Comments on: Paralyzed by Indecision? Try a ‘subliminal’ coin flip

By: Conner Lambden

Conner Lambden — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:01:45 +0000

I like your thinking, I also flip a coin on a lot of things. It help me reinforce that some little things just aren’t worth sweating over!

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:05:56 +0000

Send it where?

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:45:27 +0000

Am I allowed to send this? Have a great trip!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:36:20 +0000

This is an interesting trick. Not sure if I like the idea of deciding anything on a coin toss, though; even a mental one. Kevins last blog post..Relationships: The Two Commandments

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:04:07 +0000

tried this, somehow mis-flicked it and somehow it landed next to the wall its side, neither heads nor tales…what is it it trying to tell me lol….

By: Old French Lady

Old French Lady — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:20:56 +0000

Interesting take on the coin flip. I think it’s really the same as “going with your gut” or letting instinct or intuition help you make decisions. Some people need to believe in this more, the coin exercise should help. Thanks for sharing.

By: Michael Phipps

Michael Phipps — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:29:55 +0000

My wife and I discovered the joy of flipping a coin to help make a solid decision.

I think most recently we used it to choose between to kitchen scales.

We actually add a twist to this that possibly ties into the emotional attachment. We ask the coin if it is the year 2000, heads for yes, tails for no. If it doesn’t tell the truth we try another coin that will tells the “truth”.

After that, if the coin chooses the option we don’t like – we still take the option we actualy want.

That said, the coin technique works!

By: B. Riley

B. Riley — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:05:05 +0000

Makes perfect sense. I guess from the “subliminal” word, I immediately thought it was a mental coin flip. Which I thought was neat b/c you’re sort of cognitively arriving at the “right” decision.

NOW who doesn’t make sense?

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:07:12 +0000

Yes, I use the coin. Without a coin, you don’t get the emotional reaction.

Many times, when we say we are undecided, we do know what we want, but for some reason or another we don’t want to admit it. The coin pushes the envelope.

Hope this makes sense..

By: B. Riley

B. Riley — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:21:39 +0000

So. . . I understand the idea of the subliminal coin flip, but I was under the impression that there was no real coin involved with that.

So do you use a coin, or not? I was just thinking how great that idea is until I read the part about using a coin. I think I’m confused.