Decision Time: How to make the choices your life depends on

by Laurence Alison, Neil Shortland

Should I change careers? Is it time to end my relationship? Can I move halfway across the world?We have to make choices everyday, big and small, but it's the life-changing ones that often cause us to freeze or react too quickly, without thinking. What can we do differently?Laurence Alison and Neil Shortland have spent over 20 years helping soldiers, police officers, doctors and other professionals in high-stakes environments make tough decisions when lives are on the line. In Decision Time , they show us how those same decision-making techniques apply to everyday life, whether that's deciding to take a new job or change career later in life, end a relationship, move across the world or declaring your undying love for your best friend.With tips, studies, interviews and observations from their training with police officers together with role-play scenarios for you to try, this book will help you identify and fight off the common enemies of good decision-making - inertia, procrastination and indecision - and empower you to make the choices that matter the most.Highly accessible and interactive, Decision Time will guide you through each step of the decision-making process so next time you a find yourself at the crossroads, you'll be able to make your way with confidence.

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction, Business

256 pages, Paperback

Published October 7, 2021

Reviews

[S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book will not guide you to the next meal or next streaming series. No, this book is about bigger decisions that will impact fundamentally your life and potentially the life of others. Situations where it becomes important to make decisions with the right mindset to get the best outcome for everyone.

It touches a lot of topics to provide an understanding of all the influences that can go into right and wrong decisions. Awareness is a key role to do the correct assessment, to stay your ground, to notice when the time has come for action. It gives you tools to prepare yourself mentally that some things will go wrong - to be prepared by expecting the worst and hoping for the best.

I like the variety and the fact that multiple examples are used to get points across. I recommend to read it a chapter at a time and then reflect over the topic and examples. What would you think? How would you feel? What would be your actions?

[Sudhagar · Rating 2 out of 5]

Despite the promise, there isn't much new in this book. A lot of theory and analysis but not much on how actually to decide or structured approach to making decisions. It is just bunch of random situations / example without giving is a clear framework on the types of problems/issues and how to make decisions. Most of the book should be obvious to a well-read person.

[Subjuntivo Subjuntivo · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of obvious, maybe one or two ideas might be interesting or useful for some people.
The audiobook offers both authors as readers, and ONE of theeeemmmm, is SOOOOO excited ALL. THE. TIME.
It is annoying, but he doesn't speak a lot.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Lots of useful tips and little tests to help you figure out more about your decision making style

[Brad]

AoM podcast 1/31/2022

[Eric Bozarth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read numerous books on decision making, and this is by far the best (the most practical and intelligent) I’ve come across for making life’s big decisions. Highly recommended and nearly perfect in its scope and depth.