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Post leaving Europe’s Economic Union (EEU), Britain seems to have been adrift as it finds its political and economic footing in the world once more. It clearly hadn’t prepared for its departure from the EEU, both due to inadequate leadership and likely reluctance to influence the vote one way or the other. It also wasn’t lucky enough to have strong leadership in place to lead the country down a more optimal path once a decision was made. It has had either weak or mercurial leadership ever since with no effective leaders in sight. In spite of all that, it needs appropriate, innate leadership forces to agree on renewal. This creates an ideal opportunity for Britain’s new monarch to quietly foster a fresh consensus around the nation’s future.

As a somewhat objective outsider, this editor would pose the following option solving question: “What is Britain’s optimum way forward after coronation of King Charles III; considering it needs 1) to find new economic alliances, 2) more effective leadership to re-energize its population, 3) to re-ignite citizens’ ‘wartime’ ingenuity, and 4) to build on fresh economic ideas and markets?” Again, it’s appropriate to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in its eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible consider-ations out there.

Your editor then decided to propose fitting yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep people’s minds focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

Such “bookends” could be: “Let things slide to reach the bottom” – Create enormous turmoil, loss of national pride;and “Allow economy take-over by stronger economic partner” – British prideand independence suffer. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consideration. Even so, these bookends will now hopefully nudge loyalists’ intuitive thinking into high gear to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

From there, they would encourage the King and his Privy Council to quietly nudge Britain’s political leaders to build a national referendum around proposed realistic options; to include the five or six most realistic options – A thru F – which were then ready for some national debate during OS’s emotional distancing andbeforecoming to any final decision. They can then review these declared options during a national review period before arriving at an optimal, referendum conclusion. You can replace these proposed options with any new ones of your own.

While these six options looked especially interesting, your editor was particularly intrigued by – Option A: Form government of national unity for economic renewal. Meanwhile parliament subsequently decided to allow the British population to reflect on these proposed options and seek input from world opinions before their referendum poll and then proceed accordingly. British leaders were strongly advised to stick with their population’s new overall, referendum choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “What is a team leader’s optimum solution toward a team-members’ squabble?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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Based upon last time’s proposal to rethink the best presidential option in light of recent events, your editor was in  favor of Option C – DNC and GOP join forces to have a Unity Presidential slate. With this in mind, we find an opportunity to Peel the Onion and take a somewhat different stance on how this could occur. On this occasion, instead of laying out options, we can clarify how such a proposed option would be implemented.

And so, based on the following question, we will see how such a proposed option would occur: “Peel the Onion: What is America’s best option in light of former President Trump’s recent indict-ment –Option C – DNC and GOP join forces to have a Unity Presidential slate; considering 1) 2024 Presidential election cycle has already begun, 2) the 2020 election was very close, 3) both Trump and Biden have age issues, and 4) it will likely be a hotly contested with a vicious, partisan media?” Again, it’s appropriate for both parties to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible considerations out there.

Your editor decided to work with the same yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep our minds focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

These “bookends” were: “Both Trump and Biden withdraw” – Unlikely other than through death;and “Big name third party candidate enters as spoiler” – Not have enough time and resources to be disruptive. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consideration. Even so, these bookends now nudged Party leaders’ intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

From there, your editor worked-on creating their five to six most realistic sub-option steps – AA thru FF – which would then be ready for consideration after some emotional distancing andbeforecoming to any final decision. They can then review these declared options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace their proposed options with any new ones of your own.

While these six sub-options looked especially interesting, they are now left for a joint DNC-GOP conference to endorse or modify and agree upon a Unity approach. They subsequently decided to sleep on it once more and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. They were strongly advised to stick with their new overall, intuitive choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “What is Britain’s optimum way forward after the coronation of King Charles III?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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Former President Trump’s recent New York indictment has cast a further shadow over his fitness for future office. The fact that there are other more serious case investigations under way against him; further increases the size and intensity of that shadow. All the while he continues to pursue his candidacy; other GOP candidates are reluctant to jump-in and increase the Republican (GOP) turmoil. Although Democrats (DNC) would like Biden to drop out in favor of a younger candidate, they feel Biden should remain in the race as their best shot against Trump. Consequently Party leaders are wondering what might be their best option to encourage an election that’s good for America.

