Start, Stay, or Leave, Trey Gowdy
Start, Stay, or Leave, Trey Gowdy
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Start, Stay, or Leave
The Art of Decision Making

Author: Trey Gowdy

Narrator: Trey Gowdy

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2023


Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Fox News host and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Doesn’t Hurt to Ask shares his trusted framework for decision making, telling the story of his life through the choices he’s made using this revolutionary method.

“The best guide I’ve read to help people analyze, make, and own their decisions . . . Make a great decision and read this book.”—Dana Perino, Fox News anchor and host, former White House press secretary

In life, moments arise when you have to decide your next move. When choosing whether to accept a new job, purchase a house, attend a school, or start a relationship, how do you settle on which direction to take? Trey Gowdy has found that most consequential decisions boil down to three simple options: start, stay, or leave.

Gowdy first developed this decision-making tool in the courtroom during a federal murder trial, and it has guided his life ever since. The practical framework has helped him decide where to raise his family, when to leave his dream job, whether to run for Congress, and when to step away from political life.

Over the years, Gowdy has made some great decisions and some lousy ones (and he admits to both). In Start, Stay, or Leave, he shares his hard-earned wisdom. Filled with surprising insights and questions, this personal playbook teaches you how to

• craft your unique vision of success
• consult your dreams with wisdom (and know when to revise them)
• assess the price worth paying to achieve your goals
• balance logic, emotion, and fear when facing a new challenge
• take the right advice, from the right people (and block out everyone else)
• chart the course of your life with the end goal in mind

Reading Start, Stay, or Leave is like sitting on the back porch of a farmhouse chatting with a wise friend. Filled with humor, heartbreak, practical advice, and a lifetime’s worth of storytelling, this book will teach you how to approach trajectory-changing decisions with confidence and the knowledge that, whatever happens, you’ve made the best choice you could.

About The Author

Trey Gowdy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Doesn't Hurt to Ask and Unified with Senator Tim Scott. He’s the host of Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy on Fox News and The Trey Gowdy Podcast. Gowdy served as a four-term congressman from South Carolina. Before running for Congress, he served as a federal prosecutor in his home state and a district attorney in Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties. Trey is married to Terri Dillard Gowdy, a first-grade school teacher in Spartanburg, South Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dwayne on March 29, 2023

Entertaining and thoughtful discussion and persuasion. Mr. Gowdy has the credentials and experience to advise us on how to make the most we can of our lives. It's a message well-worth hearing.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 07, 2023

The Art of Decision Making Trey Gowdy The fact that I find Trey Gowdy to be a wise sage and enjoy his folksy delivery probably taints my opinion of his book. That said, as usual, his narrative is useful, entertaining and self-deprecating. At this stage in MY life, the information he bestows gives me......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on February 02, 2023

This is excellent. He has so much wisdom. If you’re looking to make a decision on whether to start something new, stay or leave - a job or relationship, move to a new place, etc - or just need some motivation to increase self-esteem and believe in yourself, READ THIS BOOK! The audiobook is read by t......more

Goodreads review by Libby on May 16, 2023

This book was quite helpful for a while, but I think I started reading it at a point in my life where it may not be applicable. I feel like the author provides lots of hypotheticals to put his own experiences into perspective and only gives minor advice as opposed to this actually being a guide. He......more

Goodreads review by Lori on February 15, 2025

Great wisdom and insight on things to consider when making some of the major decisions that cross your path throughout your life. I wish I had these guidelines earlier in my career. The experiences Trey shares with his own life and times he made decisions to Start, Stay, or Leave were quite interest......more


Quotes

“Life is a decision-making experience, and in Start, Stay, or Leave, Trey Gowdy provides the best guide I’ve read to help people analyze, make, and own their decisions. Gowdy encourages his readers to embrace the experience of deciding what’s best for them, on their terms, and not according to anyone else’s expectations. This is a book many of us wish we would have had when we were younger; however, we are grateful to have it now. Make a great decision and read this book.”—Dana Perino, Fox News anchor and host, former White House press secretary

“This book stands out for one reason: Trey Gowdy’s advice is easy to remember. Nobody needs more help than I do, and as a self-appointed expert in self-help, I know that advice must stick. Want proof? I made a huge life decision while reading Start, Stay, or Leave. My timing was perfect and money followed. While Gowdy doesn’t deserve a cut of the money, he deserves credit. Weaving in colorful personal stories that make you laugh (mostly at Trey), this book will help you learn a simple plan: Aim toward meaning, find your mantra, prepare for the worst, listen to others’ opinions, and then decide for yourself.”—Jesse Watters, co-host of Fox’s The Five, host of Jesse Watters Primetime

“A good life is often and rightly defined by the choices we make. In Start, Stay, or Leave, Trey Gowdy has written a powerfully and elegantly worded letter about why it’s important to pursue the choices we make in life with love, vigor, and an open  mind—and to do so without judgment, a hard heart, or resentment. Read this book.”—Harold Ford, Jr., former U.S. representative (D-TN) and co-host of The Five