Patience and Decision Making

Patience and Decision Making

Patience

The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset

Can you share an example of a time you were patient? What did that feel like?

Patience in action!

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Poll

Rate your patience! How hard is it to wait for something you want?

• 1 - super easy, I never get impatient

• 2 - easy! I don't mind waiting most of the time

• 3 - middle of the road - sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's hard

• 4 - It's hard, I hate waiting and it makes me feel blah

• 5 - it's super hard, I struggle to wait patiently, and almost always have to rush

Patience and Decision Making!

• Practicing patience can actually have a big impact on your life - especially when it comes to how you make decisions

• Taking your time to decide on something, especially something important, is really helpful

Open Ended

Can you share a big decision you have had to make?

Poll

Ok...thinking of that big decision, how long did it take you to reach your answer or choice?

• a few seconds or minutes

• a few hours

• about a day

• multiple days

Open Ended

Can you name some potential consequences of making a quick or hasty decision?

The 10/10/10 method

• If you're struggling with a big decision, or feeling unsure of what to do, try using this trick: imagine how you will feel about your choice 10 hours in the future; ten days in the future; and ten years in the future

• Why is this a helpful thing to do when it comes to making big decisions?