Stepping Stones  

Intentional Living with Lisa McGrath

3 Tips for Supporting Decisions You Don’t Agree With decisions intentional life Nov 21, 2019

3 Tips for Supporting Decisions You Don’t Agree With

 When it comes to making our own decisions, we lean on the Law of Attribution. This law states that people attribute their reasons...

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Encouraging Kids to Make Their Own Decisions decisions intentional life Nov 20, 2019

Encouraging Kids to Make Their Own Decisions

 One of the reasons adults resist making decisions is their lack of experience. Kids who grew up under hovering helicopter parents didn’t...

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Regret: Managing a Poor Decision a pilgrimage to self decisions intentional life Nov 19, 2019

Regret: Managing a Poor Decision

 One of the biggest fears people have about making decisions is that they will make the wrong one. People worry that a poor choice may end in regret. The truth...

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Stand Up for Your Decisions - Stop Apologizing a pilgrimage to self decisions intentional life Nov 18, 2019

Stand Up for Your Decisions - Stop Apologizing

 Rachel Hollis is the best-selling author of the books Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing. Two books designed to shake up mediocrity...

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What If There’s No Good Decision Available? a pilgrimage to self decisions intentional life Nov 17, 2019

What If There’s No Good Decision Available?

 People resist making decisions for a variety of reasons. Everything from:

  • Lack of confidence
  • Resistance to change
  • Being passive
  • Confusion
  • ...
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Learn Negotiation Skills for Better Decisions a pilgrimage to self decisions intentional life Nov 16, 2019

Learn Negotiation Skills for Better Decisions

 Not all decisions are made independently. Some have to be made in a group setting or must include the needs and expectations of others. Making...

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Family Meetings: A Valuable Decision-Making Tool a pilgrimage to self decisions intentional life Nov 13, 2019

Family Meetings: A Valuable Decision-Making Tool

 There was a time when a nuclear family was the norm. Two parents, two kids, with a cat and a dog - standard protocol for a middle-class...

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The Importance of Wise Counsel When Making a Decision decisions intentional life Nov 11, 2019

The Importance of Wise Counsel When Making a Decision

 “No man is an island”- John Donne

 I’ve got news for you - you aren’t the smartest person you know....

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The Utilitarian Process: Drawing a Line Through Your Decision-Making Process a pilgrimage to self decisions intentional life Nov 10, 2019

The Utilitarian Process: Drawing a Line Through Your Decision-Making Process

 Decision-making doesn’t have to be limited to thinking things through. Decision-making can include...

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Diffusion of Responsibility: Waiting on Someone Else to Make a Decision is Wrong decisions intentional life Nov 09, 2019

Diffusion of Responsibility: Waiting on Someone Else to Make a Decision is Wrong

 The diffusion of responsibility is the act of failing to do something, believing that someone else will or...

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Trust Your Gut to Make the Right Decision decisions intentional life Nov 08, 2019

Trust Your Gut to Make the Right Decision

 A lot of times we know the best decision right out of the gate. Research, time, and wise counsel help solidify that decision and ultimately, we knew...

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Is Passivity a Barrier to Making Decisions? decisions intentional life Nov 07, 2019

Is Passivity a Barrier to Making Decisions?

 A Google search for the definition of passive describes a passive person as someone who fails to take action but instead lets things happen to...

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