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DECISION TIME! Better Decisions for a Better Life
Where you are in life today is the result of all of the past decisions which you have made or which have been made for you in response to the various situations and events, both expected and unexpected, that have impacted your life. The decisions that you will make from this point forward will determine the degree to which your future will be positive or negative. Decision Time! describes the subjective and multi-variable nature of real life decisions and demonstrates techniques for making complex decisions with ease and insight.

Decision Time! provides guidance for many different decision-making situations with both personal and business aspects. Topics with examples from life include games, negotiation, the challenge of financing a college education, starting a small business, purchasing/shopping, family relationships, getting the government to listen to you, investments, and many more.

Decision Time! gives you insight into the decision-making process as applied to both small and large choices you will face. It includes dynamic aspects, cultural effects, and morality as applied to decision-making for individuals, teams, and societies. Decision Time! prepares you to face the continuous impact of decision situations confidently and without hesitation.

ISBN: 978-1-60264-064-1                    $22.95 (hardcover)

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Dick Davidson's book gives a clear, step-by-step road map to making a wide variety of decisions on all levels of life. If you cannot decide whether to read this book or not, then this is the book you need to read. Don't put it off.

   -- Rita Emmett, author of The Procrastinator's Handbook  

***** Are you a good decision maker?

I've never been a good decision maker. I bought this book because I had a chance to meet the author and enjoyed hearing what he had to say about the decision process. Turns out I made a good decision to buy it, since I learned a lot right away.  Solidly written, Davidson explains why some of us have problems, walks through the elements involved in a decision, and teaches a strategy to make the right choice, time after time.

Helen Gallagher, author of Release Your Writing: Book Publishing, Your Way

(Glenview, IL, United States)

***** Decision Time, by Richard Davidson, is a book I wish I had been able to read 50 years ago! Much of the information in it comes from years of experience, and those of us in our 60's will recognize the processes we have learned the hard way. It is a book that I will give to future high school graduates as there is a wealth of information that, if read and heeded, will make their lives easier and help them to make solid, intelligent decisions. I personally liked the style for two reasons: one, the chapters are broken down into small bites that are manageable and can be referenced easily afterwards, and two, the use of examples in both the private and business worlds makes the ideas understandable.

Pamela Nelson, homemaker, agricultural and business consultant

(Northbrook, IL, United States) 

In his book, DECISION TIME! Better Decisions for a Better Life, Richard Davidson outlines for us what goes into making a decision, the types of situations in which decisions are made and how we can weight our choices to make decision making easier and much more.
Who knew that what we do without much thought each and every day could be quantified in a thoughtful, logical way, to come to a good decision for that moment in time? As the author points out, even using his "Davidson's Doctrine" principles we sometimes make errors, make no decision or make a decision on whatever issue later, still being cognizant of the skills we used to eventually make a decision.
One of the principles of "Davidson's Doctrine" is to write down what you are trying to decide. He says: "Whenever you have to decide between two alternatives or among several alternatives, select one choice, and assume that you have already made that decision. Then look at your situation from the viewpoint of having already made the decision, and see whether you are comfortable with it and its probable resulting implications..."
I think this book is helpful in allowing us humans to find a better way to make decisions. Somehow, Richard Davidson makes decisions simpler. This is a way to figure out simple and knotty problems, allowing us to come to decisions from a comfortable I-have-looked-at-all-the-possibilities, assumed each one to be true, felt the weight of consequences and benefits shift as I examined each, and then decided to make a decision. We, at Off Campus Writers Workshop are lucky to have this interesting work from an author who knows the territory well. Reading it has opened my eyes to decision making. After you read it, you will wish you knew all of these techniques sooner - it makes life easier - and decisions we make better.

Reviewed by Sue Roupp, Vice President, Off Campus Writers Workshop.

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