer is not to seek advice. In a recent interview Neil Pasricha author of “The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything and founder of ‘The Institute of Global Happiness’ said: “Don’t take advice. All advice conflicts. If you’re looking for advice, you’re looking for an accomplice.”

Decision-MakingJordan ManessMarch 18, 2020advice, Neil Pasricha, The Happiness Equation

Which Pain Are You Choosing

If you’re like most folks, you’re trying to avoid pain. Seems reasonable enough, right? The problem is that it’s really impossible to avoid pain altogether. In the book, “THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK by Mark Manson, he explains, “You can either have the pain of what it takes to get what you want or the pain that comes with settling. This pain comes in the form of “what if” questions…in the form of regret.”

Decision-MakingJordan ManessFebruary 7, 2020Mark Manson, Pain, Effort, Choice

Stop Should-ing All Over Yourself

Do you have a list of things you ‘should’ be doing but aren’t? Why aren’t you doing these things and is the guilt of your ‘should’ list getting to you? In the book You Can Heal Your Life” by Louis Hay, there is an exercise the says: “Complete five sentences that all begin with ‘I should…’. Then read each statement and ask “Why?” Change each sentence to ‘If I really wanted to, I could…”

Decision-Making, Self-EsteemJordan ManessNovember 14, 2019You Can Heal Your Life, Louis Hay, Should, Could, Decisions, Goals, Intention

What Must You Do?

What do you stand for? What actions, values, priorities are non-negotiable in your life? Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “What I must do is all that concerns me-not what others think.”

Confidence, Decision-Making, PurposeJordan ManessNovember 7, 2019Destiny, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Confidence, Priorities

Hell Yes or No

Naval Ravikant the co-founder of Angel List was speaking on the Tim Ferriss show. He stated that, “Whenever you are asked to do something, your only answers should be ‘Hell yes!’ or ‘No.’”

Decision-MakingJordan ManessAugust 13, 2019AngelList, Naval Ravikant, Decisions, Self-esteem, Confidence