In Episode 161, Janine and Shannon discussed some of the principles surrounding navigating competing priorities. In this follow-up episode we talk about some specific ways to choose between competing priorities.
Discussion topics include:
- Janine’s “pull my finger method” of deciding between competing options (also known as muscle testing)
- How anticipating a response to muscle testing or flipping a coin–as well as how you feel when you get the result–can be revealing
- Tapping your unconscious mind to make decisions
- Understanding your internal yes and no signals
- Janine’s enthusiasm for Shannon’s downloadable product, “Boring Change,” which can help harness your unconscious knowledge (consciously or unconsciously)
- What our conscious vs unconscious mind can (or cannot) hold on to (spoiler alert: our unconscious mind might be more powerful than a supercomputer!)
- Writing things down in order to get clarity
- Shannon’s journaling cue: “What’s important for me to do next?”
- Getting out of the headspace of “shoulds” and other people’s expectations and into the headspace of what’s important to you
- How consequences of saying no are often less dire than you expect
- Getting in touch with your why and core values to guide how you spend your time and energy
- Paying attention to those times when you’re trying to talk yourself into a decision
- The good old pro and con list
- Recognizing that there isn’t a perfect choice
Links
- How Muscle Testing Helps You Choose
- Tapping Into the Physical with Muscle Testing
- Why Physicists Say Your Brain May Be More Powerful Than Every Computer Combined
- Shannon’s blog post, The Flip of a Coin
- Shannon’s blog post, Secret Decision Making Strategy
- Boring Change
- Episode 21: Know Your Why
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