Download or read book Making the Best of a Bad Decision written by Erwin W. Lutzer and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maybe you worry you’ve married the wrong person. Maybe you’re carrying the burden of a secret or have gone down a dangerous road. Maybe you’ve made a life choice that’s hurt someone else so badly you feel the relationship can never be restored. But there’s good news: you have the opportunity to clear your conscience, make things right with God and others, and get to a place of grace and new beginnings. Join pastor and bestselling author Erwin Lutzer as he shows you how to make the best of even your worst decisions and move forward into a better future.

Download or read book Her Best Bad Decision MMF Bisexual Romance written by A. Anders and published by RateABull Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cocky baseball player falls for, the curvy girl who knows how to put him in his place, and the off-limits billionaire who owns his team. Laughter follows in this second chance romance where pretend dating leads to secret relationships and a whole lot more. Lexi As a curvy American girl spending her senior year in Japan, the last thing Lexi expected was to find a guy. So, when Forrest Wolf, the drop-dead gorgeous American star of Japan’s baseball league, crossed the bar to meet her, you can excuse her skepticism. The man was used to thousands of people chanting his name every night. No, she immediately shut him cocky ass down… his incredibly tight, cocky ass… how long had it been since she had had sex, again? Why is it that after a girl gives in to a guy, and they have the most incredibly night of their lives, the guy could beg the girl for her number and then still not call? In Forrest’s case, it may have to do with him being traded to an American team days after they met? Maybe. So, when Lexi returns home and gets a dream job offer dependent on getting an interview with him, what is she to do? Could this be a second chance at love? Or will that get ruined when, after again staring at his cocky ass, things “get complicated” in a restaurant bathroom… and everyone hears them… and posts it on social media? Yikes! Forrest Wolf Forrest was the biggest thing in baseball… during college. In the majors, he partied his way into being a bust. But then he went to Japan, cleaned up his ways and became a star. So, why is it that when he is then made the face of Portland’s new team, he again crashes and burns? It’s because Forrest has a huge secret. His name is Bradley Morrow and he is the sexy billionaire owner of Forrest’s new team. Before Forrest knew who he was, the two hooked up. Now Forrest can’t get his off-limits boss out of his mind. Was that what went wrong between Forrest and Lexi? Maybe. Could he explain that to Lexi, who has amazingly reappeared in his life? And, would Lexi mind pretending to be his girlfriend to convince his boss that their night together meant nothing to him? Forrest has never fallen in love with a guy before. And, as sexy and charming as Bradley is, Forrest needs to keep a tight grip on his heart. Bradley Morrow Ley believes that the fastest way to make a billion dollars is to find someone with a great mind. And, the fastest way to lose a billion dollars is to find someone with a great body. Not only does his star player have the best body he has ever seen, but so does his sexy girlfriend Lexi… that is if she really is his girlfriend. Whatever is going on between those two, Ley knows that they are both off-limits. He’s Forrest’s boss, after all. Could the three of them even attempt a secret relationship with the whole world watching? On the other hand, what’s the use of having all of the money in the world if you don’t have love? ‘Her Best Bad Decision’ is a very steamy, very funny, ultra-high heat standalone bisexual menage romance with explicit MF, MM, MFM and MMF scenes. Contains a not-to-be-missed HEA ending!

Download or read book A Bad Decision written by Rita Giuliani and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad decisions are the crux of this novel. The main characters strive to unravel their unfortunate bad mistakes and choices. Marco Berryfield, a highly motivated, honest, bright and career-minded CPA, and hardly a negative individual, continually faces significant and unsurmountable obstacles which he gradually overcomes but not before he experiences the devastation of the loss of his parents in a car accident and his impending divorce. He becomes convinced that his hopes and dreams of a very happy and successful life could easily be accomplished until his stable marriage to a woman of a different race abruptly and surprisingly comes to an end. He is now facing the shock of his wife’s insistence on terminating their short marital agreement. Oddly enough, the breakup has nothing to do with their interracial marriage. Marco is crushed and suffers extreme guilt thinking he is the cause of the breakup. He never expected or anticipated that his future would become so challenged and eventually collapse. He experiences serious ups and downs. In the meantime, he was completely unaware of his wife’s devious nighttime activities and is faced with the shocking awareness of her sly and deceitful behavior. He is forced to deal with yet another bad decision that he has made. Following his divorce, he meets up with a bizarre, but rich, elderly billionaire under very strange circumstances and accompanies him to Atlantic City. Marco is unaware he is leading a double life. While in Atlantic City, he meets and becomes completely enthralled by the Assistant Manager of the hotel and his life dramatically turns around.

