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In or Out: A Practical Guide to Decision Making
Are you in or are you out? In or out of a relationship? In or out of a job? In or out of an outing? Why are decisions so hard to make—both big life decisions and small daily decisions?
If you struggle to make decisions and are looking for a practical guide to decision making, this is the book for you!
In “In or Out,” you’ll:
• See how to easily make decisions that affect your daily life and your work.
• Understand the philosophy and motives behind your decisions.
• Make wise decisions based on your values and principles.
• Discover a simple, smart decision-making process.
• Explore more than 15 decision tools that help you make decisions.
• Know how to make decisions during a crisis, under uncertainty, and in groups.
• Recognize and overcome your brain’s limitations when making decisions.
• Have an exit strategy and start making decisions proactively.
• Stop procrastinating and make your decisions become a reality.
Making decisions can be stressful, time-consuming, and lead to missed opportunities or disastrous outcomes. “In or Out” will help you handle decisions with ease and control your future, making decisions that align with your goals and objectives. You’ll learn the meaning of a balanced, happy life, and how to make decisions that create your happy life.
Author A. I. Shoukry is an academic, a surgeon, a politician, a writer, a podcaster, and a runner who makes decisions that come as naturally as breathing, yet are as complicated as managing life-threatening situations during surgery.
His years of experience and research into decision making lead him to create a practical, simple decision-making toolkit. In this book, you’ll get exclusive access to this toolkit, with decision tools for balanced decision making, a balanced life equation, a balancing matrix, and personal balancing matrix scorecard.
So, are you in? Or are you out? Make this small decision now and start making all your decisions more efficiently, effectively, and happily with this book.
If you struggle to make decisions and are looking for a practical guide to decision making, this is the book for you!
In “In or Out,” you’ll:
• See how to easily make decisions that affect your daily life and your work.
• Understand the philosophy and motives behind your decisions.
• Make wise decisions based on your values and principles.
• Discover a simple, smart decision-making process.
• Explore more than 15 decision tools that help you make decisions.
• Know how to make decisions during a crisis, under uncertainty, and in groups.
• Recognize and overcome your brain’s limitations when making decisions.
• Have an exit strategy and start making decisions proactively.
• Stop procrastinating and make your decisions become a reality.
Making decisions can be stressful, time-consuming, and lead to missed opportunities or disastrous outcomes. “In or Out” will help you handle decisions with ease and control your future, making decisions that align with your goals and objectives. You’ll learn the meaning of a balanced, happy life, and how to make decisions that create your happy life.
Author A. I. Shoukry is an academic, a surgeon, a politician, a writer, a podcaster, and a runner who makes decisions that come as naturally as breathing, yet are as complicated as managing life-threatening situations during surgery.
His years of experience and research into decision making lead him to create a practical, simple decision-making toolkit. In this book, you’ll get exclusive access to this toolkit, with decision tools for balanced decision making, a balanced life equation, a balancing matrix, and personal balancing matrix scorecard.
So, are you in? Or are you out? Make this small decision now and start making all your decisions more efficiently, effectively, and happily with this book.
224 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2018
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About the author
A.I. Shoukry
4 books44 followersI love to read, write, learn, and share with the world all of that. I am the founder of The Decisions Academy and editor of the life & work newsletter and podcast.
My writings are focused on living a balanced life, making better decisions in life and work.
I have a wide range of interests and experiences, and I use my knowledge to combine ideas from different disciplines to create synergy.
I believe that learning stops when your heart stops beating and sharing what you know is what keeps you alive for eternity.
shoukry.org
My writings are focused on living a balanced life, making better decisions in life and work.
I have a wide range of interests and experiences, and I use my knowledge to combine ideas from different disciplines to create synergy.
I believe that learning stops when your heart stops beating and sharing what you know is what keeps you alive for eternity.
shoukry.org
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December 31, 2017
If you are looking for practical yet scientific methods on how to make decisions in life, then “In or Out” is a book you should be reading.
The book is well organized and addresses the different phases of decision making.
Methodically the author goes through the pre-decision phase addressing issues of why we might struggle when making decisions, describing internal and external factors that affect our decisions which we might not be aware of, as well as addressing our limitations.
In the second section, the writer takes us through the actual decision making process. He introduces a plethora of tools that could be used for different cases as well as provides examples using these tools. The variation of tools is flexible enough that each person can choose what is best for their specific situation and does not corner us to use one specific method.
The final section of the book talks about the post-decision phase, an often overlooked area in other similar genres. Guidance on executing, following up and tweaking our decisions is just as important as how to make the decision itself, because as the author states “an unexecuted decision is just ink on paper”. He walks us through motivational methods on how to proceed, as well as how to deal with second thoughts after making a decision.
Although the book is based on a scientific method, it is written in an easy way which can be fruitful for anyone. It is also peppered with real life examples, many from the author’s own life, which helps the reader grasp the concepts of the book. The book is also well referenced in the end.
