Zen Habits Podcast

S1 Ep01 - How to Choose a Project, and the Power of Choosing

Aug 16, 2023

21:34

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The podcast explores the process of choosing a project and the power of choosing from the heart. It discusses the consequences of indecision and choosing multiple things at once. The host emphasizes the importance of devoting oneself to a project and pouring one's full heart into it. The distinction between choosing and deciding is explored, and the podcast encourages listeners to calm their fears and learn to trust their intuition when making choices.

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Choosing a project that is meaningful to you is crucial for creating impact in the world.

The podcast emphasizes the distinction between choosing and deciding and encourages listeners to choose based on their gut or intuition.

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Choosing a meaningful project

Choosing a project that is meaningful to you is crucial for creating impact in the world. The podcast emphasizes the importance of choosing a project to focus on and highlights the distinction between choosing and deciding. The host provides various examples of projects that individuals can choose, ranging from improving health and fitness to writing a book or starting a website. The key takeaway is to trust yourself and choose from the heart, without getting caught up in overthinking or indecision.

Choosing from intuition and trust

00:23

Introduction

5min

Choosing a Meaningful and Impactful Project

2min

The Fear of Choosing

5min

Choosing from the Heart

6min

The Practice of Choosing and Committing to a Heart-Centered Project

2min

How do we choose what to focus on?

We can get caught up in indecision and overthinking things, and decision-making can be really difficult.

In this season, Leo asks you to play along and focus on a project where you'll work with fear and resistance. But how do you choose a project?

We'll take a look not only at how to choose a project, but how to choose anything. And how choosing from the heart (or gut) can be a powerful thing.

Topics Covered

The project Leo has chosen to work on in this season: his grandmother's book
Some ideas for projects you might choose for this season
How to deal with having multiple things you want to do — and how we get caught up in choosing the wrong thing
How we are choosing nothing when we don't choose
The consequence of choosing multiple things at once, instead of one thing
The consequence of choosing one thing, but then doing it because you should
The real power of choosing something, devoting yourself and pouring your full heart into something
The distinction between choosing & deciding
The practice of choosing from the heart
Calming your fears
Learning to let your heart have what it wants, and what happens when we do that