What's Your Decision: How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity Book

Preface ix

1 First Principles 1

2 Why Are Good Decisions So Hard to Make? 17

3 Ignatius of Loyola's Big Discovery 29

4 The One Thing Necessary (And a Few Other Things That Are Very Helpful) 43

5 Making Sense of Inner Spiritual Movements 55

6 Ignatius's Rules for Discernment of Spirits 67

7 Rules for Subtle Discernment 85

8 Five Pillars for Sound Decision Making 97

9 Decision Making in Mode 1: “No Doubt about It” 109

10 Decision Making in Mode 2: Spiritual Movements 115

11 Decision Making in Mode 3: Calm Deliberation 129

12 Signs of a Good Decision 143

A Final Word 153

Handy Reference: How the Rules of Discernment Help Us Make Good Decisions 155

The Three Approaches to Making Decisions 159

Acknowledgments 163