--- title: 4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions description: How To Work More Efficiently Use the Eisenhower Matrix. Via The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking: The US President Dwight D. Eisenhower supposedly... canonical: https://time.com/2973513/4-easy-ways-you-can-resolve-lifes-toughest-questions/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-11T04:01:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:54:23.073Z article:section: Ideas og:title: 4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions og:description: Work more efficiently; be happy. og:url: https://time.com/2973513/4-easy-ways-you-can-resolve-lifes-toughest-questions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions twitter:description: Work more efficiently; be happy. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Jul 11, 2014 4:01 AM UTC by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Jul 11, 2014 4:01 AM UTC ## How To Work More Efficiently Use the Eisenhower Matrix. Via [The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C57C392/?tag=barking-20): --- > “” --- ## How To Be Happy Try the “Flow” model. Via [The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C57C392/?tag=barking-20): --- > “” --- ## How To Remember Everything You Have Ever Learned Use the Supermemo model. Via [The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C57C392/?tag=barking-20): --- > “” --- ## How To Deal With A Dilemma Use “The Rubber Band Model.” Via [The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C57C392/?tag=barking-20): --- > “” --- **Join 45K+ readers.** Get a free weekly update via email [here](http://eepurl.com/o6uAD). Related posts: [How To Make Your Life Better By Sending Five Simple Emails](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/07/make-your-life-better/) [6 Hostage Negotiation Techniques That Will Get You What You Want](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/06/hostage-negotiation/) [Which professions have the most psychopaths? The fewest?](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/11/professions-most-fewest-psychopaths/) _This piece originally appeared on_ [_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2973513/4-easy-ways-you-can-resolve-lifes-toughest-questions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2973513/4-easy-ways-you-can-resolve-lifes-toughest-questions/"},"headline":"4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions","datePublished":"2014-07-11T04:01:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:54:23.073Z","description":"How To Work More Efficiently Use the Eisenhower Matrix. Via The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking: The US President Dwight D. Eisenhower supposedly...","url":"https://time.com/2973513/4-easy-ways-you-can-resolve-lifes-toughest-questions/","keywords":["Psychology","Happiness","memory","efficiency"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Barker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-barker/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/psychology/","name":"Psychology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2973513/4-easy-ways-you-can-resolve-lifes-toughest-questions/","name":"4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions"}}]}] ```