Decide and Conquer

September 1, 2003
Robbins, an academic, provides an everyman's guide to improving the choices that shape our lives, and offers tools for making better decisions. With tips, stories, and quizzes, the author explores the ways we make decisions, from critical to trivial choices, that affect everything we do at home and in the workplace. Who we become (or have become) is largely determined by the choices we make, and the author believes that much of what we call "luck" is really good decision making. The topics covered include establishing clear goals, understanding rationality, personality tests to provide insight into how individuals make decisions, tolerance for risk and its impact on decisions, controlling emotions, the tendency to be overconfident, and ideas for overcoming biases and errors. We can never be too accomplished at decision making, and Robbins' roadmap gives helpful instruction that will appeal to a wide range of library patrons. This excellent book provides valuable insight.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)