The Confident Decision Maker: How to Make the Right Business and Personal Decisions Every Time

by Roger Dawson

A guide to decision making at work and at home provides a formula for making decisions in such areas as buying a home or embarking on a hostile takeover of another company.

Genres: Nonfiction

300 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1993

About the author

Roger Dawson is one of the country’s top experts on the art of negotiating—SUCCESS Magazine calls him “America’s Premier Business Negotiator.” As a full-time speaker since 1982, Roger has travelled the world to teach business leaders how to improve their profits using his Power Negotiating techniques. He resides in La Habra Heights, California.

Reviews

[Max Perez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Great author tho.

[James Burton]

Want to learn how to make better and quicker decisions.

[Osuokam Uteh-Obuseh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book.
A lot of problem solving techniques used currently in consulting firms were clearly described and explained in the book.

[Andrea James · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought that this was a systematic and practical book with clear guidelines on various things you can do to improve your decision-making skills. I didn't particularly enjoy the anecdotes or agree with the author's opinion on what may or may not be important (though it was not very often that he stated his view on things).

The theory behind the decision-making personality types was interesting but I find classifying people into categories like "bull", "bee", "eagle" and "bloodhound" a bit too cheesy for comfort even though the author pointed out that they they have been consciously and especially selected to enhance learning and understanding of the personality types.

It has a slightly dated feel, I suppose because it was published in 1993 but nevertheless offers reasonable help, especially if this is the first book that you've read on decision making. However, it would be worth supplementing with some of the more recent books on behavioural economics.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I've read on this subject, I found it fascinating. I think this book will be a great reference for major decisions.