Manual № 64 · Problem solving and decision making
AWayThrough
The manual for problem solving and decision making.
A method for the problems that don’t come with a manual. Yet.
12 modules — for the person facing a problem they cannot think their way out of
- 01The Problem You Actually Have
- 02When This Is Bigger Than a Decision
- 03One Sentence, Written Down
- 04Options Before Judgment
- 05What Actually Matters Here
- 06Putting It on One Page
- 07Before You Commit: Assume It Failed
- 08The Traps Your Own Mind Sets
- 09Doors, Timing, and a Tired Brain
- 10Enough Information, and the Tie-Breaker
- 11The Big Ones
- 12Acting, Reviewing, and Keeping the Method
Two editions
Themanual,orthemanualand the toolkit.
Standard edition
The full program: all 12 modules, with the exercises, logs, and checklists that save as you go. Everything you need to do the work.
Elite edition · most complete
Everything in Standard, plus The Toolkit, 14 techniques drawn from across the evidence base, each labeled with where it comes from, to use alongside this program rather than instead of it. With original diagrams throughout.
Start with Standard if you would rather. You can upgrade to Elite at any time for the $30 difference, and nothing you have written is lost. And once you own one manual, every other one is 20% off.
Inside The Toolkit
- 01Problem, Worry, or Preference
- 02Saying What the Problem Is
- 03Quantity First
- 04Widening the Frame
- 05The Weighted Grid
- 06The Outside View
- 07Assume It Already Failed
- 08Sunk Cost and the Pull of the Default
- 09What Comes to Mind First
- 10Two Kinds of Doors
- 11Good Enough, and When to Stop Looking
- 12Values as the Tie-Breaker
- 13The Person You Will Be
- 14If-Then Plans, and the Record You Keep
Educational content — not therapy, diagnosis, or treatment, and not a substitute for a clinician when one is needed. Every manual opens with a safety page. If you are thinking about suicide, call or text 988 now.