Download or read book Blunder written by Zachary Shore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone whose best-laid plans have been foiled by faulty thinking, Blunder reveals how understanding seven simple traps-Exposure Anxiety, Causefusion, Flat View, Cure-Allism, Infomania, Mirror Imaging, Static Cling-can make us all less apt to err in our daily lives.

Download or read book The Year of the Bad Decision written by Charles Sobczak and published by Indigo Press, LC (FL). This book was released on 2013 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2043. The climate we once took for granted is in shambles. People no longer talk about the weather—they tremble at it. In an effort to cool down the overheated planet, the Center for Meteorological Controls is set to launch the largest geoengineering project in mankind’s history. One of their young scientists, Dr. Warren Randolf, discovers a disastrous flaw in the design that could have grave consequences for the ten billion people living on earth. This is the thrilling tale of the people who made the decision to proceed. It is a story of betrayal, bravery and folly. Read it and you will change the way you think about climate change forever.

Download or read book You re About to Make a Terrible Mistake written by Olivier Sibony and published by Swift Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A masterful introduction to the state of the art in managerial decision-making. Surprisingly, it is also a pleasure to read' – Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow A lively, research-based tour of nine common decision-making traps – and practical tools for avoiding them – from a professor of strategic thinking We make decisions all the time. It's so natural that we hardly stop to think about it. Yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors. So, what makes a good decision? Should we trust our intuitions, and if so, when? How can we avoid being tripped up by cognitive biases when we are not even aware of them? You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake! offers clear and practical advice that distils the latest developments in behavioural economics and cognitive psychology into actionable tools for making clever, effective decisions in business and beyond.

Download or read book One Bad Decision written by Linda McCain and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the day gives way to night and danger is in sight, it is the one least expected who will make sure you are protected." Shelby Malloy, a recently married twenty-eight-year-old who works for the Law Firm of Cordial, Queria, and Stein befriends two coworkers, Ricky Clay and Paula Queria. Ricky and Paula soon become her closest friends, but are they true friends? While traveling to work one morning by way of the train, Shelby is approached by a small homeless woman named Augusta who asks her for money. Without hesitation, Shelby gives it to her. Unbeknown to Shelby, Augusta continues to watch her and waits for Shelby to exit the train, then follows her off the train until she learns where Shelby lives. Having discovered where Shelby lives, Augusta starts to show up at her apartment continuously. Moved by the woman's plight and wanting to help her, Shelby does the unimaginable, taking a risk that only an exceptional mind could even begin to understand. When Shelby's husband is found dead and her life too is eventually threatened, she starts to realize too late the serious and irreversible impact that making one bad decision can have on a person's life forever.

Download or read book Bad Call written by Harry Collins and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How technologies can get it wrong in sports, and what the consequences are—referees undermined, fans heartbroken, and the illusion of perfect accuracy maintained. Good call or bad call, referees and umpires have always had the final say in sports. Bad calls are more visible: plays are televised backward and forward and in slow motion. New technologies—the Hawk-Eye system used in tennis and cricket, for example, and the goal-line technology used in English football—introduced to correct bad calls sometimes get it right and sometimes get it wrong, but always undermine the authority of referees and umpires. Bad Call looks at the technologies used to make refereeing decisions in sports, analyzes them in action, and explains the consequences. Used well, technologies can help referees reach the right decision and deliver justice for fans: a fair match in which the best team wins. Used poorly, however, decision-making technologies pass off statements of probability as perfect accuracy and perpetuate a mythology of infallibility. The authors re-analyze three seasons of play in English Premier League football, and discover that goal line technology was irrelevant; so many crucial wrong decisions were made that different teams should have won the Premiership, advanced to the Champions League, and been relegated. Simple video replay could have prevented most of these bad calls. (Major League baseball learned this lesson, introducing expanded replay after a bad call cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game.) What matters in sports is not computer-generated projections of ball position but what is seen by the human eye—reconciling what the sports fan sees and what the game official sees.

