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317. How a Good Decision Becomes an Acti...

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#317: In this episode, Sharif and Kevin explore prudence as the virtue behind good decision-making — not simply knowing what to do, but discerning what truly serves the people entrusted to us and then putting that decision into action. Drawing on Augustine’s definition of prudence as “love rightly discerning what helps or hinders the beloved,” Kevin breaks prudence into three practical movements: counsel, judgment, and command. Along the way, they examine why premature certainty, rushed solutions, and good intentions without concrete action can derail even thoughtful decisions, and offer a simple practice for identifying where one’s own decision-making tends to break down.


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