Facing a high-stakes decision can be overwhelming.
How can we trust that our own preconceptions and mental shortcuts aren't directing our attention away from unfamiliar, yet viable opportunities?
"PROBLEM SOLVED" is a powerful system for making complex decisions with confidence and conviction authored by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn who has developed an "AREA methodology" to guide readers making big decisions.
AREA is a decision-making process focused on mining the insights and incentives of others to help you manage mental shortcuts.
AREA helps you make smarter, better decisions by improving upon classic research and decision-making pedagogy in four important ways:
- AREA recognizes that research is a fundamental part of decision-making.
- AREA solves the problem of mental myopia through its construction as a perspective-taking process.
- AREA addresses the critical component of timing so that you have time for calculated and directed reflections that promote insight.
- AREA provides a clear, concise, and repeatable process that works as a feedback loop in part or in its entirety.
Current popular decision-making books and tools often lump the process of "do research" into a single step. AREA recognizes that research is an umbrella term for a whole series of tricky steps that need to be carefully navigated and thoughtfully completed...by breaking down the research in an easy step-by-step logical progression.