Decide & Conquer

The no-nonsense, plain-English guide to making better decisions in every area of your life! Why your instincts and experiences can lead you astray--and what to do about it How to avoid the decision-making mistakes virtually everyone makes. Easy ways to focus decision-making on what really matters in life. Better decisions lead to a better life: one that's happier, wealthier, healthier and more fulfilling. "Decide and Conquer" brings together all the practical skills readers need to make the best possible decisions every day. Best-selling author, and the world's number one management textbook author, Stephen P. Robbins draws on the latest research to identify the biggest reasons why people make poor decisions--and offer no-nonsense, plain-English solutions. Robbins' quick, easy questionnaires reveal the surprising ways your personality impacts your decisions, and helps you develop a decision-making style that works for you. Throughout, Robbins draws on the latest, as well as classic, research to reveal the decision-making mistakes virtually everyone makes. Readers discover what they can't learn from experience, why their instincts often lead them astray, how to avoid "hearing only what they want to hear," and why they might be seeing patterns that aren't there. Robbins shows how to simplify complicated decisions without oversimplifying them, and when to settle for a "good enough" decision. This book is a quick, easy read that'll pay dividends with every new decision... from the most trivial to the most important.