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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1567-715X
- eISSN
- 1568-5241
- DOI
- 10.1163/15685241-12341372
- Publisher site
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Abstract
When, the Art of Perfect Timing. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2013. 287pp.In advance of reading this review, please take a moment to consider how you arrive at decisions before acting on them. Most people think first about a goal and only then the means necessary to achieve it. Most people do not think about both aspects together: when they decide and when they take action. To understand this better, Stuart Albert explains: “It is common to focus on ‘things’—objects or products that we can see in front of us—not on the temporal sequence that defines their use” (43). The purpose of When, the Art of Perfect Timing is to introduce the reader to the timing of decision-making and taking action.Many people think timing in decision-making and acting is obvious, but the right time for making decisions and acting on them notoriously does not occur at the best moment. That sounds great, but how does one identify the best time to decide or to act? What seems obvious is actually tricky. The mind conceives that decisions are made based on experience, intuition, or even luck, but these are unreliable measures. Is it possible that most people make decisions and act upon
Journal
KronoScope – Brill
Published: Mar 28, 2017