Think Fast!: Accurate Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Planning in Minutes a Day - Tapa dura

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GUY A. HALE, a seasoned business leader, is chairman and CEO of Alamo Learning Systems, one of the oldest and most highly regarded management training and consulting companies in the world. The company's growing list of clients includes more than two hundred Fortune 500 companies. Guy has overseen the development of innovative and popular training programs such as Critical Thinking Skills, Process Improvement, Project Management, Innovation, Team Building, Total Quality Management, and ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and QS-9000. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the two most prestigious graduate schools in China, Beijing and Tsinghau Universities. He is author of The Proactive Manager (Wiley) and The Leader's Edge, which has become one of the all-time bestselling business books in China. Guy wrote Think Fast! for anyone at any level of leadership, who wants to conquer his or her concerns with speed and accuracy, and achieve meaningful success!

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Praise for ThinkFAST!

"In the complex and ever changing business world, exceptionalleadership continues to be the critical ingredient to success. Guyhas provided a proven process to take your leadership to the nextlevel. I found this book to be immediately helpful."—SteveNelson, Chief Executive Officer, West Region, UnitedHealthcare

"Guy was one of the best all-around athletes I ever coached atBYU. He played offense, defense, and did the kicking for us. Heeven made All Conference on the baseball team. The information inhis book Think Fast! will help everyone become more effective inlife. I highly recommend it."—LaVell Edwards, Hall of FameFootball Coach, Brigham Young University

"Guy Hale's previous book, The Leader's Edge, taught us how tomake the right decisions, and this book teaches us how to make theright decisions at a much faster pace. This is exactly what we needto survive and grow in China, where everything changesrapidly."—Quinn Liu, President, EMKT Consulting, Shanghai,China

"There is nothing more valuable to me than being able to makebetter decisions and make them fast! Guy has hit the mark, and thisbook is a priceless part of my new style of management. Think Fast!is a game-changing tool for business." —Dix Jarman, CEO andowner, Sunburst Shutters & Window Fashions

"Think Fast! is a perfect guideline for day-to-day problemsolving—with immediate success! Think Fast! is a must foreverybody in a management position with heterogeneous tasks. ThanksGuy!" —Markus Simmeth, CEO and founder, Simmeth System,Hamburg, Germany

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ThinkFAST!

Let's be candid. It's a jungle out there. There is no end to theobstacles, challenges, mountains, and unexpected issues, evenself-defeating thoughts, that get in the way of being the best youcan be and achieving your goals and dreams.

In today's environment, everyone from top coaches andentrepreneurs, to corporate leaders, busy mothers, and gradstudents—everyone—is expected to make decisions and solveissues at the speed of light and with pinpoint accuracy. That's atall order! Add downsizing, or "right-sizing" as it's often called,to this reality, and you can see why it's easy to feel overwhelmedby all the demands and responsibilities placed on your shouldersdaily.

Think Fast! is a game-changer. This system has been field-testedin Fortune 500 corporate training sessions, with top businessleaders, and in thousands of client consultations andsolution-finding sessions. The results were so consistentlyeffective that these same clients asked for a book to use as anongoing learning tool—a virtual "coach."

In these pages, you'll find a simple-to-use system to:

• Cut through your concerns, obstacles, and demands in record timeand with accuracy, every time

• Immediately eliminate feeling overwhelmed and out of control

• Discover renewed energy to pursue your dreams and goals, withpassion!

You hold in your hands a powerful system to enable you to makegood decisions, prevent problems, and plan for the future withspeed, effectiveness, and accuracy every time! Think about it. Thegreatest coaches and leaders today and throughout history havemastered these skills. And now, so can YOU: fast, accurately, andin just minutes a day!