Start, Stay, or Leave: The Art of Decision Making

Name: Start, Stay, or Leave: The Art of Decision Making
Price: 7.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.7 (1461 reviews)
Author: Trey Gowdy

by Trey Gowdy

Self Help Memoir

4.7 (1,461)

4.7 stars from 1,461 reviews. Top 85% of Self Help books we track.

Published by Crown Publishing Group, ThePublished 2023-01-01

$7.9947% off peak

Last checked: May 11, 2026

Price history: $1.99 – $14.99

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Perfect for you if...

You're facing a major life crossroads (job, relationship, move) and need a structured way to think it through without drowning in overthinking.
You respect practical wisdom over therapy-speak and want a playbook from someone who's made real stakes decisions and lived with the consequences.
You like personality-driven non-fiction where the author's actual stories feel as important as the advice they're sharing.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer abstract philosophy or motivational cheerleading over concrete frameworks and decision-making tools.
You're looking for a quick self-help fix rather than a thoughtful book that expects you to do some introspection work.
You're politically allergic to Fox News personalities and can't separate the messenger from the message.

About this book

Trey Gowdy presents a framework for making consequential decisions, organizing them around three core options: start, stay, or leave. He developed this tool during a federal murder trial and has applied it throughout his life—including decisions about where to raise his family, when to leave his job, whether to run for Congress, and when to step away from political life. Gowdy shares both successful and unsuccessful decisions he has made, offering practical guidance on how to craft a personal vision of success, consult your dreams with wisdom, assess the price of achieving goals, balance logic and emotion when facing challenges, seek advice from the right people, and chart your life's course with an end goal in mind. The book combines personal storytelling, humor, and practical advice to help readers approach major life decisions with greater confidence and clarity.

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$1.99 – $14.99

Currently on sale at $7.99 — 47% off peak. Price has dropped 8 times over the last 4 years. Goes on sale roughly every 137 days. Typically stays discounted for 84 days.

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Currently around #43K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller.

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Currently 4.7★ from 1,461 reviews

Gaining approximately 23 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has remained stable at 4.8 over the tracking period.

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