There Has to Be an Easier Way
Simple Systems for Solving Everyday Problems and Making Life Work Better
Six practical questions for finding friction, fixing what keeps breaking, and making everyday systems work better. By Brian Mongold. Coming soon.
Coming Soon
Something in your life keeps taking too much time, getting forgotten, requiring follow-up, or making you think: “Why is this so hard?”
EASIER gives you six practical questions for finding the friction, understanding what is actually happening, and testing a smaller, better way.
Who this book is for
You may recognize one of these:
I keep losing time on little things.
I am always waiting on somebody.
Important information is scattered everywhere.
We keep fixing the same problem.
I think I need another tracker, app, spreadsheet, or system.
I know something is not working, but I do not know where to start.
What you’ll learn
EASIER is six questions:
Explain What’s Hard.
Ask What Happens Now.
Spot Where It Breaks.
Improve the Way.
Experiment With the Better Way.
Review What Changed.
The book teaches you how to use those questions on real problems without turning every issue into a giant project. It is written in plain language, it is practical rather than academic, and it is not another productivity system. Start with one problem, not your whole life.
Everyday problems covered
Waiting on someone else
Finding important information
Recurring expenses and fees
Losing time to repeated friction
Doing the same task over and over
Making your phone work for you
Shared responsibilities
Problems that keep coming back
Knowing when you actually need an app, spreadsheet, tracker, or larger system
Try EASIER before you buy
The book teaches you how to see and solve the problem. The free tools help you work the problem. Start with the EASIER Quick Start, the EASIER Worksheet, and one tool tied to a problem you have right now. No email required.
Explore the free EASIER toolkit
Real-world proof
A small change to how a pharmacy staged prescriptions removed wasted motion from every prescription it touched. Read the pharmacy story
A recruiting tracker first solved the wrong problem. The real issue was that the underlying process was inconsistent. The tracker became an output of the improvement work instead of the starting point.
Fixing missing tracking fields took required-data completeness from 18% to 100%, which made end-to-end cycle-time measurement possible. Read the case study
About Brian
Brian Mongold is a process-improvement practitioner and retired Air Force and Air National Guard Chief Master Sergeant. His work focuses on finding where everyday and workplace processes break, then fixing the smallest thing that matters. More about Brian
Free companion toolkit
Every companion tool referenced in the book remains free. No email required. No paid upgrade required to complete the method.