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Jun 17, 2011
I picked this book up at the library. It's a simple but apparently valuable decision-making strategy that allows you to make choices that fit your values. The book was mostly stories about the author or other people who had used the idea to make decisions in different areas of life -- work, education, family, relationship, friends, etc. The principle itself is so simple that it didn't really need much explanation. You just reflect, for the available alternatives:
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May 20, 2011
Mike
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I was afraid when I read the introduction that this book would be another one of those formula for happiness books like The Secret. But I was wrong, and happily so. Welch describes a way of thinking about making decisions. Again, at first, I thought this would be from the perspective that there were no absolutes, only choices. But she only applies this to the kinds of decisions that we make every day where there really is no right or wrong. Now, she does apply 10-10-10 to the question, "
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Dec 31, 2010
gina
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An enjoyable listen. Suzy does a good job reading her own work. I'm always interested in books that present different ways of considering your life and problem solving and Suzy's ideas are definitely worth hearing. I don't think you need an entire audiobook to understand and begin using her ideas though. However, I liked hearing other people's stories even though I see a major flaw in her proposal of using 10 10 10 to problem solve.
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Aug 01, 2010
Victoria
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Before you assume this is “just another self-help” book, I encourage you to drop those thoughts at the door. This is not a self-help book; it is not out to fix your life. Author Suzy Welch is very open about the fact that her 10-10-10 “life management tool” is not a solution to all your problems – it is simply meant to help you make informed, intelligent decisions that aren’t based purely on tension or emotion.
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May 07, 2009
Bonnie
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10-10-10: A Life Transforming Idea is an amazing book, chock full of great ideas, anecdotes and humor and it is written by best-selling author Suzy Welch, a mother of four and a columnist for Business Week and O, The Oprah Magazine. Suzy developed this 10-10-10 principle from her own experience as a mom and businesswoman. The 10-10-10 principle is a wonderful tool to help you think through choices and determine how a decision would impact your life immediately (10 Minutes), in the short term (10
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Oct 21, 2010
Natalie
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The 10-10-10 approach is an excellent tool for making decisions. The idea is that you think of a decision you need to make and ask yourself how it will affect your life in 10 minutes, then 10 months, then 10 years. You use your value system to guide what outcome would be favorable to your long term goals or aspirations. The biggest problem I saw in this book was that some people's values leave much to be desired so their choices are not necessarily always moral or good choices. While I appre
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Jun 07, 2010
Amanda
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My book club is reading this for June - otherwise, I probably wouldn't give it a second glance.
But boy was I surprised. I actually like this quite a bit. I can see how using the 10-10-10 (immediate future, short-term long-term future, and way off in the distance long-term future) framework can be incredibly helpful when a person is faced with making a giant decision (should I try for that promotion, should I have another child etc). But as I told a buddy the other day, I can't liv More...
But boy was I surprised. I actually like this quite a bit. I can see how using the 10-10-10 (immediate future, short-term long-term future, and way off in the distance long-term future) framework can be incredibly helpful when a person is faced with making a giant decision (should I try for that promotion, should I have another child etc). But as I told a buddy the other day, I can't liv More...
Oct 13, 2010
Antonia
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I don't give this five as I agree with the person who said that the book could in fact be shorter - by about a third in my opinion. She repeats the point in a multitude of scenarios for you.
But, the advice is good. I think we all apply some concept of the 10-10-10 principle to the big decisions in life but what this book shows us is that it can be applied to the little decisions too - the day to day ones which can be all the more challenging. And it also forces you to consider what More...
But, the advice is good. I think we all apply some concept of the 10-10-10 principle to the big decisions in life but what this book shows us is that it can be applied to the little decisions too - the day to day ones which can be all the more challenging. And it also forces you to consider what More...
Sep 28, 2009
Karla
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10-10-10 The idea is that when you need to make a decision, look at what will be the results in 10 minutes, 10 hours, and 10 years. Good idea - bad book. The premise could be explained in a short article. The author managed to stretch a book out of it by including many, many examples of how people used this tool and made the right decision. I found the book boring and repetitive. I guess if Oprah likes your idea, you can get a book published out of it. I also found the author to be somewh
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Sep 19, 2009
Elizabeth
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Apr 23, 2009
Bookworm
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10-10-10 is about changing your life in three steps. Pose your question, gather information...ie...what are the consequences of your different options, then analyze the results. Once you have the information gathered and look at your different options, then you can make a the best decision for yourself. 10-10-10 encourages you to look at the bigger picture.