Advisors from both campaigns agreed to an objective option solving session to help, which therefore created a valuable question such as: “What is America’s best option in light of former President Trump’s recent indictment; considering 1) 2024 Presidential election cycle has already begun, 2) the 2020 election was very close, 3) both Trump and Biden have age issues, and 4) it will likely be a hotly contested with a vicious, partisan media?” Again, it’s appropriate for both parties to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible considerations out there.

They then decided to work with yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep their minds focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

These “bookends” were: “Both Trump and Biden withdraw” – Unlikely other than through death;and “Big name third party candidate enters as spoiler” – Not have enough time and resources to be disruptive. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consideration. Even so, these bookends now nudged Party leaders’ intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

From there, they worked-on creating their five or six most realistic options – A thru F – which were then ready for them to consider after some emotional distancing andbeforecoming to any final decision. They can then review these declared options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace their proposed options with any new ones of your own.

While these six options looked especially interesting, they were particularly intrigued by – Option C: DNC and GOP join forces to have a Unity Presidential slate. They subsequently decided to sleep on it once more and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. They were strongly advised to stick with their new overall, intuitive choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “Peel the Onion: What’s America’s best option in light of former President Trump’s indictment?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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After your editor’s friend did follow your editor’s advice to complete a recent option solving exercise, that friend chose Option B – Find every appropriate means to stay in touch with his children. From there, your editor advised him to proceed with “Peeling the Onion,” since that would give him further ideas on how to rebuild relations with his grown children. Consequently, your editor guided him through another round of option solving.

This meant an adapted question, such as: “What is my friend’s best sub-option for strengthening relationships with his children – based upon prior Option B – Find every appropriate means to stay in touch; considering 1) relations have deteriorated over fairly lengthy period of time, 2) both are into other close personal relationships, 3) both have developed their own different worlds, and 4) they are both gay people, whereas my friend is straight?” Again, it’s appropriate for him to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible considerations out there.

They then decided to work with the existing yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep his mind focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

These were, again: “Live and let live” – Possibility of drifting even further away;and “Shower them with whatever they want” –Budgetary issues and lack of authenticity. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consideration. Even so, these bookends now nudged his intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

From there, they worked-on creating his friend’s five plus most realistic sub-options – AA thru FF – which were then ready for his friend to consider after some emotional distancing beforecoming to any final decision. His friend can then review these declared sub-options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace his proposed sub-options with any new ones of your own.

While these six sub-options looked especially interesting, he was particularly intrigued by – Option BB: Find every appropriate excuse to text/WhatsApp them about something; closely followed by Option EE: Send them topical articles that will capture their interest, and then consider Option CC: Find the thing that interests them most and use that as link. His friend subsequently decided to sleep on it once more and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. He was strongly advised to stick with his new overall, intuitive choice. (NOTE: He chose the combination.)

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “What’s America’s best option in light of former President Trump’s indictment?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com .

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Your editor did have breakfast with a friend recently, who fairly quickly got into some of the challenges he was having in strengthening relationships with his children. Things had been deterior-ating over quite a long period of time, so it wouldn’t be easy to turn them around into a more normal pattern. Nevertheless, he was open to ideas and suggestions that may help things improve.

After introducing the idea of option solving, he was willing to give it a shot for anything that might help. Consequently, they set-up the following option solving question to get the ball rolling: “What is my friend’s best option for strengthening relationships with his children; considering 1) deteri-orated over fairly lengthy period of time, 2) both are into other close relationships, 3) both have developed their own different worlds, and 4) they are both gay people, whereas my friend is straight?” Again, it’s appropriate for him to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible considerations out there.

