Week 1: Introduction — The Decision Dilemma

1.Lysa opens by describing a woman who is emotionally and physically depleted because she cannot stop saying yes. How much of that picture resonated with your own life? Be specific — what does your version of that exhaustion look like?

2.She introduces the phrase "the disease to please." In your own words, how would you define it? What are the symptoms you recognize in yourself?

3.Lysa argues that a small yes given without thought or prayer can set off a chain reaction of consequences far beyond what we anticipated. Can you think of a time when one casual yes snowballed into something much larger than you bargained for?

4.She frames decision-making as a spiritual issue, not just a time-management problem. Why does it matter whether we treat our choices as spiritual rather than merely practical? What changes when we involve God in decisions we might normally make on autopilot?

5.Lysa distinguishes between a yes driven by guilt, fear, or pressure and a yes driven by calling and conviction. Before reading further, how do you currently tell the difference in your own life — if you do at all?

6.The introduction sets up the book's big promise: that a wisdom-based approach to decisions can free us from the frantic pace and help us find our "Best Yes." What would life look like for you, practically and relationally, if you were consistently making your Best Yes decisions? What would have to change?

7.How does the possibility of a Best Yes connect to the broader gospel idea that God has prepared specific good works for each of us to walk in (Ephesians 2:10)? What does it mean that your choices are not just personal preferences but part of a larger story God is telling?