I found this book to be a helpful tool for anyone looking to better themselves. The process of 10-10-10 does make sense. The author inc More...
I found this book to be a helpful tool for anyone looking to better themselves. The process of 10-10-10 does make sense. The author inc More...
Jul 01, 2010
Kris
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Make deliberate decisions! What happens in the short term, the middle, the long term with each outcome? This approach orces you to determine your values and as a result,many decisions become no-brainers. I.e., skipping a child's program for work may be uncomfortable for you and your child in the short term, forgotten in the midterm, and beneficial for your career in the long term, whereas missing a child's championship game for work may be uncomfortable for work in the short term, but may be f
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Jun 03, 2011
Katie
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I had the opportunity to see Suzy Welch as a speaker at the Iowa Women's Leadership Conference in April 2011, and was inspired by her ideas on how to live with more intentionality.
While the book gets repetitive at times, the 10-10-10 framework is great for dissecting life's biggest decisions. She covers topics like work-life balance, managing your personal relationships and making optimal career development choices. Her method focuses on determining and assessing the short and long- More...
While the book gets repetitive at times, the 10-10-10 framework is great for dissecting life's biggest decisions. She covers topics like work-life balance, managing your personal relationships and making optimal career development choices. Her method focuses on determining and assessing the short and long- More...
May 14, 2010
Alison
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This is a book about making decisions. How will your life be in ten minutes, ten months, ten years? This book helps you frame hard choices in such a logical and rational way I am surprised I hadn't thought of it before. The book is full of examples on how the concept has helped others through difficult choices on both small and large scales. Although the book could have been shorter, I'm glad it wasn't. I am the kind of person that needs to hear something seventeen times sideways before I really
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Sep 07, 2009
Gina
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Feb 07, 2011
Lynn
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Although this process is extremely simple, not requiring a book to spill all it's secrets, I found reading what welch wrote helpful in a sense of learning from experience. Every little case study, albeit merely extolling the effectiveness of the theory, is difficult to read because it packs a punch - like a concise, distilled experience in a bottle, put as simply and realistically as possible. I got way more out of that than the original premise. Halfway through the book, I am still confused on
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Nov 17, 2010
I read two books a couple weekends ago. One was 'The Shallows (What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains' and the other was this. 'The Shallows' would have been a great title for this book as well, expect the shallows in this case aren't in our brains - they're in Suzy Welch's heart. I had no idea who Ms. Welch was when I picked the book up off the library new books shelf, but I should have been warned off by the note that she was a frequent contributor to Oprah. This book is like cotton candy -
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Apr 09, 2011
Elizabeth
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I really liked this concept. When you have a tough decision to make it is great to consider it in terms of what will happen as a consequence of your decision in 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years (as best as you can imagine). I think this concept can make you less impulsive about a very important decision. The anecdotes that were share in the book were very interesting. A fast read--this is a a self-help book that is good for all of us and can be applied to different aspects of one's life such a
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Apr 08, 2010
Clare
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I can’t wait to make a decision! Seriously, 10-10-10 takes you thru the 10 minutes, the 10 months and 10 years of your decision.
The key is to ask the right question, and to have it be a yes or an answer.
Three key components:
¸ The Question
¸ Data collection
¸ Analysis
“Knowing what I now know about all of my options and their consequences, which decision will best help me create a life of my own making?”
For example: Should I go back to wor More...
The key is to ask the right question, and to have it be a yes or an answer.
Three key components:
¸ The Question
¸ Data collection
¸ Analysis
“Knowing what I now know about all of my options and their consequences, which decision will best help me create a life of my own making?”
For example: Should I go back to wor More...
