The Big Decision: A Story and Framework to Inspire and Empower Better Life Decisions

What if you had a Framework to make better decisions at home and at work?

And what if you could inspire and empower your children, students, clients, or anyone else you mentor with confidence to make better life decisions in an uncertain world?

Written by a father and son, Daniel Friedland, MD and Zach Friedland, The Big Decision is a story about a teen boy who is faced with making a big decision – and about a gift his father gives him to help him make better decisions as he emerges into adulthood.

In the first part of the book, Zach shares his story about how Ryan, an up and coming star running back for his middle school football team, is faced with a big decision. When he asks his parents for help, rather than telling him what to do, his father teaches him a framework to make his big decision for himself.

In the second half of the book, written as a guide for parents, teachers, counselors, coaches and leaders, Dr. Daniel Friedland, one of the leading experts on how doctors are trained to make medical decisions, shares how you can use this 4-Step Framework to make better life decisions. He also shares the science behind how your brain works and how you can better work your brain to do so.

Be inspired and empowered to make your big decisions. Think about with whom you’d want to read and discuss this book. Reading and sharing its lessons may well be one of the best decisions you’ll ever make!

Daniel Friedland, MD
President & CEO, SuperSmartHealth

Daniel feels blessed to co-author The Big Decision with his son, Zach. In the second part of the book, he’s drawn on his expertise in brain science, mindfulness and helping doctors make medical decisions to write a guide for parents, teachers and leaders to make better life decisions.

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Friedland is also the author of “Evidence-Based Medicine: A Framework for Clinical Practice,” one of the first textbooks on this process by which all physicians are now trained to make science-based decisions with patients.

For more than a decade, Daniel has devoted himself to transforming the lives of leaders, employees, healthcare providers and patients with keynotes, workshops, coaching and online programs to:
• Navigate stress;
• Optimize health;
• Make smarter health, business and life decisions; and
• Achieve peak performance.

Daniel serves as Medical Director for Barney & Barney, President-Elect of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, and President & CEO of SuperSmartHealth, which provides Wellness and Executive Leadership Programs and Coaching.

For more information see http://supersmarthealth.com.

Zach Friedland

At the age of 13, Zach co-authored The Big Decision with his father to learn and teach others how to make good decisions in life.

In the first part of the book, Zach has drawn on his experience in Pop Warner football to write a story about how Ryan, an up-and-coming star running back on the middle school football team, is faced with a big decision. When Ryan asks his dad for help, rather than telling him what to do, his dad empowers him with a framework to make his big decision for himself.

Zach has helped guide a class of 5th graders through a 4-week journey in which they learned how to apply the book to work through difficult decisions they were facing. In October 2013, along with his father, he’ll be presenting on how to make better life decisions at the Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit.

Zach lives in San Diego, California, where he is in 8th grade and is passionate about lacrosse. He also loves to surf, hang out with friends and play with his younger brother, Dylan.

If you’d like to learn more about Zach and his book, go to http://TheBigDecisionBook.com.