Wise Decisions - by James E Loehr & Sheila Ohlsson Walker (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Wise Decisions is a science-based approach to embedding timeless wisdom in adolescents, young adults, and adults. In a span of 15 minutes, we can make ten or more small decisions. Some decisions are inconsequential, and others can change the trajectory of our lives for years. Just as success in business depends on the decisions made, so also does enduring success in our personal lives. Decisions can be wise or foolish, considered or automatic, conscious or unconscious, emotional or rational, reasonable or unreasonable. Because so much is riding on the decisions we make throughout life, this book puts the decision-making process under a microscope with the intent of better understanding how wise decisions are made. Wise decision making is an acquired competency that takes targeted, repeated investment of energy over time to achieve proficiency. Nothing short of the success of our lives and the lives of the children we are fortunate to influence depend on it. The goal of this book is to equip readers with a concrete, science-based method to help them achieve timeless wisdom in their everyday decision making--for a lifetime."--

Book Synopsis

A concrete and hands-on method for improving your everyday decisions

Every 15 minutes, each of us can make ten or more small decisions. Some of them are relatively inconsequential, while others can change the course of our lives. What if you could improve all of your decisions, across the board, and start to build a healthier, more productive, and meaningful life?

In Wise Decisions: A Science-Based Approach to Making Better Choices, a team of accomplished industry experts delivers an evidence- and research-based blueprint for making the best decisions you can with the information you have. You'll learn to make the targeted, repeated investment of energy required to turn your decision-making process into one informed by reason, emotion, intuition, and science.

In the book, you'll discover:

• How to put the decision-making process under a microscope and learn what makes a decision truly wise
• Ways to help children, teens, and families make wise decisions
• How to train yourself to make wise decisions with voice training and other strategies

A can't-miss resource for parents, teachers, coaches, managers, executives, and other business leaders, Wise Decisions also offers timeless advice and guidance for anyone else hoping to improve the decision-making abilities of the people close to them.

From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR WISE DECISIONS

"Magnificent! Profound and highly relevant for today's world. A superb book!"

-STEPHEN COVEY, Co-founder, FranklinCovey Speed of Trust Practice

"Wise Decisions explains the familial messages that have complicated ALL of our lives and illuminates the path to cultivating a free and open mind. Untangling the Gordian Knot of the imprint of family has empowered me to emerge whole, and this book can help you do the same."

-JAMIE LEE CURTIS, actress, author, and activist

"Wise Decisions offers a creative and powerful means to enhance the quality of life of every individual and, as well, to improve the impact of our judgments and actions on the well-being of the other people we hold dear in our lives."

-DR. RICHARD LERNER, Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University

"Every human being on the planet makes decisions nearly continuously-small ones, large ones, difficult ones, easy ones, good ones, bad ones. Bringing together insights from neuroscience, psychology, sports, and business, this informative book teaches the Y.O.D.A approach to making sound decisions in your professional and personal life."

-DR. MARY HELEN IMMORDINO-YANG, Neuroscientist and Professor, University of Southern California, author, Emotions, Learning, and the Brain

"Wise Decisions will help you make better choices in every aspect of your life. It is both immensely practical and completely science-based."

-DAVID LEADBETTER, renowned golf instructor and coach

"This book explains the science and provides concrete tools that can help you make wiser decisions and enjoy a more meaningful and productive life--immediately!"

-DR. MARC BRACKETT, Co-founder and Professor, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, bestselling author, Permission to Feel

About the Author

DR. JIM LOEHR is Co-founder of the Johnson and Johnson Human Performance Institute, which has trained and inspired more than 250,000 leaders around the world since its creation in 1992. He is the author of numerous books, including Leading with Character and The Personal Credo Journal.

DR. SHEILA OHLSSON is a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. She earned her doctorate in Behavioral Genetics from the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King's College in London.