Download or read book Improving Homeland Security Decisions written by Ali E. Abbas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the risks of terrorism and what are their consequences and economic impacts? Are we safer from terrorism today than before 9/11? Does the government spend our homeland security funds well? These questions motivated a twelve-year research program of the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) at the University of Southern California, funded by the Department of Homeland Security. This book showcases some of the most important results of this research and offers key insights on how to address the most important security problems of our time. Written for homeland security researchers and practitioners, this book covers a wide range of methodologies and real-world examples of how to reduce terrorism risks, increase the efficient use of homeland security resources, and thereby make better decisions overall.

Download or read book The Paradox of Choice written by Barry Schwartz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

Download or read book Good Regulation Bad Regulation written by Imad A. Moosa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 2007 2008 global financial crisis, there has been much debate about the role of financial regulation and the causes of financial instability in the industry. Where studies commonly question the value of a regulated rather than free market , this book focuses on the differentiation of 'good regulation' and 'bad regulation'. This book highlights the need for financial regulation to combat corruption, and the integral link that exists between corruption and financial instability. The author evaluates the benefits and shortcomings of specific types of regulation, drawing on recent examples to illustrate each argument. The book presents compelling arguments for the regulation of leverage, liquidity, payday loans and securitisation; and debates the negative aspects of the regulation of short selling, and high-frequency trading, and of Basel-style banking regulation. The author argues that there is no free-market solution to financial instability, and rejects the idea of 'too big to fail'.

Download or read book The Decline of the Individual written by Mark D. White and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the steady decline in the status of the individual in recent years and addresses common misunderstandings about the concept of individuality. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, technology, economics, philosophy, politics, and law, White explains how and why the individual has been devalued in the eyes of scholars, government leaders, and the public. He notes that developments in science have led to doubts about our cognitive competence, while assumptions made in the humanities have led to questions about our moral competence. In this book, White goes on to argue that both of these views are mistaken and that they stem from overly simplistic ideas about how individuals make choices, however imperfectly, in their interests, which are multifaceted and complex. In response, he proposes a new way to look at individuals that preserves their essential autonomy while emphasizing their responsibility to others, inspired by the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant and the legal and political philosophy reflected in the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. This book explains how individuality combines both rights and responsibilities, reconciles the popular yet false dichotomy between individual and society, and provides the basis for a humane and respectful civil society and government. This book is part of White's trilogy on the individual and society, which includes The Manipulation of Choice and The Illusion of Well-Being.

Download or read book Think Again written by Sydney Finkelstein and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2009-02-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure you're making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight? Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps when we face big decisions. The authors show how the shortcuts our brains have learned to take over millennia of evolution can derail our decision making. Think Again offers a powerful model for making better decisions, describing the key red flags to watch for and detailing the decision-making safeguards we need. Using examples from business, politics, and history, Think Again deconstructs bad decisions, as they unfolded in real time, to show how you can avoid the same fate.

Download or read book Good Ethics and Bad Choices written by Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of how findings in behavioral economics challenge fundamental assumptions of medical ethics, integrating the latest research in both fields. Bioethicists have long argued for rational persuasion to help patients with medical decisions. But the findings of behavioral economics—popularized in Thaler and Sunstein’s Nudge and other books—show that arguments depending on rational thinking are unlikely to be successful and even that the idea of purely rational persuasion may be a fiction. In Good Ethics and Bad Choices, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby examines how behavioral economics challenges some of the most fundamental tenets of medical ethics. She not only integrates the latest research from both fields but also provides examples of how physicians apply concepts of behavioral economics in practice. Blumenthal-Barby analyzes ethical issues raised by “nudging” patient decision making and argues that the practice can improve patient decisions, prevent harm, and perhaps enhance autonomy. She then offers a more detailed ethical analysis of further questions that arise, including whether nudging amounts to manipulation, to what extent and at what point these techniques should be used, when and how their use would be wrong, and whether transparency about their use is required. She provides a snapshot of nudging “in the weeds,” reporting on practices she observed in clinical settings including psychiatry, pediatric critical care, and oncology. Warning that there is no “single, simple account of the ethics of nudging,” Blumenthal-Barby offers a qualified defense, arguing that a nudge can be justified in part by the extent to which it makes patients better off.

