Power of Targeted Choices

The premise is a considered and profound one: theorizing how we can literally live a better life by — to simplify and summarize — taking personal responsibility for our own decisions, by tackling our fundamental psychological obstacles to doing so. Of course, there is much more to it than this.

The Power of Targeted Choices is incredibly well-written, and Luis and Aurora are very credible professional authors who draw candidly on their experiences of life, as well as their profound understanding of humanities.

Their advice, all in all, may seem simplistic, but in fact it is this very simplicity which is its strength; they have managed to turn introspection and self-improvement into both a basic science and an art, and the reader is left in no ambiguity how to deal with their own negative forces. To help you achieve this, as well as the paintings, the book is full of motivational quotes and studies, diligently sourced and cross-referenced, with useful endnotes and a handy index.

With tools from the schools of psychology and sociology, as well as Aurora’s beautiful introspective art, their approach is holistic and hugely comprehensive, dividing the book into three parts, which respectively present the reasons for our unhappy choices, the exploration of our wellbeing, and ways to change how we make decisions. Fictional anecdotes throughout the book enable us to relate and reflect.