Our Mind, wisdom, and making tough decisions

AHA'S AND ACTION:

Here are 2 thoughts, 2 inspirations, and 1 question for you to reflect on this week…

2 THOUGHTS FROM ME

1. Looking back, I’ve noticed something: when my mind was racing and urgency took over, I almost never made a decision I felt good about. I've come to see that real wisdom doesn’t pressure me—it waits patiently, quietly, until I’m ready to hear it.

My gramma used to say, “Just sleep on it, honey.”

At the time, it felt simple. Now I know it was profound. Because when we sleep, we give our personal mind a rest. The noise settles. And in that quiet, we give wisdom the space to speak.

2. For me, the hardest choices have never been solved by overthinking. The clarity usually shows up when I stop spinning and settle down. Get some exercise, laugh with a friend, do nothing at all, wait, sit by the water, work on something else...It’s almost like the answer was there the whole time—I just couldn’t hear it over the noise.

2 INSPIRATIONS FROM OTHER PEOPLE

1. “Wisdom is not found through effort, but through insight.” by Sydney Banks. His work on innate health reminds us that wisdom is always within reach—if we slow down enough to access it.

2. Psychologist Gary Klein, a pioneer in decision-making research, found that experienced people often make their best calls through “recognition-primed decisions”—where intuition, not analysis, leads. In other words: real insight often comes from knowing, not thinking.

1 QUESTION FOR YOU

1. What’s one decision you’ve been trying to “think your way through” that might actually get clearer if you gave your mind a break?

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