Download or read book Chaos Theory written by Leah McSweeney and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real Housewives of New York City star, fashion-industry pioneer, entrepreneur, and mom Leah McSweeney breaks through the chaos of battling addiction, igniting the streetwear world, and disrupting reality television—all while being unapologetically, unrelentingly herself. If there’s one thing Leah McSweeney knows for sure, it’s that life never quite gives you what you expect. Her road to success as an entrepreneur and Real Housewives breakout star has been paved with unexpected chances, soul-crushing challenges, and, for too long, chaos. Now Leah shares her unique philosophy of Chaos Theory and how key moments in our lives can lead us to paths we never imagined. With unparalleled grit, resilience, and a take-no-prisoners attitude, Leah shares her story of finding her way by pushing back against the conventions of society, against the status quo of the fashion industry, and against the limitations of her own self-worth to create a wild, unconventional, and beautiful life. From her years spent partying in the drug-fueled New York City club scene to getting sober, having a baby, and investing the settlement money from an NYPD assault to launch her business--Leah has learned to throw a punch and keep her fists up. In Chaos Theory, her raw, candid storytelling offers inspiration and insight for embracing life’s unexpected turns and finding meaning in the chaos.

Download or read book Eyes Wide Open written by Noreena Hertz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World is Noreena Hertz’s practical, cutting-edge guide to help you cut through the data deluge and make smarter and better choices, based on her highly popular TED talk. In this eye-opening handbook, the internationally noted speaker, economics expert, and bestselling author of IOU: The Debt Threat and Silent Takeover reveals the extent to which the biggest decisions in our lives are often made on the basis of flawed information, weak assumptions, corrupted data, insufficient scrutiny of others, and a lack of self-knowledge. To avert such disasters, Hertz persuasively argues, we need to become empowered decision-makers, capable of making high-stakes choices and holding accountable those who advise us. In Eyes Wide Open, she weaves together scientific research with real-world examples from Hollywood to Harry Potter, NASA to World War Two spies, to construct a path to more astute and empowered decision-making in ten clear steps. With a razor-sharp intellect and an instinct for popular storytelling, she offers counter-intuitive, actionable guidance for making better choices—whether you are a business-person, a professional, a patient, or a parent.

Download or read book How to Decide written by Annie Duke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a blend of compelling exercises, illustrations, and stories, the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets will train you to combat your own biases, address your weaknesses, and help you become a better and more confident decision-maker. What do you do when you're faced with a big decision? If you're like most people, you probably make a pro and con list, spend a lot of time obsessing about decisions that didn't work out, get caught in analysis paralysis, endlessly seek other people's opinions to find just that little bit of extra information that might make you sure, and finally go with your gut. What if there was a better way to make quality decisions so you can think clearly, feel more confident, second-guess yourself less, and ultimately be more decisive and be more productive? Making good decisions doesn't have to be a series of endless guesswork. Rather, it's a teachable skill that anyone can sharpen. In How to Decide, bestselling author Annie Duke and former professional poker player lays out a series of tools anyone can use to make better decisions. You'll learn: • To identify and dismantle hidden biases. • To extract the highest quality feedback from those whose advice you seek. • To more accurately identify the influence of luck in the outcome of your decisions. • When to decide fast, when to decide slow, and when to decide in advance. • To make decisions that more effectively help you to realize your goals and live your values. Through interactive exercises and engaging thought experiments, this book helps you analyze key decisions you've made in the past and troubleshoot those you're making in the future. Whether you're picking investments, evaluating a job offer, or trying to figure out your romantic life, How to Decide is the key to happier outcomes and fewer regrets.