Overall, this book provides practical guidance on a tricky issue, decision making. The effort and research invested in writing this book are evident, and I believe it is a valuable addition to any library.
The book is well organized and addresses the different phases of decision making.
Methodically the author goes through the pre-decision phase addressing issues of why we might struggle when making decisions, describing internal and external factors that affect our decisions which we might not be aware of, as well as addressing our limitations.
In the second section, the writer takes us through the actual decision making process. He introduces a plethora of tools that could be used for different cases as well as provides examples using these tools. The variation of tools is flexible enough that each person can choose what is best for their specific situation and does not corner us to use one specific method.
The final section of the book talks about the post-decision phase, an often overlooked area in other similar genres. Guidance on executing, following up and tweaking our decisions is just as important as how to make the decision itself, because as the author states “an unexecuted decision is just ink on paper”. He walks us through motivational methods on how to proceed, as well as how to deal with second thoughts after making a decision.
Although the book is based on a scientific method, it is written in an easy way which can be fruitful for anyone. It is also peppered with real life examples, many from the author’s own life, which helps the reader grasp the concepts of the book. The book is also well referenced in the end.
Overall, this book provides practical guidance on a tricky issue, decision making. The effort and research invested in writing this book are evident, and I believe it is a valuable addition to any library.
March 10, 2018
As an engineer who believes in numbers, and as self learner of "Operations Research"; I learned much about "Decision Making" using mathematical arrays and formulas. These arrays and formulas always require a criterion which could not be measured; it is the decision maker nature or his/her motives where Mathematics could not find a solution.
This book is definitely a journey through human mind and nature, how we think, and how we are affected by many factors. The main advantages of the book is that it is related to author personal experience not just valuable information gathering from multiple references, the other one is that academic background of author were clear in book format as references citation exit. Finally, the book is written using simple English and very concentrative style. This book is highly recommend. By the way, it is one of books which requires papers and pens during reading.
This book is definitely a journey through human mind and nature, how we think, and how we are affected by many factors. The main advantages of the book is that it is related to author personal experience not just valuable information gathering from multiple references, the other one is that academic background of author were clear in book format as references citation exit. Finally, the book is written using simple English and very concentrative style. This book is highly recommend. By the way, it is one of books which requires papers and pens during reading.
March 28, 2018
Clear ideas, self explanatory algorithms, changing your views of how to make decisions.
December 11, 2019
It is bad written, worse edited or translated.
It is not helpful, clear but worse boring.
It is not helpful, clear but worse boring.
February 21, 2020
It is very rarely that I find a non-fiction book that I feel "eh, it's okay" about it. I usually either love it, or absolutely hate it. However, "In or Out: a Practical Guide to Decision Making" is an okay book. I guess I am kinda in, but not fully in.
The information in this book is definitely useful and the book is structured in a logical way starting with trying to understand what we base our decisions on - moral values, core values etc -, it also discussed what could influence us to decide one way or another, what internal and / or external factors can affect our decision making. Then it presents various systems on how we can make better decisions or simply just take a decision (because that's hard enough on its own). It is a very practical book in this sense and I really appreciated this. The algorithms and the systems presented are made easy to understand for everyone and that's always a plus for a non-fiction book (especially when it's targeted at everyone, not only math students).
However, in order to get all the knowledge, you have to get through the bad writing. Non-fiction books are not supposed to be boring, they can be entertaining and some can turn into a page-turner, but this is not the case with "In or Out". The best way I can describe the writing is... bland. Even if the author presents personal stories (so it's not only science in this book), it does it in a very boring way and it makes it really hard to get to the next chapter. The tone of author should be more bright, with more energy and a funny anecdote here and there could definitely help with keeping the reader entertained.
It's definitely a good book when it comes to information and learning some helpful systems for decision making, but as I said, you have to push through the writing style in order to get to the lessons this book has to offer.
The information in this book is definitely useful and the book is structured in a logical way starting with trying to understand what we base our decisions on - moral values, core values etc -, it also discussed what could influence us to decide one way or another, what internal and / or external factors can affect our decision making. Then it presents various systems on how we can make better decisions or simply just take a decision (because that's hard enough on its own). It is a very practical book in this sense and I really appreciated this. The algorithms and the systems presented are made easy to understand for everyone and that's always a plus for a non-fiction book (especially when it's targeted at everyone, not only math students).
However, in order to get all the knowledge, you have to get through the bad writing. Non-fiction books are not supposed to be boring, they can be entertaining and some can turn into a page-turner, but this is not the case with "In or Out". The best way I can describe the writing is... bland. Even if the author presents personal stories (so it's not only science in this book), it does it in a very boring way and it makes it really hard to get to the next chapter. The tone of author should be more bright, with more energy and a funny anecdote here and there could definitely help with keeping the reader entertained.
It's definitely a good book when it comes to information and learning some helpful systems for decision making, but as I said, you have to push through the writing style in order to get to the lessons this book has to offer.
July 26, 2020
Some useful info, but I had to force myself to finish it. Not my style of book.
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