Webb, P.J. (2021) “System 3 Thinking: How to Choose Wisely When Facing Doubt, Dilemma, or Disruption”. Surrey Hills, VIC: Publish Central.

$24.95

A practical guide to deeper insight, better decisions, and wiser action.

In System 3 Thinking, psychologist Peter J Webb introduces a new way of understanding how we make choices - and how we can make them better.

Building on the well-known dual-process theory (System 1: fast and intuitive; System 2: slow and analytical), Peter J Webb proposes a third, often-overlooked system:
System 3 -  the deeper capacity for reflection, emotional integration, and wise discernment.

What the Book Covers:

  • Why smart people make unwise decisions — and how to change that

  • How values, identity, and emotion shape our choices beneath awareness

  • The core components of System 3 Thinking: pause, reflect, realign, act

  • Practical tools and techniques to develop inner clarity and respond wisely under pressure

  • Applications across leadership, therapy, coaching, and personal growth

Who It’s For:

  • Leaders and professionals making high-stakes decisions

  • Coaches, therapists, and practitioners working with complex human issues

  • Anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or pulled in multiple directions

  • People who want to live and lead with greater clarity, depth, and integrity

A practical guide to deeper insight, better decisions, and wiser action.

In System 3 Thinking, psychologist Peter J Webb introduces a new way of understanding how we make choices - and how we can make them better.

Building on the well-known dual-process theory (System 1: fast and intuitive; System 2: slow and analytical), Peter J Webb proposes a third, often-overlooked system:
System 3 -  the deeper capacity for reflection, emotional integration, and wise discernment.

What the Book Covers:

  • Why smart people make unwise decisions — and how to change that

  • How values, identity, and emotion shape our choices beneath awareness

  • The core components of System 3 Thinking: pause, reflect, realign, act

  • Practical tools and techniques to develop inner clarity and respond wisely under pressure

  • Applications across leadership, therapy, coaching, and personal growth

Who It’s For:

  • Leaders and professionals making high-stakes decisions

  • Coaches, therapists, and practitioners working with complex human issues

  • Anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or pulled in multiple directions

  • People who want to live and lead with greater clarity, depth, and integrity

 

“If ever there was a time the world desperately needed more wisdom, it’s now. System Three 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 Three Thinking, so am I.”

 Aaron McEwan
VP, Research & Advisory
Gartner

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“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. I’ve read “Thinking Fast and Slow” and “Nudge” and always felt there was something missing in the way they articulate behavioural economics. It feels like you have helped uncover the missing link!”

Dominic Walsh
Managing Partner
HERO