‘How many difficult decisions will we all make in our lives? Learning to recognise these moments with preparedness can let us make good decisions. A sense of awareness of the environments we live in teach us much about our behaviour and the ability to tackle challenging situations. Indecisive in-action can be replaced with knowledge to help empower the mind and make the good decisions we all strive for.’
There are those who seem to make decisions very easily. Very decisive. Very positive. And then there are those who struggle. They weigh up the pros and cons, look at the pitfalls and advantages, come to no conclusion and often end up making no decision at all, or worse the wrong decision. I’m afraid I place myself in the latter category! So this slender volume was of immense appeal to me.
It seems to me that we are living in a time where decision-making is crucial. For everybody; our “leaders” and ourselves. Decisions that range from wondering whether to go out for a meal or go shopping in these covid-cautious, lockdown times.
It’s easy to call this a self-help book. But I think it goes a little further in that it looks at the philosophy of decision-making as well as offering some practical help for those of who us who flounder in the fear of making the wrong decision.
The book offers a simple structured template in the form of three questions to assist in the decision making process; a ‘What?’ a ‘Why?’ and a ‘How?’. By reducing the task to a step by step procedure the nervous decision maker is given the security of a framework that they can return to for whatever decision they may be required to make.
The author makes the most salient of points. “Right or wrong, we live with the outcome of our decisions.” . It seems a very obvious thing to say, and the writer goes on to acknowledge that all of us have made some terrible decisions at some point in our lives, but it seemed to me that one of the points of the book was to prevent us getting to that stage where we will make a wrong decision that we have to live with.
The book also examines the psychology of decision making acknowledging that characteristics like absence of interest, poor organisation, low enthusiasm and indiscipline can hamper the decision making process.
It’s a straightforward book that isn’t trying to bog anybody down with vast scientific theories. It’s written clearly and intelligently with compassion and understanding. Once you’ve read it through it’s useful to dip in and out of when those decision-making demons threaten to strike.
Whatever decisions you do or don’t reach today, make reading this book one of your better decisions !
My thanks to the author for a gifted download of this book.
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