They then established appropriate yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep his mind focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

These were: “Live and let live” – Possibility of drifting even further away;and “Shower them with whatever they want” –Budgetary issues and lack of authenticity. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consideration. Even so, these bookends now nudged his intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

From there, they worked-on creating his friend’s five plus most realistic sub-options – A thru E to F – which were then ready for his friend to consider after emotional distancing beforecoming to any final decision. His friend can then review these declared options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace his proposed options with any new ones of your own.

While these six options looked interesting, he was especially intrigued by – Option C: Show a regular interest in what they’re doing. His friend subsequently decided to sleep on it and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. He was strongly advised to stick with his overall, intuitive choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “Peel the Onion: What is friend’s best option for strengthening relationships with his children?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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Your editor did review his recent book promotion options and decided to focus on Option C – Complete the re-draft of his manuscript, since it could help inspire fresh promotional ideas. To that extent, it now behooved him to pursue Peeling the Onion to review any complementary sub-options, so as to better understand his possibilities going forward.

Hence he expanded on his recent option solving question as follows: ““Peeling the Onion: What is editor’s best option for promoting his future book – Option C- Complete re-draft of manuscript to inspire promotional theme; considering 1) viewed as first-time writer, 2) limited budget, 3) is generating strong following, and 4) it’s about a timely, compelling topic?” Again, it’s appropriate for him to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible considerations out there.

He then decided to retain the same appropriate yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep his mind focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

So he kept the same two extreme new “bookends” he previously utilized, in order to flush out his most practicable sub-options. These were: “Random market promotion” – Likely to drift;and “Hire high-powered publishing agent” –Budgetary issues. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consider-ation. Even so, these bookends now nudged his intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

From there, he created his six most realistic sub-options – AA thru FF – which were then ready for him to consider after emotional distancing beforecoming to any final decision. He can then review these declared options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace his proposed options with any new ones of your own.

While these six sub-options look interesting, he was especially intrigued by – Sub-Option AA: Cultivate patience of pre-publisher advisor/service. Your editor subsequently decided to sleep on it and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. He’s strongly advised to stick with his overall, intuitive choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “What is friend’s best option for strengthening relationships with his children?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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As your editor continues to refurbish his leadership book manuscript, he continues to ponder his best future approach toward promoting the finished product; that is, pre-publishing activities that will influence “promotional positioning.” So it makes sense to review his current options.

Hence he started with putting together an appropriate option solving question: “What is editor’s best option for promoting his future book; considering 1) viewed as first-time writer, 2) limited budget, 3) is generating strong following, and 4) it’s about a timely, compelling topic?” Again, it’s appropriate for him to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible consider-ations out there.

He then came up with appropriate yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep his mind focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

The two extreme new bookends he decided to consider, to flush out his most practicable options, are: “Random market promotion” – Likely to drift;and “Hire high-powered publishing agent” –Budgetary issues. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consider-ation. Even so, these bookends now nudged his intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

He then posed six realistic options – A thru F – which were then ready for him to consider after emotional distancing beforecoming to any final decision. He can then review these declared options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace his proposed options with any new ones of your own.

While all these options look interesting, he was especially intrigued by – Option C: Complete re-draft of manuscript to inspire promotional theme. Your editor subsequently decided to sleep on it and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. He’s strongly advised to stick with his overall, intuitive choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “Peeling the Onion: What is editor’s best option for promoting his future book?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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Over lunch with your editor recently, a close male friend shared his concern regarding a recent threat to his pretty solid marriage. A fairly recent building, female resident had formed a friendship with his wife and had more than once suggested the two women take a vacation together. This woman is middle-aged and is currently single after a divorce some while back from her husband. It’s clear she prefers the company of other women. She’s also an accomplished psycho-analyst, consequently is practiced at influencing others according to her viewpoint. Your editor also knows that the female friend in question has already disparaged his friend to others in their building, even though there’s no reasonable justification.

