Making Great Decisions: For a Life Without Limits

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Simon and Schuster, 2008 M09 16 - 320 pages
New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes explains the tools that we need to know—whether we’re single and looking to have a committed relationship or already married—before taking the next big step.

The star of BET’s Mind, Body & Soul, and featured guest speaker on Oprah’s Lifeclass, Potter’s House pastor, T.D. Jakes turns his attention to the topic of relationships, guiding you on the right track to making decisions you will benefit from for the rest of your life. In the vein of Joel Osteen’s Become a Better You and Dr. Phil’s Life Strategies, the New York Times bestselling Making Great Decisions gives you the psychological and practical tools you need to reflect, discern, and decide the next step toward strong relationships in your life. “Remember,” writes T.D. Jakes, “your tomorrow is no better than the decisions you make today.”

“My promise is that if you read this book, you will be equipped, you will know all you need to know about making foolproof relational decisions,” writes T.D. Jakes. Choosing the right partner, at home or at work, is one of the most consequential decisions we’ll ever make. How can we be sure that we’re choosing wisely? How do we know if we’re doing the right thing when we change careers? By breaking our decisions down into their five crucial components:

-Research: gathering information

-Roadwork: removing obstacles

-Rewards: listing choices and visualizing consequences

-Revelation: narrowing your options and making your selection

-Rearview: looking back and adjusting as necessary to stay on course

Clear-sighted, realistic, and spiritually uplifting, Making Great Decisions is one of those rare books that can change lives.
 

Contents

Before You Decide
1
one Before You Take the First StepReflect Discern
13
two Before You BlameAccept Responsibility
31
three Before You Leave Junk in Your TrunkClean
47
four Before You LeadDecide on Your Team
63
five Before You Join
83
six Before You Decide to Love
95
seven Before You Place Your Love Order
109
ten Before You Get EngagedTwenty Final
145
eleven Before You Marry
163
twelve Before You Decide to Take a Risk
179
thirteen Before You Buy a House
191
fourteen Before You Have Children
205
fifteen Before You Divorce
221
sixteen Before You Settle for Less
239
eighteen Before You Take Flight
271

eight Before You CommitResearch
121
nine Before You CommitDevelopment
135
nineteen Before You Gamble
285
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T.D. Jakes is the CEO of TDJ Enterprises, LLP, as well as the founder and senior pastor of The Potter’s House of Dallas, Inc. He’s also the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including, Crushing, Soar!, Making Great Decisions (previously titled Before You Do), Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits, and Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven, a New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. He has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including Essence magazine’s President’s Award in 2007 for Reposition Yourself, a Grammy in 2004, and NAACP Image awards. He has been the host of national radio and television broadcasts, was the star of BET’s Mind, Body and Soul, and is regularly featured on the highly rated Dr. Phil Show and Oprah’s Lifeclass. He lives in Dallas with his wife and five children. Visit T.D. Jakes online at TDJakes.com or follow his Twitter @BishopJakes.

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