I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. You can purchase a copy for yourself here: https://www.amazon.com/Decisions-We-Make-Produce-Success-ebook/dp/B01DMZI6AU
This is a very short read, but very effective! The author talks about the decisions we make. We make decisions in everything that we do. I am procrastinating other things while I write this review for example. I actually read this book months ago, but procrastinated writing the review until I reread the book while I am sequestered during a pandemic. We all make choices in life. Are you going to choose to worry about this pandemic and go out and be willy nilly or are you going to use this time wisely? This book really put things into perspective for me. We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is really what matters. I have been in the house for most of the week and have managed to accomplish so much more than I normally do. Today alone, I baked cinnamon rolls, worked from home for 3 hours, took my kids to the bike path to rollerblade while they used their scooters, made sugar cookies for Easter and more, I could have spent the day in bed watching TV and catching up on my DVR, but I made a different choice.
This book states that decisions should be used effectively and precisely to have a positive effect on the person making the decision. A bad decision can easily ruin a situation. My thought is to always go with your gut. My gut has more than once made me make a choice that I doubted, but deep down, I knew that even though it was against what I wanted, but I knew that it wasn’t really a NO, but a just not yet. So when you have a decision and you area head strong and you are just going at it 100%, know that if there are barriers, it is not the universe telling you, “NO”, but “NOT YET”. Sometimes other things need to happen or be waited out prior to you achieving your goal. Maybe you are needed somewhere else and that is why you cannot get what you want. As in this book, weigh your pros and cons. Remember that every action has a reaction, as in Newton’s law. The author also talks about how society is not the biggest fan in showing you how to make the best decisions. Again, please follow your gut and what you know right from wrong!
I loved this book and really helped me to accomplish many things today. This is one book that I will be going back to when I need to reset and get back on track!

A short book on making better decisions is probably a good start, because many people who are stuck in a rut, or muddled, or rebellious, won't have the patience to read anything longer. I am pleased that the author has made some good decisions and tries to pass on advice and tips.

The writing is patchy, and a decent editor would have been a good decision. Instead we get confusion from the start:
"If a decision does not warrant a positive outcome, it is safe to say that the decision is not the correct one."
To the later:
"Let's look at the pros and cons of obeying traffic laws.
Pros: avoid car accidents. Cons: causes serious injury or death. (etc)"
So the author is telling us that the downside to obeying traffic laws is that the person then causes serious injury or death.

The author also emphasises repeatedly his religious views and yet tells us that everything that happens to us is the result of our own personal decisions - as if a child has made a decision which caused their leukaemia or a woman a decision which leaves her no choice but to flee a war zone with her family. Outside forces beyond our control cause many effects on our lives; recessions, changes in industry, strikes, earthquakes, wars. The main cause of stress in life, I believe, is being unable to control our lives. Some people find it less stressful if they hand over control to a deity for which they have no proof (other unproven deities are available) but others make choices to bring even small areas of their lives under control, which can be helpful or become obsessive and pointless, like a collecting mania or anorexia.

Anyway, we are advised here to get finances under control by not spending unnecessarily and to give money to others who need it (beware, there are a lot of spongers) and I am all for a sensible outlook on money. Don't put money in an envelope as advised, though. The house will be burgled, or your flat mate will borrow the cash. Bank it. The author could have suggested some of the many ways to save safely like having a direct debit take a sum from your wages every month into a savings account, or the phone apps that, when you pay by debit card and phone (I do not) will hive off the digital loose change into a savings account.

When you make better targets for yourself, make better decisions about reaching them, and take steps, you do feel more successful. If reading this book helps you on the way, read it. Just don't let this be your only guide.

I read an e-ARC from Net Galley. This is an unbiased review.

As I was reading this, I felt like I was reading an undergraduate psychology paper that received a D for not using sources.

A good read on how to make decisions.
Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author. All opinions are my own.