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    Decision Making in a Nutshell
    Decision Making in a Nutshell
    Decision Making in a Nutshell
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    Decision Making in a Nutshell

    By Freddy Davis

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    Of course you can make a decision...
    But can you carry it through to the end?

    For most people, making decisions is an unconscious activity. We find ourselves slammed against the wall by some pressing need and we react by making decisions that get us out of our predicament. That allows us to survive. But if we really want our lives to explode with meaning and excitement, we have to somehow learn to take control of the process.

    This book not only gives you powerful insights into the underlying foundations of decision making, it provides a step by step system to help you take control of the decisions that guide your life. In this book you will learn:

    ∙How to distinguish between decisions and simple choices.

    ∙How to discern the underlying assumptions that influence your decisions.

    ∙How to make the transition from the "want to" of decision making to implementation.

    ∙How to create and use a six-step system that will put you in total control of your decision making process.

    ∙How to help other people make good decisions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFreddy Davis
    Release dateJan 10, 2012
    ISBN9781465895769
    Decision Making in a Nutshell
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    Freddy Davis

    Freddy Davis is the president of MarketFaith Ministries. He is married to Deborah and has one son, Ken. Freddy did his undergraduate studies at Florida State University in Speech Communications and received his MDiv and DMin degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to his pastoral ministry and work with MarketFaith Ministries, Freddy served overseas as an international missionary for nearly 17 years (in Japan and in the former Soviet Republic of Latvia). Freddy is the author of numerous books, workbooks and other works.

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      Decision Making in a Nutshell - Freddy Davis

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      Decision Making in a Nutshell

      By Freddy Davis

      Decision Making in a Nutshell

      By Freddy Davis

      Copyright © 2004 Freddy Davis

      Smashwords Edition

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 - What Does it Mean to Make a Decision?

      Chapter 2 - The Need to Decide

      Chapter 3 - To Do or to Be?

      Chapter 4 - The Basis for Making Decisions

      Chapter 5 - The Nature of Decisions

      Chapter 6 - Getting to the Click Point

      Chapter 7 - How to Make Decisions that Stick

      Chapter 8 - Motivating Other People to Make Good Decisions

      Chapter 9 - Building on Your Decision Making Foundation

      Appendix - 49 Good Character Qualities

      Dedication

      To my son Ken whose adoption into our family was one of the greatest decisions I ever made.

      Introduction

      Several years ago I was living overseas and was beginning to experience a degree of burnout. I had a job I was deeply committed to, but the emotional pressure in my head was such that I truly began to hate what I was doing. At some point I wanted to just quit. But there was something deeper within me that wouldn’t let me walk away. I literally hung on in spite of how I felt until my assignment was done.

      On the other hand, there have been several times in my life when I determined that I was overweight and needed to diet. Several of those times I failed miserably even though I needed, and wanted, to succeed. For some reason I just didn’t have the internal motivation to follow through to the end.

      Why is it that we figure out what we need to do, make a decision to do it, then struggle to follow through until the job is done? There are a lot of reasons why this may be the case. It may be that we just don’t have the mechanics of the job down well enough to finish well. It may be that our physical conditioning is such that we run out of gas before the job is done. Perhaps it is because emotionally we are not able to handle the stresses of the job. Or maybe we are not good at working within the relationship grid that is essential to getting the job done.

      We could go on naming common, and seemingly obvious, reasons but all the things mentioned above are only shallow excuses. Maybe we don’t know the job well, but if we really wanted to get it done we would learn it. Maybe our conditioning is not so good, but stamina can be developed. Perhaps we don’t handle emotional upheaval well, but that, too, can be strengthened. And if relationships are the problem, well, there are also ways to deal with that. No, there is something else that is really at issue here, and we had better get hold of that thing or we will never come to the place where we are able to make a decision that is worth spit.

      There is a distinction that we need to make that is rarely ever made. People who are good decision makers grasp this distinction intuitively. Those who are bad decision makers rarely catch the distinction at all.

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