Amazing. I learned so much about human nature and our hesitancy to make decisions, and the driving force behind the decisions we make. This book is a grateful addition to my professional library.

Thanks so much for this ARC I have just started a new job in a management position and this book has been a great source of information and guidance for me. I highly recommend this book to both students studying business related programs and also all those working in a management post. Thank you

A great book. It has a lot of good insights. Easy to breakdown and in 4 great sections. Joseph really draws on great stories from across the globe in bringing it all together. I thought the book was spot on.

Somewhere around the 75% mark, the author makes a remark along the lines of "but I haven't presented any practical solutions yet" and I feel like we never really moved on from there.

There is A Lot in this book. Maybe too much. From deep dives in psychology to philosophy, to recruiting art history and theory, to mysticisms from several major world religions. What, you may ask, does all of that have to do with decision making? So did I honestly. And honestly, I still don't know.

The first 30% or so was a bit more lyrical than I like my nonfiction to be, but was an interesting breakdown of some common fears that interfere with our decision making, and stayed pretty well on topic. After that, I felt like the text devolved into a string of endless and too thinly stretched metaphors and random references to the categories mentioned above.

Definitely an interesting read by an author who is mind-bogglingly well read himself, but ultimately not the clear cut, practical guide I was hoping for.

Honest and in-depth advice for reaching your full potential. This advice is presented in easy to follow language that can be broken up and applied in pieces at a time.

This was a complimentary copy from Netgalley - many thanks

Loved this

I am quite new to management and taking part in decision making in a diplomatic way is becoming more and more important to my job role

I have round this book food for thought and with lots of ideas that I shall be putting into practice in the workplace

This would be a great book club book for discussions but anyone in management or new to management would find this useful and informative

Decisions, decisions, decisions. This books reminds me of a film "Mr. Noody". The key message is where you find yourself at this moment if time is the consequence of your decisions in the past. Decisions are very important in our lives and if you are hesitant or indecisive person, go read this book. It provides very clear and straightforward guidelines on making the process of decision making more structured.

Utterly utterly amazing book. From the first few pages I was exclaiming 'whoh!' as the insights hit. Joseph Bikart not only uncovers sound psychological and philosophical reasons why we don't make decisions but even the very awareness of those factors are like a reframe that frees you to make better decisions. For instance, even though the root word of decision means to 'cut away' Joseph gives us the idea of cutting away the factors that bind us rather than what we would lose. He reminds us that if we put off a decision then the one we make the next day is actually different, because certain factors have changed. We often don't need more information - because the world is not perfect and what extra information exactly would make a real difference? Just breath-taking and probably the best book on decisions I have ever read.