The One Decision: Making the Single Choice That Will Lead to a Life of More [Hardcover]

Judith Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 29, 2005

This New Year why make resolutions you know you won't keep when you can make THE ONE DECISION that will positively transform your life forever?

Have you ever wondered why relatively few people lead truly great lives? The answer: great lives are founded on what author Judith Wright calls The One Decision. In this powerful book, Wright reveals that each of us must make a personal decision about the kind of life we want to live-and allow this simple yet profound choice to become the guiding force for everything we do.

Many of us spend years searching for meaning in our lives, exploring numerous paths in our quest for happiness-we change careers, lose weight, take up art, attend seminars, read books, buy bigger houses and fancier cars, or even get rid of it all. Yet, Wright explains, the problem lies not in what we are doing but rather why we are doing it. What, in other words, is our purpose?

Drawing on her twenty-five years as an educator and seminar leader, Wright shows us that, while there are many choices we can make in our lives, there is only One Decision. Sure, we can make any number of moves toward bettering our lives-we can quit smoking, start exercising, watch less TV-but the attainment of real life satisfaction will never come from any action or step but rather, requires a fundamental shift in perspective-that will completely transform the fabric of one's life. For many this decision flows naturally out of a personal tragedy or a "bottoming out" that was only a matter of time. Yet, says Wright, you don't have to wait for crisis to figure out how you want to live your life. You only need to make a commitment to live according to your true purpose. Culling from her work at the Wright Institute, she relates the common denominators that have led her thousands of students to this crossroads, and offers a thirty-day program for forming our own personal vision. This illuminating book reveals that the key to true happiness is just a decision away.

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About the Author

Judith Wright (www.judithwright.com) is an internationally recognized speaker, educator, trainer, lifestyles expert, and seminar leader. She founded the Wright Institute (www.wrightliving.com) with her husband, Bob, after twenty years of developing innovative education and personal-growth programs. Her previous book, There Must Be More Than This, appeared on several national bestseller lists.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher (December 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585424811
• ISBN-13: 978-1585424818
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,782,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the right people!, January 12, 2007

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Catherine Franz (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The One Decision: Making the Single Choice That Will Lead to a Life of More (Hardcover)

Many people send a lifetime looking for their path. Many people give up in the process and live ordinary lives. It is a choice. It is a decision.

I read all the feedback written on this site. I respect that their opinion is coming from the place of where they are at that particular time.

This book is inspirational. This book isn't for everyone. If you are hearing the dialogue in your mind answer, "Then, who is this book for?" Then reading this book MAY be right for you.

We can only go as far in life as the five people we surround ourselves with. This is so true and its taken me over half a life time to learn this. But this includes books too. If we read negative topics, we will attract negative into our life. This is the way the universal energies, and quantum phyics proves this, works.

Even if we are upbeat person, living with such negative media exposure can get the best of people down. Reading books like Ms. Wright's helps to balance, reignite that positive way of living that we need to attract our desires.

Ms. Wright uses the word MORE many times throughout the book, TRUE. That's repetition. And there is a reason for repetition. This is the way human's learn. We don't absorb things just because we placed a book under our pillows. We need to hear messages, good positive messages over and over again.

I would have enjoyed the book had it been 75 to 100 pages less, however, I do believe Ms. Wright was writing from a place of soul, a place of universial energy.

If someone is lost on what ladder their wall should be leaning against, this book will help propel and stablize that ladder. I wish many of these great books were available when I was a teenager. I could see my path being so different than it has been. I am glad Ms. Wright wrote this book. For the right person needing it at the right time in their life it will be a valuable gift. Ms. Wright shares years and years of wisdom. And to receive that for the small amount of $14.95 is quite a miracle actually.

Writing a book isn't a profit making venture for a writer unless it sells over 100,000 and hits the best seller list. So for explaining where you can find out more about what she has to offer is a fair exchange for the price of her experience. In fact, I consider it more than fair on the part of the purchaser.

When one picks up a book, one should be asking if it is a match for them at the moment. This is usually figured out in the first few pages of the book. If it isn't the right time, sometimes the universal laws bring it to us to place on the shelf for when it is the right time.

Occasionally, the book has only one chapter we need to hear -- either the first time, or for repetition because, knock-knock, we didn't get it the first time around, or maybe the tenth time around.

I suggest reading the first chapter. If it isn't a match, read the table of contents. If the universe sent a message for you to purchase this book, there is something for you to growth with and/or learn. Look for it. Lightly meditate or ask the universe for the answer. It will answer if you are open to hearing the answer. Then follow its direction. Maybe just maybe you were given the message to get the book to give it as a gift to someone special in your life, maybe not. But for whatever reason the book found you, you may want to listen to what it has to say.

We are discussing this book during the month of January on the Let's Talk Coaching radio show. My co-host Lisa Kincaid and myself were surprised by the material. We read it and nothing seemed to mesh on occasions but when we allowed a little time, we felt the authors energy, and messages, new thoughts began to occur for us. And some of our listeners told us they felt the same way.

This is why I give this book 5 stars, which I seldom do. This book is part of the process of life, about keeping the negative of the world at bay, and about living with our ladder on the right way and not wasting years wondering where the wall is.

Catherine Franz, Radio Producer and Co-host, LetsTalkCoachingShow.com at 12 noon Eastern on WEBR Fairfax

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Practical Guide that Works, January 2, 2006

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Collin Canright - See all my reviews

This review is from: The One Decision: Making the Single Choice That Will Lead to a Life of More (Hardcover)

Judith Wright's One Decision shows how to live life at its fullest. A One Decision, she says, is "a life-defining decision about the quality of your life." It's the decision that provides a guiding philosophy to your life and, as such, "can transform the fabric and foundation of your life."

When cyclist Lance Armstrong learned he had cancer, she says, he made a One Decision: live strong. Everything he did since flowed from that decision.

The challenge, Judith says, is to learn how to live your One Decision and allow it to power and inform daily choices. To show how, each chapter explains a characteristic of a One Decision and tells stories of people who use a One Decision as a basis for leading purposeful and satisfying lives.

Judith writes in the American philosophical and self-improvement tradition that began with Benjamin Franklin, in which ideas, knowledge, and information serve to make life easier, more productive, and more satisfying. That the book has been endorsed by today's preeminent business writers and trainers, including Tom Peters, Ken Blanchard, and Steven Covey, confirms its eminently practical nature.

Read, reflect--and decide.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I made my One Decision & it changed my life, January 3, 2007

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J. "book lover" (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The One Decision: Make the Single Choice That Will Lead to a Life of More (Paperback)

I saw this author on tv last year and bought the book -- and I have to say that it has been extremely helpful. The concept of what the "one decision" is, and her clear steps to figure out what your decision is, were essential for me this past year. I used the principles in the book throughout most of 2006, and because I did I found that I was more focused about where I put my time and energy -- and as a result, the effects in my life were astounding. I enjoyed my family more, I did better at work, I started (and finished) creative projects that have been meaningful, and I noticed an improvement in my health. I did all of this using the information I learned in the book. This has been one of the most inspiring and practical self-help books I've ever read.