Download or read book Sunny G s Series of Rash Decisions written by Navdeep Singh Dhillon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pitch-perfect. One of the most endearing teen voices I’ve ever encountered.” —Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda For fans of Sandhya Menon and Adam Silvera comes a prom-night romantic-comedy romp about a Sikh teen's search for love and identity. Sunny G's brother left him one thing when he died: His notebook, which Sunny is determined to fill up with a series of rash decisions. Decision number one was a big one: He stopped wearing his turban, cut off his hair, and shaved his beard. He doesn't look like a Sikh anymore. He doesn't look like himself anymore. Even his cosplay doesn't look right without his beard. Sunny debuts his new look at prom, which he's stuck going to alone. He's skipping the big fandom party—the one where he'd normally be in full cosplay, up on stage playing bass with his band and his best friend, Ngozi—in favor of the Very Important Prom Experience. An experience that's starting to look like a bust. Enter Mindii Vang, a girl with a penchant for making rash decisions of her own, starting with stealing Sunny's notebook. When Sunny chases after her, prom turns into an all-night adventure—a night full of rash, wonderful, romantic, stupid, life-changing decisions. * "[For] fans of John Green and Sandhya Menon, Sunny G is . . . full of heart. It's not one to miss.” —Booklist (starred review) "Reading Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions is the best decision you could make.” —Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent King “Poignant and moving.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Rash Decisions and Growth Experiences written by Stuart Tobin and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rash Decisions and Growth Experiences from the Best Little Warthouse in Kentucky weaves 35 years of humorous lifetime interactions with patients, peers, students and family into an uniquely entertaining medical tapestry by an experienced and accomplished dermatologist to inspire all medical personnel on how to relate and connect more effectively with their patients. Anyone who has been either a patient or a concerned family member understands the anxiety and fears accompanied by a medical encounter. Through stories and anecdotes peppered with wit and medical wisdom Dr. Tobin has transformed those negative feelings into a positive constructive experience for countless patients and their families. In a time of increasing robotic medical care which distances practitioner from patient, it is refreshingly important for patient and physician alike to learn that laughter is truly the best medicine.
Download or read book Rash Decision Making written by Hope Crago and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-02-08 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all make rash decisions, but some have a more far reaching and profound affect on us than others. In her latest book “Rash Decision Making: Observe. Think. Proceed with Action.” Author Hope Crago delves into her own personal mistakes with making rash decisions in order to help others from repeating her life altering choices.Hope takes you inside her own battles with drama, social pressure, money, and many other rash decisions that changed the course of her life and how she now views the world. This is a MUST READ for people of all ages, whether you are just starting out in the world or have been around the block a few times and just can't seem to get out of your own way.“Rash Decision Making” can show you the proof that you need to change your life for the better. It also lets you know that you are not alone when it comes to making bad decisions and that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Download or read book Rash Decisions written by Rashmi Biswas and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RASH DECISIONS charts the first year of self-employment for Rashmi Biswas who spent several years in the corporate world striving for elusive accolades, total fulfillment, and work-life balance. Narrated with honesty (she even shares her food diary) the book incorporates the themes of family, friends, politics, gender issues, and yoga set against the backdrop of starting a new business. Throughout the book Rashmi shares stories from her life taking a close look at past decisions, including moving countries and not joining the army. By accepting the decisions she has made Rashmi learns to meet herself where she is and applies a business planning model to chart a positive outlook for her future.
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 257 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 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 Smart Health Choices written by Les Irwig and published by Judy Irwig. This book was released on 2008 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day we make decisions about our health - some big and some small. What we eat, how we live and even where we live can affect our health. But how can we be sure that the advice we are given about these important matters is right for us? This book will provide you with the right tools for assessing health advice.
Download or read book Why Decisions Fail written by Paul Nutt and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2002-07-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the his analysis of 400 strategic decisions made by top managers in areas such as products and services, pricing and markets, personnel policy, technology acquisition, and strategic reorganization, Nutt estimates that two-thirds of all decisions are based on failure-prone or questionable tactics. He uses the fifteen monumental decision-making disasters to illustrate the potential consequences of these common tactical errors and traps and then details successful alternative decision-making approaches. Why Decisions Fail translates decades of award-winning research into practical terms that managers can use to improve their own decision-making practices.
Download or read book Adolescent Decision Making written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-06-14 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in the role that decision making plays in adolescents' involvement in high-risk behaviors led the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to request the Board on Children, Youth, and Families to convene a workshop on adolescent decision making. The Board on Children, Youth, and Families is a joint activity of the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine. A workshop was held on January 6-7, 1998, to examine what is known about adolescents' decision-making skills and the implications of that knowledge for programs to further their healthy development.
Download or read book Sway written by Ori Brafman and published by Currency. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey into the hidden psychological influences that derail our decision-making, Sway will change the way you think about the way you think. Why is it so difficult to sell a plummeting stock or end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone “important”? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there’s danger involved? In Sway, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer all these questions and more. Drawing on cutting-edge research from the fields of social psychology, behavioral economics, and organizational behavior, Sway reveals dynamic forces that influence every aspect of our personal and business lives, including loss aversion (our tendency to go to great lengths to avoid perceived losses), the diagnosis bias (our inability to reevaluate our initial diagnosis of a person or situation), and the “chameleon effect” (our tendency to take on characteristics that have been arbitrarily assigned to us). Sway introduces us to the Harvard Business School professor who got his students to pay $204 for a $20 bill, the head of airline safety whose disregard for his years of training led to the transformation of an entire industry, and the football coach who turned conventional strategy on its head to lead his team to victory. We also learn the curse of the NBA draft, discover why interviews are a terrible way to gauge future job performance, and go inside a session with the Supreme Court to see how the world’s most powerful justices avoid the dangers of group dynamics. Every once in a while, a book comes along that not only challenges our views of the world but changes the way we think. In Sway, Ori and Rom Brafman not only uncover rational explanations for a wide variety of irrational behaviors but also point readers toward ways to avoid succumbing to their pull.
