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The Hats Method · Free 7-lesson practice

Six ways to think. One real decision.

The Hats Method is a free seven-lesson guided decision practice. Six structured thinking modes help you inspect one real decision; Day 7 combines the three perspectives it needs. Everything is authored and click-only — no AI is connected inside the course. Take the method to any AI afterward.

  • Free week — no card
  • No password, just a magic link
  • 10 minutes a day
  • Click-only. No typing, no AI required
Or try the first hat right now ↓
  • Critic
  • Analyst
  • Strategist
  • Builder
  • Coach
  • Teacher
  • Conductor

Try it · 30 seconds

Put the Critic on something real

This is an unedited slice of Day 1. Pick whatever is actually on your table — the Critic reads the thinking most people bring to it.

In the course, three context taps point the hat at your exact situation first.

What's already solid

You're explicit about the trade-off — flexibility vs pay. Naming the tension is harder than pretending it isn't there.

What you're missing

The commute is a daily tax. One extra hour each way is ~250 hours a year — roughly six weeks of your life. Compounding.

The Critic's parting question

Six months in, what would make you want to quit the new job? If you can name three things easily, sit with that now.

Hat 1 of 6Day 1 · free

Why hats?

A forty-year-old method, finally working solo

1985

Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono popularizes switching thinking modes deliberately instead of asking one conversation to do every kind of thinking at once.

The catch

Solo practice needs structure

Without a clear sequence, it is easy to blur the modes together or reach for the answer you already preferred.

Now

Guided practice for one person

Each lesson uses authored choices and questions to hold one mode steady. No AI is connected; you take the method to any AI afterward.

Seven lessons. Six hats.

One hat a day, ten minutes each. Six thinking modes, then a finale that plays them together — every lesson runs on a decision from your life, not a case study.

Day 1

The Critic

Finds what you're missing

You'll leave with the blind spots in one real decision — and a question tied to the fear you named.

10 minClick-only

Day 2

The Analyst

Sees the structure in chaos

You'll leave with the patterns you haven't named — and the one data point that changes everything.

10 minClick-only

Day 3

The Strategist

Plays the long game

You'll leave with the second-order effects you haven't traced — and a pre-mortem question keyed to your failure mode.

10 minClick-only

Day 4

The Builder

Turns ideas into working things

You'll leave with five ways to turn uncertainty into a small test — and one question tied to what blocks the smallest useful test.

10 minClick-only

Day 5

The Coach

Hears what's underneath

You'll leave with the emotional layers under the logic — and permission to name what you're not saying out loud.

10 minClick-only

Day 6

The Teacher

Turns complex into clear

You'll leave with five clarity moves — and one question tied to where your explanation breaks.

10 minClick-only

Day 7

The Conductor

Three perspectives — the finale

Choose the three perspectives this decision needs. The board shows common ground to test and tension to resolve.

10 minThe finale

How the week works

No schedule, no cohort, no homework between days. One session a day is the whole practice.

  1. Drop your email

    A magic link opens your program right away. Day 1 is recommended, and every Day remains available. No password to invent, no card to find.

  2. Ten minutes, one hat

    Every step is a tap. Three context taps point the hat at your actual situation — no blank page, no prompts to write.

  3. Keep the Wardrobe

    Each of the six modes leaves a saved result. On Day 7, choose three perspectives and combine them in one board.

Your program opens the moment your magic link lands.

Bring a real decision. The course bends around it.

Each day you point the hat at whatever is live for you — the same lesson branches into your scenario.

A job offer

25% more money, worse flexibility. Take it — or use it?

A difficult money conversation

Eighteen months of saying yes. What actually breaks the pattern?

Buying a home

The math works on paper. Three friends say don't.

A side project

Eight months of "should I?". Wisdom — or fear?

For

People with real decisions on the table and ten spare minutes — no AI experience needed.

Not for

Developers and prompt-collection hobbyists. If you can tap, you're qualified.

Pricing

The whole first week is free

$07 lessons · 6 hats · one three-hat board

  • All seven lessons — branches and the finale included
  • Your Wardrobe: every hat you earn, saved for good
  • Progress synced to your email — pick up on any device

Deeper tracks come after the week. The free week stands complete on its own — no card, no trial clock.

Start my Day 1 — free

Questions, answered

The honest fine print — there isn't much of it.

Am I technical enough for this?

If you can tap a button, yes. There is no typing anywhere in the course — every step, prompt and response choice is authored.

Which AI do I need?

None. No AI is connected inside the course. You practice through authored choices, then take the method to ChatGPT or any AI you like afterward.

How much time does it really take?

Ten minutes a day for seven days — about seventy minutes for the whole course. Each day is one self-contained session.

What's a magic link?

You enter your email, a sign-in link arrives, you tap it — you're in. No password to create. Your email is used for that link and for syncing progress.

Is it actually free?

The whole 7-day course is free — no card, no trial clock. Deeper tracks come after the week; the free week stands complete on its own.

What if I miss a day?

Nothing expires and nothing resets. The hats wait — pick up exactly where you left off.

Your next big decision is coming either way.

Bring six deliberate ways to think. Choose the three this decision needs. You come in as you. You leave as you+.

Free week · magic link, no password · 10 minutes a day

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