Oct 20, 2009
Regina
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I think I walked into this expecting to hear what Suzy did to realize she needed a change, exactly how she changed her life, and then a well delivered "how-to" for applying this to your own life. The first two parts; the why she needed a change, and what she did to change her life were both communicated very well. Then the remainder of the book were multiple examples of people she has come across who used her method to make decisions quickly, but what I feel it lacks (with about 2 mi
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Oct 22, 2010
Lurlene
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Suzy Welch is the former editor of the Harvard Business Review. Her experience as a decision maker rings clear in this book. How will an immediate decision affect your life in 10 minutes, in ten days, in ten years. It is this simplistic approach that gives this book its weight as being timely and meaningful. The tenants of decision making set forth in this book may be applied to any decision: choosing to go on a date, taking a job, screaming at your children...almost anything!
May 31, 2011
Christen
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I don't know that there's a lot of really new content in here. But reading this book helped me to solidify some decisions I had been waffling on. I think that the question "what would make you cry at your 70th birthday party" is a good one for me to keep in mind. It's not a long book. A lot of the content is anecdotes, rather than double blind studies, so if that makes you crazy, this book is not for you. It is good for inspiring people to change.
Jun 14, 2009
Janie
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What turns out to be a really simple tool for decision making, is also very profound. She teaches us to make decisions based on our values and to ask ourselves three questions when making decisions. 1) What are the consequences of my decision in 10 minutes? In 10 months? And in 10 years?
It is simple, but yet it takes some time and effort. She gives a lot of illustrations from her life and others that shows how it works.
It is simple, but yet it takes some time and effort. She gives a lot of illustrations from her life and others that shows how it works.
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May 26, 2010
Nicki
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Can anyone out there tell that last year's theme for nonfiction was balance? When I first picked up Suzy Welch's book, I thought - what am I thinking? I loved the idea of 10-10-10 but just didn't know if it was practical. Now it is almost second nature. Read how I first started implementing the idea at http://nickisnook.net/2009/05/11/book-re...
Jul 23, 2009
Kim
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Ok...slightly verbose and TMI. However..everyone should at least read the first seven chapters or at least five. I am normally a "gut" kinda decision maker and this gives you validation to why you make decisions as you do. If you are married...really think this will give credence to why your stance on xxxx is what it is. Have yet to try that out yet...but am optimistic!
Aug 31, 2009
Thewritingmommy
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i really think this way of making decisions may be very helpful to me. Still, if nothing else, it is another tool for this life and who doesn't need all the tools they can get, right? It was an easy read with a few words i didn't know, which i appreciate because it helps to build my vocabulary. I think all business leaders and manager should have to read it!
May 28, 2010
Rena
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I am reading the large print type of this book. The large print version has 285 pages and I'm presently on page 162.
The concept of 10-10-10 is taking time to review a decision as to how the choice you make will effect consequences within 10 minutes,10 months and 10 years. It does not hold you to that particular time frame but gives you an idea of thinking of what the consequences could be as a result of your decision or action regarding a situation in your life. Suzy Welch gives many li More...
The concept of 10-10-10 is taking time to review a decision as to how the choice you make will effect consequences within 10 minutes,10 months and 10 years. It does not hold you to that particular time frame but gives you an idea of thinking of what the consequences could be as a result of your decision or action regarding a situation in your life. Suzy Welch gives many li More...
Oct 09, 2009
Terri
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I liked the book but really liked the concept, so that's what bumped it up to 4 stars. The concept is fairly simple to grasp...somewhat more difficult to take to heart and remember when it matter most. I've been passing along the premise to just about anyone who'll listen since I think it's important not to get too caught up in the drama of some decisions.
The book is a good, entertaining read of interesting "case studies" but I found myself somewhat skimming through parts o More...
The book is a good, entertaining read of interesting "case studies" but I found myself somewhat skimming through parts o More...
Aug 10, 2010
Birdie
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Interessante a abordagem deste livro na resolução práctica de questões que nos surgem em qualquer área da nossa vida - carreira, familia, amigos - e a forma como através das técnicas do método 10-10-10 conseguimos encontrar a resposta que nos leva tomar a decisão mais acertada.
Leitura rápida e leve.
Leitura rápida e leve.
Jul 18, 2009
Tamara
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So simple that you wonder why you haven't been using 10 10 10 as a decision-making tool all along. 10 10 10 is a process of examining your thoughts, feelings and values about decisions in your life in the immediate (10 minutes), short-term (10 months) and long-term (10 years). Many decisions are difficult, but Suzy offers a way for people to step back and approach the process strategically, with well-thought out reasoning rather than heading for our ever-favorite "gut check".
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