Wise Decisions

Wise Decisions

by James E. Loehr, Sheila Ohlsson Walker
Released December 2022
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781119931409

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Book description

A concrete and hands-on method for improving your everyday decisions

Every 15 minutes, each of us can make ten or more small decisions. Some of them are relatively inconsequential, while others can change the course of our lives. What if you could improve all of your decisions, across the board, and start to build a healthier, more productive, and meaningful life?

In Wise Decisions: A Science-Based Approach to Making Better Choices, a team of accomplished industry experts delivers an evidence- and research-based blueprint for making the best decisions you can with the information you have. You’ll learn to make the targeted, repeated investment of energy required to turn your decision-making process into one informed by reason, emotion, intuition, and science.

In the book, you’ll discover:

  • How to put the decision-making process under a microscope and learn what makes a decision truly wise
  • Ways to help children, teens, and families make wise decisions
  • How to train yourself to make wise decisions with voice training and other strategies

A can’t-miss resource for parents, teachers, coaches, managers, executives, and other business leaders, Wise Decisions also offers timeless advice and guidance for anyone else hoping to improve the decision-making abilities of the people close to them.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
    1. Decision Fatigue
    2. The Cascade of Poor Decision‐Making
    3. Sources
  7. PART I: YOUR OWN DECISION ADVISOR (Y.O.D.A) FUNDAMENTALS
    1. Chapter 1: Health Ignites Wisdom in Decision‐Making
      1. Decision‐Making
      2. Our Brains and Bodies Are One Dynamic Integrated System
      3. Physical Health and Decision‐Making
      4. Emotional Health and Decision‐Making
      5. Mental Health and Decision‐Making
      6. Spiritual Health and Decision‐Making
      7. Y.O.D.A.
      8. Sources
    2. Chapter 2: Getting Through to the Inner Core
      1. The Gatekeeper
      2. The Blocking and Tackling of Decision‐Making
      3. Sources
    3. Chapter 3: The Voices in Our Head
      1. From Inner Voice 1 to Inner Voice 2
      2. “You Talk” and “I Talk”
      3. Sources
    4. Chapter 4: Time for Serious Reflection
      1. Blocking or Granting Access
      2. Big Questions
      3. Conscious Awareness Is the First Step
      4. Assignment
      5. Sources
    5. Chapter 5: Equipping Y.O.D.A. with the Right Stuff
      1. Preloading Y.O.D.A. with the Right Information
      2. Equipping Y.O.D.A. with Timeless Wisdom
      3. Sources
    6. Chapter 6: Protecting Your Inner Core at All Costs
      1. Taking Charge of Your Inner Voice
      2. Understanding Resistance
      3. Guidelines for Protecting Your Inner Core
      4. Sources
    7. Chapter 7: Nature via Nurture: The Science of Uploading Y.O.D.A
      1. The Secret to Neuroplasticity Lies “Above Our Genes”
      2. Training Y.O.D.A. at Home: The Gift of the Meta‐Moment
      3. From Novice to Expert: Creating a Neural Superhighway
      4. Sources
  8. PART II: APPLIED TO CHILDREN, TEENS, AND FAMILIES
    1. Chapter 8: Y.O.D.A. Rising: Parenting Young Children
      1. Sources
    2. Chapter 9: High‐Performance Training for Parents: Y.O.D.A. for Teens
      1. Time for Reflection and Y.O.D.A. Goal‐Setting
      2. Success for All: Engaging Y.O.D.A.
      3. Sources
    3. Chapter 10: Transforming Your Family Story with Your Trained Inner Voice
      1. The Recipe for Upshifting Your Family Story
      2. Sources
  9. PART III: Y.O.D.A. IN THE BROADER ARENA OF LIFE
    1. Chapter 11: Managing Energy and Your Inner Voice
      1. Two Important Dimensions of Energy
      2. Sources
    2. Chapter 12: Managing Emotions and the Role of Y.O.D.A.
      1. A Deeper Dive into Emotions and Feelings
      2. The Objective Is Not to Silence Emotion
      3. Sources
    3. Chapter 13: The Inner Voice and Managing Stress
      1. Stress and Narrowing of the Aperture
      2. Stress Basics for Y.O.D.A.
      3. Sources
    4. Chapter 14: The Role of Y.O.D.A. in Finding Flow
      1. Reflect on Your Flow Experience
      2. My Flow Experience
      3. Inner Voice Coaching: Messages to Enhance Flow
      4. Sources
    5. Chapter 15: Y.O.D.A. Guided Storytelling
      1. The Truth
      2. Y.O.D.A.'s Keys for Storytelling and Decision‐Making
      3. Using Y.O.D.A. to Manage Intractable Political Stories
      4. Y.O.D.A.'s Storytelling Keys for Managing Political Conflict
      5. Sources
  10. PART IV: Y.O.D.A. TRAINING STRATEGIES
    1. Chapter 16: Voice Training 101
      1. The Evolutionary Upgrade with No Equal
      2. Eight‐Step Training Program
      3. Sources
    2. Chapter 17: Using Y.O.D.A. to Get Home
      1. The Tombstone Exercise
      2. The Obsession to Get Home
      3. Sources
    3. Chapter 18: Summary Wisdom from Y.O.D.A.
      1. Scenario 1
      2. Scenario 2
      3. Sources
  11. Acknowledgments
    1. Jim's Acknowledgments
    2. Sheila's Acknowledgments
  12. Index
  13. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Wise Decisions
  • Author(s): James E. Loehr, Sheila Ohlsson Walker
  • Release date: December 2022
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119931409