# Here’s your step-by-step guide to making better decisions. 

*#Newsletter #Week35*

By [Sara Endestad](https://paragraph.com/@saraendestad) · 2025-08-29

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I once read a book called [_Decisive_ by Dan Heath](https://www.amazon.com/Decisive-Make-Better-Choices-Life/dp/0307956393?utm_source=chatgpt.com) and realized... **We suck at making decisions.**

Just look at these numbers:

*   44% of lawyers would not recommend a young person become a lawyer.
    
*   More than half of teachers quit their jobs within four years.
    
*   In 2009, an estimated **61,535 tattoos** were reversed in the U.S. alone.
    

Yeah… Not good.

But the good news is that the authors gave us a formula for making better decisions — and I wanted to share it with you.

### **The WRAP Formula**

1.  **Widen Your Options** _(don’t get stuck with just A or B)_  
    → Example: Instead of asking _“Should I quit my job?”_, ask _“How can I redesign my current role_ **_and_** _explore a side project first?”_
    
2.  **Reality-Test Your Assumptions** _(don’t just believe your gut)_  
    → Example: Before launching a product, talk to five potential customers and ask if they’d actually pay for it.
    
3.  **Attain Distance Before Deciding** _(don’t decide in the heat of the moment)_  
    → Example: Give yourself 24 hours before saying yes to a big offer or opportunity.
    
4.  **Prepare to Be Wrong** _(make failure less scary)_  
    → Example: Set a clear “tripwire” — _“If this investment loses 20%, I’ll re-evaluate.”_
    

Use it. Save it. And start making better decisions.

  

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**Life update:**

**Okay, you’re gonna start laughing 😂 but I sweeeeeear too much is happening right now.**

I started working with a new client and might be signing another one soon. On top of that, I’m still doing all the outreach I used to do… so yeah, fully booked calendar.

My mind is tired **and** **my body misses nature and movement, so I´ll do a lot of that this weekend** 🌿.

(That and one business meeting this weekend. But hey, life is like that sometimes ✨)

Sending you **happy vibes** and hope to see you with a rested mind next week ❤

/ Sara ❤

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*Originally published on [Sara Endestad](https://paragraph.com/@saraendestad/heres-your-step-by-step-guide-to-making-better-decisions)*