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How Make Difficult Decisions: Advice From Alvin York

Taking a lesson learned from his duck hunting days – that picking off the one in the rear rather than the leader caught the group by surprise — York took out the last man in the line first, and then made his way to the front, leveling each German in turn with a single bullet. Unlike York, I personally believe in not asking the open-ended question of “What should I do?” but rather coming to your own decision based on the studying and pondering you’ve done, and then presenting that choice to God for confirmation or rejection.

These wars prevent democracy and human rights in countries which have themselves been victims of aggression.

I've had this office hold the policy for my home for almost 3 yrs now. Instead of this agent assisting us with our policy and claims we were simple handed over a list of numbers to call over and over .

He coined the term "information overload," and painted a picture of people who were isolated and depressed, cut off from human intimacy by a relentless fire hose of messages and data barraging us relentlessly.

In his early works he focused on technology and its impact, which he termed "information overload." In 1970 his first major book about the future, Future Shock, became a worldwide best-seller and has sold over 6 million copies.

A happy-go-lucky twenty-something law student who believes in making things happen.

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