The framework

Five decisions. Every day. Yours to discover.

5 Great Decisions® is a daily practice of staying awake to your own life — noticing the moments when a choice appears, and making the one that moves you toward who you want to become.

Step one

Before you make a single decision, you choose your Why.

Your Why is the reason you’re practicing 5GD — the outcome you’re working toward, the life you’re trying to build. It’s your anchor. Without it, decisions are just choices. With it, every small choice becomes meaningful.

Your Why can be as specific as you need it to be, or as expansive as you’re ready for. The practice works at every scale.

The spectrum of Why
Specific “I want to declutter my home and feel at peace in my space.”
Personal “I want to feel better in my own skin and have more energy.”
Relational “I want to strengthen my marriage and show up differently for the people I love.”
Transformational “I want to commit to living a bigger, more intentional life.”
The moment that matters

The spark of recognition.

You don’t start your day knowing where your five decisions will come from. That’s the point. The practice keeps your Why close — and when a decision moment arrives, something lights up.

“It shines a light on a decision moment, showing how this choice can take you toward what you’re aiming for.”

That moment of recognition — that spark — is what 5GD trains you to notice. And the more you practice, the more moments you see.