Download or read book Fateful Choices written by Ian Kershaw and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. For the aggressors there was no limit to their ambitions; for their victims a new Dark Age beckoned. Over the next few months their fates would be determined. In Fateful Choices Ian Kershaw re-creates the ten critical decisions taken between May 1940, when Britain chose not to surrender, and December 1941, when Hitler decided to destroy Europe’s Jews, showing how these choices would recast the entire course of history.
Download or read book Today s Decisions written by Oladipo David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God made us free moral agents, giving us the power of choice between good and evil. If He had wanted us to do what He says automatically, He would have made us as robots or puppets with no ability to think or act for ourselves. The world would have been a grand ‘show’ of puppets and the puppet master. However, He wanted us to be in His image; hence, He gave us part of His essence—the power of choice. While we have the power to make the choices we want, unfortunately, we do not have total control of the consequences. The consequences of your decisions or indecisions usually have a cascading effect. Besides the direct impact on you, the consequences could affect your children, your spouse, your extended family, your community, and ultimately your relationship with God. In the same vein, some of the ills we suffer today could have been caused by wrong decisions taken by our parents. From contemporary and biblical examples, we can see that the decisions of yesterday impact today, and today’s decisions will impact tomorrow. And apart from breathing, we do nothing more in our lives than make decisions; these cannot be left to chance. This book is a revelation that will restore, refresh, revive, and renew anyone who cares to pay attention. God bless you.
Download or read book Making Better Environmental Decisions written by Mary O'Brien and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work recommends a simple yet profound shift to another decision-making technique: alternatives assessment. Instead of asking how much of a hazardous activity is safe, alternatives assessment asks how we can avoid or minimize damage.
Download or read book Making Difficult Decisions written by Peter J. A. Shaw and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are faced with so many difficult decisions. Often your decision making seems random. It can be swayed by different situations and emotions. You need to be more rigorous in the way you make decisions and yet you have very little time to do so. Experience from others who have made tough decisions and a framework to help you do so would be invaluable. The courage to make decisions is sometimes a bit elusive. It is difficult to find the calmness to be able to make and live with those decisions. There is so much that can be learned from the experience of others. After working through this book you will have the courage of your convictions and the ability to make difficult decisions count. The book sets out a framework for making difficult decisions that has been tried and tested. It has been used successfully in one-to-one coaching with senior leaders in both the public, private and voluntary sectors. The framework is built on the following strands: Clarity; Conviction; Courage; and Communication.
Download or read book Schelling s Game Theory written by Robert V. Dodge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize winner Thomas Schelling taught a course in game theory and rational choice to advanced students and government officials for 45 years. In this book, Robert Dodge provides in language for a broad audience the concepts that Schelling taught. Armed with Schelling's understanding of game theory methods and his approaches to problems, the general reader can improve daily decision making.
Download or read book MAKE BETTER DECISIONS written by BHANU SRIVASTAV and published by THE BACKBENCHERS. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making decisions is something we do all the time. We decide what we’re going to wear for the day, what we’re going to eat and make so many other large and small decisions from moment to moment. Decision-making is how we survive, but just because we do already do it doesn’t necessarily mean we have the skills or fortitude to Make Better Decisions. Sound decisions that are aligned with our values, hopes, dreams, and aspirations require more than a rote response. What we fail to understand are the fundamentals of making the right decision for ourselves, and in some cases, those who depend on us for some of life’s most important decisions. Make Better Decisions provides a road map to shoring up our decision-making skills and helping us to follow a path that aligns with where we want to go. Without these crucial skills, we can inadvertently sabotage our efforts and create roadblocks to our success. Here is a sampling of what you’ll find in this book: · How to unlearn bad decision-making skills · Why it’s important to not make rash decisions · Creating realistic deadlines for yourself · How to create and weigh better options · When to see help from an outside source · How to put what you’ve learned into practice If you’re ready to take your decision-making skills to the next level, read Make Better Decisions today!
Download or read book Choices written by Sara Thomas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choices is a truly inspiring book with a very positive tone to it that would inspire and motivate its readers to view life, lifes situations and circumstances from a positive angle. This book is a must read for every professional and every individual who wants to better decision makers, better parents and better at everything they do. The book urges us to pay close attention to our choices that determine our future, who we are and who we become. It reveals how our choices affect our lives and the lives of those around us. The Book reveals how everything in life; success, failure, losses, gains and lifes issues are all the outcome of our own choices. A true original, the thoughts presented in this book are right on target. The book combines non-fiction with fiction in a very effective manner while encompassing such a wide range of topics. The first half of the book deals with a very practical approach of how to overcome barriers and strategize our life to make the most out of it, followed by a few humorous, yet touching illustrations of the consequences of our poor choices represented by the life of Laloo laddoowala. While bubbly is yet another character many of us will relate to. The book has a compelling philosophical tone to it and it ends on a very spiritual note that will touch its readers at a very personal level.
