When you are hanging on a rope bridge above a raging torrent, terrified, how do you decide whether to go forward or turn back? When your relationship is on the brink, should you stay or go? When you're faced with a wicked business decision, how do you choose the least worst option? There is no way of knowing, in the moment, whether your decision will be wise or foolish. Until now! Welcome to a new approach to making hard decisions successfully: System 3 Thinking.
Most of your choices are quick, intuitive, and largely subconscious. That's system 1 thinking. Sometimes you need to stop and figure things out. That's system 2 thinking. But when you're facing doubt, dilemma, or disruption, it turns out neither system is definitive. You need a third system of thinking.
System 3 Thinking is an approach based on decades of research into the factors that influence people to make wise or foolish choices by organisational and integrative psychologist and leadership coach, Peter J Webb. Read and learn how to use System 3 Thinking to:
- Focus - Pay attention to what really matters.
- Discern - What makes common sense from your life experience.
- Make small decisions first - Try small actions to find out what works best.
- Grow compassion - Demonstrate care for humanity through consistent action.
- Regulate your emotions - Tune into and use your emotions without feeling overwhelmed.
- Develop tolerance for divergent values - Acknowledge and appreciate different value systems.
If you are a leader in business, government, or community organisations, you'll know the 21st Century is alive with wicked problems. And it's up to you to solve at least some of them. And in your personal life, if you are looking for a more compassionate approach to life-changing decisions, this book will help you through.
About the Author :
As a qualified organisational and integrative psychologist and leadership coach, Peter J Webb helps people, teams and leaders make better decisions, live a more meaningful life, and make a positive difference in the world by choosing wisely.
Review :
'System 3 Thinking will set you on your way to making wise decisions when uncertainty is high and the consequences are serious, and this could not be more needed than right now.'
Rasmus Hougaard, Founder & CEO of Potential Project and author of The Mind of the Leader
'System 3 Thinking reminds us that wisdom is abundant and attainable by all. It provides a clear framework for tackling life's most difficult decisions and a blueprint for a better way forward for humanity. There's a reason that wise people seem calm and content. They are hopeful, and after reading System 3 Thinking, so am I.'
Aaron McEwan, VP, Research & Advisory, Gartner
'Blending engaging personal stories, academic research and practical action-oriented frameworks, Peter's book is not only an essential guide to wise decision-making, but provides a philosophy for living in the 21st century.'
Jonathan Knight, CEO, Ososim
'There is so much I love about this book. Your ability to draw on your personal experiences in an entertaining way. The honesty in telling your own story and applying it to the approach. The practicality of using robust academic insight and applying it to pragmatic frameworks that can be easily used.'
Dominic Walsh, Managing Partner, HERO
