Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions

Offers readers an easy-to-follow process to improve ways to make business decisions, family decisions, and personal decisions
Where should I live? Is it time to get a new job? Which job candidate should I hire? What business strategy should I pursue?We spend the majority of our lives making decisions, both big and small. Yet, even though our success is largely determined by the choices that we make, very few of us are equipped with useful decision-making skills. Because of this, we often approach our choices tentatively, or even fearfully, and avoid giving them the time and thought required to put our best foot forward.In Smart Choices, John Hammond, Ralph Keeney, and Howard Raiffaexperts with over 100 years of experience resolving complex decision problemsoffer a proven, straightforward, and flexible roadmap for making better and more impactful decisions, and offer the tools to achieve your goals in every aspect of your life.Their step-by-step, divide-and conquer approach will teach you how to:Evaluate your plansBreak your potential decision into its key elementsIdentify the key drivers that are most relevant to your goalsApply systematic thinkingUse the right information to make the smartest choiceSmart Choices doesn’t tell you what to decide; it tells you how. As you routinely use the process, you’ll become more confident in your ability to make decisions at work and at home. And, more importantly, by applying its time-tested methods, you’ll make better decisions going forward.Be proactive. Don’t wait until a decision is forced on youor made for you. Seek out decisions that advance your long-term goals, values, and beliefs. Take charge of your life by makingSmart Choices a lifetime habit.