Together this editor and friend put together an appropriate option solving question: “What is my friend’s optimum personal option to sustain his marriage; considering 1) relationship with wife is pretty good, 2) predator, female friend wants vacation opportunity with wife, 3) female friend is middle-aged, single woman, and 4) female friend is accomplished psycho-analyst and skilled at persuading others?” Again, it’s appropriate for his friend to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible considerations out there.

They then came up with appropriate yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep his friend’s intuitive mind focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

The two extreme new bookends they decided he should consider, to flush out his most practicable options, are: “Just play along and hope for the best” – Extra stress with no resolution;and “Capitulate if that’s what wife wants” –Very unhappy future. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely options, which shows why they are not a good idea for consider-ation. Even so, these bookends now nudged his friend’s intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

They then posed six realistic options – A thru F – which were then ready for his friend to consider after emotional distancing beforecoming to any final decision. He can then review these declared options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace his friend’s proposed options with any new ones of your own.

While all these options look interesting, he was especially intrigued by – Option C: Friend share with wife: Strong possibility that their spousal relationship will never be the same after such an intended vacation. His friend may subsequently decide to sleep on it and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. He’s strongly advised to stick with his overall, intuitive choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “What is editor’s best option for promoting his future book?”  Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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With Option B – Put forward a fresh GOP vision and election manifesto – as his preferred move, DeSantis will have to figure out the most likely way of doing that. His first course of action ought to be participating in a lot of listening to discern what would most appeal to GOP members across the board and what their priorities are. So, he needed to figure-out the most effective way of going about that, relative to the different power-bases within the GOP? This inspired another option solving exercise through “Peeling the Onion.”

His Peeling the Onion question proved to be: “What is DeSantis’s optimum option to emerge beyond Trump for 2024 Presidential run – using prior Option B: Put forward a fresh GOP vision and election manifesto – considering 1) Trump still has major GOP rank-and-file support, 2) Trump is a highly vindictive person, 3) Mid-term’s raised many questions about Trump’s future value, and 4) DeSantis is a more politically savvy and balanced personality?” Again, it’s appropriate for his advisors to focus on just these four considerations to reduce complexity in his eventual decision, when that ultimate moment arrives – despite there being many other possible considerations out there.

He first came up with some fresh yin and yang “bookends,”as these will help keep his intuitive mind focused against other immediate mental distractions. Bookends such as these are vital for preventing our fertile intuitive minds from wandering and losing concentration. We are mostly unaware of how powerfully valuable but foot-loose our intuition can be unless we can keep it properly focused on such occasions.   

The extreme new bookends his advisors decided he should consider, to flush out his most practicable options, are: “Just charge ahead with his own ideas” – Likely lose support;and “Draw upon prior GOP vision and election manifesto” –Unlikely to be favorably received by GOP members. You will note the italicized detractors associated with these least likely sub-options, which now show why they are not a good idea for consideration. Even so, these bookends now nudged his advisors intuitive thinking into high gear again to come-up with a range of realistic options – see ourLatest Worked Example.

They then posed six realistic sub-options – AA thru FF – which were then ready for DeSantis to consider after emotional distancing beforecoming to any final decision. He can then review these declared sub-options, perhaps after 2 hours, later in the day, or first thing the following morning, before arriving at an optimal conclusion. You can replace his team’s proposed sub-options with any new ones of your own.

While all these options look interesting, he was especially likely to be intrigued by – Option DD: Spend time with noted political “think tanks” to be shortly followed by Option EE. He may subsequently decide to sleep on it and seek input from others before the following morning and then proceed accordingly. He’s strongly advised to stick with his overall, intuitive choice.

If you have an example of your own, please share it with this blogger, through the COMMENTS area or contact him at peter@ileadershipsolutions.com .  Thanks Option Solving. (NOTE: Our next posting will be in two week’s time: “Further Peel the Onion: What is DeSantis’s optimum option to emerge beyond Trump for 2024 Presidential run?”Let’s have your COMMENTS or go to peter@ileadershipsolutions.com . Allow time to connect with the blogger. Also consider buying the book: “Smart Decisions: Goodbye Problems, Hello Options” through amazon.com)

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