Book excerpt: Decision-making in uncertain times requires a fresh approach. A deeper understanding of our problems and ourselves to make life-changing decisions. Dalai Lama declared that critical thinking is the most needed tool for our society today, and Shoukry has shared a system for critical thinking explained in simple terms. A. I. Shoukry is a bestselling author and founder of The Decisions Academy, introduces his tested mental model, Anchor System Thinking. Struggling in making a life-changing decision? Want to make a big life decision? Then this is the book for you. The Anchor System Thinking is so simple yet has broad and complex applications. Anchor System Thinking is best used in making big life decisions. The second edition of this book and is now fully revised, focused, and targeted towards individuals to apply in their daily lives. This book is formed of three sections. Each section will take you a step further towards understanding and applying Anchor System Thinking in decision-making, planning, and problem-solving in your daily life. - The first section is an introduction to Anchor System Thinking. - In the second section, you will learn how to apply Anchor System Thinking in life and work to make great decisions. - In the third section, you will learn how to use Anchor System Thinking on a larger scale for your business and society. Anchor System Thinking creates a personal network of decision gates to make choices consistent with your personal morals, ethics, and values. As such, you can evaluate your personal relationships and identify what is important and what is not and decide what can be made for the relationship's best interests. This book is short and easy to digest and finish. However, it is full of exercises. The change needed will always happen on your side and not on the pages. It is you who will make the decisions and not someone else. Nobody understands yourself as you do, and if you do not, this will book will help you. By the end of Anchor System Thinking, you will understand where you stand, what you can and can't change, and how to make decisions based on your core values, ethics, and personal preferences. Enough for the talk now and start the journey. Buy the book!