When I was young and felt, for whatever reason, I need to get rid of something, maybe an old doll, I’d put it in the trash and see how I felt; see if I would be okay without it. If I felt I could live without it, out it went in the trash or got donated. Little did I know then that I was practicing the 10-10-10 method.
Like many great concepts, 10-10-10 was born when the author knew she had to change something in her life and that was how she made decisions.
The main theme of the book is the advice to take a look at each decision that needs to be and, as the author says, “… [consider] the[ir] consequences in the immediate present, near term, and distant future.” – 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years.
“10-10-10” is a great little book with a perky title and author. Perky is nice but what this is a well thought out, well written read book with not just a concept it is touting but an actual tool – a pretty easy to use one at that –to make decisions both big and small illustrated with real life examples are given by the author of people who used it successfully.
It is, as the author says, “a life management tool for those living too much in the moment.” After reading just the first chapter or two about what lead to the birth of this tool, you’ll see that it is a book born of the author’s wish to teach her kids something of how to get through life and make decisions more easily.
A great description that sums it all up is, “Simply put, that is what this book is about –a new approach to making choices that will allow you to create a life of your own making, no matter where you were born, how you’ve spent your days, and what mistakes you’ve made along the way .”
The first time I started to read this book, I was just not ready. I think the author would agree that 10-10-10 is a concept – a new approach to decisions and life – that the reader has to be ready to receive and at least try to implement.
The time frames referred to in the title aren’t hard and fast. In fact, instead of minutes, months, and years, the author encourages readers to think in terms of now, a little later, and much later. The point is to think about how you feel now about a possible decision, if you can be okay with it in the near term and also in the long term and what the mid and long terms repercussions look like when you think about those time frames.
On using 10-10-10 for career options, Welch says that, “… you simply cannot … 10-10-10 any career dilemma without acknowledging the ‘joy factor’ of your options. (p. 133).
She says, in terms of work, “Every decision calls for trade-offs and requires an evaluation of potential consequences across different time frames” (page 104).
10-10-10 is backed up with science unlike the majority of self-help books which are mostly directed towards feeling good about ourselves. Welch says that the basis for her work is cognitive science which she describes in some detail.
Aptly chosen real life stories are used to illustrate the usefulness of 10-10-10 and show the different sides of dilemmas in general in the areas of love, work, and childrearing. And some are downright funny.
10-10-10 is a witty, well put together, insightfully written book with the tone of a friendly conversation. The stories used to illustrate her points are so good, you can see them unfolding.
I see Soc. Me. as a way to just redirect people to pages, etc. I did recently talk with a couple of people in town here who said that yes it is just mainly a redirection tool. I was surprised to learn that a lot of those inspirational photos, etc that are constantly on my Home page in FB are initiated by FB itself. I was told that by doing that myself with original content – or passing on those pix – that chances grow that it will lead people back to my page and eventually to my business. Like they’d think, “Who was it that posted that” and it would eventually lead to me. What I would hope is that something – a visual probably – would associate in their mind with my business. Facebook’s Crap Shoot Factor.
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