Sigmund Freud, then one of the most respected intellectuals in Europe, was once in a situation where he had to make an important decision. He pulled a one shilling coin out of his pocket and flicked it into the air, catching it on the back of his hand. The person he was talking to immediately asked, “Are you going to make a decision as important as this by flipping a coin?” Freud replied, “When I flip a coin to decide yes or no, it is when the coin is in the air that I know the answer. When the coin is in the air, I know how I want it to land.”
