I’m a big fan of Barry Schwartz’s previous book, The Paradox of Choice. I’ve used it in my classes. Schwartz presents research that shows that people get confused and make the Wrong Decision when they’re given too many choices. To make Good Decisions, the set of choices should be fairly narrow. In Practical Wisdom, Schwartz and Sharpe show how balancing risk and rewards can be better accomplished with a loose set of rules rather than a recipe-type instruction set. The essence of wisdom is flexibility, something we seem to have lost in Wisconsin and now Indiana. If you’re looking to make better decisions, Schwartz and Sharpe will show you how to do it. GRADE: A