Become Decisive
Hard decisions rarely come with all the information you want. Become Decisive teaches you a practical way to understand the situation, weigh your options and choose a next move you can stand behind.
It is based on the decision-making discipline Paul Littlejohn first learned as a fighter pilot and later used while leading large international operations.
The certainty you are waiting for is not coming.
Leaving a decision open does not make it easier. The same call gets reopened without new information, people wait, and eventually time, circumstance or somebody else makes the choice for you.
There is always uncertainty in business. Markets turn, information arrives late, and the decisions that matter most are often the ones you cannot check in advance.
In military aviation, we were not trained to wait for certainty. We were trained to build the clearest picture we could, stay focused on what mattered, choose the next move and keep updating as the situation changed.
I spent sixteen years learning to decide that way, then twelve years applying the same discipline while leading large businesses. I built Become Decisive to pass that training on to people who carry serious decisions but were never given a reliable way to make them.
You learn the process one part at a time, practise it on a realistic example and then use it on a decision of your own.
Learn from someone who has used it under pressure
Learn from real experience
Paul was trained to use this approach as a fighter pilot and later relied on it while leading large organisations. The course brings both parts of that experience together.
A practical way to decide
You do not need more confidence or courage. You need a clear way to understand the situation, weigh your options and decide what to do next. That is what this course gives you.
Learn it on an example first
Important decisions are not the best place to meet a new process for the first time. You begin with a realistic example from the course, then compare your answer with Paul's. Once you understand how it works, you use it on a decision of your own.
Know when to move
Some decisions genuinely need more information. Others stay open because making the call feels uncomfortable. The course helps you tell the difference, make a sound choice and move forward without repeatedly reopening the same question.
Skills that outlast the course
01 Understand the situation clearly
Separate what you know from what you are assuming, and recognise when the picture has changed.
02 Define what good looks like
Turn a broad aim into a clear outcome so that you can judge each option against it.
03 Move without knowing the whole plan
Choose the next useful step when too much about the future remains unknown.
04 Understand what you are risking
Name the realistic worst case, decide whether you could manage it and reduce the exposure if you could not.
05 Learn from every decision
Review how you reached the decision, not just how it turned out, and carry that lesson into the next one.
You learn each tool separately before bringing them together in the guided workbooks. They come from decision-making disciplines used in military aviation and tested by Paul throughout his business career.
A private digital workbook you keep
Once you understand the process, the Decision Canvas guides you through it whenever you have a decision to make.
At the end of the course, you receive a blank digital Canvas for your own decisions. It prompts you through what you know, what you are assuming, what good looks like, the next useful move and the worst case you need to consider.
Everything is stored only in that browser on that device. Nothing is sent to the course. You can export a completed Canvas as a PDF or create a backup whenever you choose.
One decision. No certainty. One sound next move.
Eight modules, about four hours
See how the process works
Short videos and readings explain each part in plain English. Checkpoints help you make sure it makes sense before moving on.
Start with an example
The course gives you a realistic decision to work through, so you can concentrate on learning without bringing in one of your own.
Review your answer
Add your reflections, then compare your reasoning with Paul's worked answer. You will see where you approached the decision differently and why.
Use it on a real decision
Choose something that genuinely matters to you and work through it privately. Nothing is submitted or marked. The aim is to leave with a clear next move.
For anyone who has to make the call
Leaders
People are waiting for your decision, even when not all the information has arrived.
Founders and owners
There is no one above you to make the call. Every choice uses time, money or attention that you cannot spend twice.
Anyone at a crossroads
A job, a move, a relationship or a business. Something important enough that you have been carrying it for longer than you would like.
Paul Littlejohn
For sixteen years, Paul Littlejohn served as an RAF fighter pilot. He became a Qualified Weapons Instructor—the RAF equivalent of TOPGUN—and, during an exchange with the US Marine Corps, became carrier-qualified on the F/A-18 and trained Marine fighter pilots.
On combat operations, the picture was incomplete, the situation changed quickly, and enemy action had to be anticipated. Decisions could not be delayed until certainty arrived. Pilots were trained to establish what was true, remain clear about the mission, choose the next move and commit while continuing to update the picture.
Paul later applied the same discipline in business: first as Divisional Vice President at dnata, leading a $250M, 10,000-person operation running around the clock, and then as COO of a global travel company operating across 17 destinations.
Become Decisive turns that training and experience into a practical decision-making method anyone can learn and use.
Inside the course
Each module combines short videos and readings with checkpoints and guided digital workbooks. Open a module to see what you will learn and what is included.
Module 01
Start Here
Paul begins by explaining why certainty is rarely available when a decision matters. You will see how the four parts of the Decision Canvas fit together: build a clear picture, define what good looks like, choose the next useful move and test the worst case before you commit.
Module 02
Seeing Clearly
Every decision depends on the picture you have of the situation, and that picture may be incomplete. Learn to separate facts from assumptions and hopes, judge how reliable your information is and notice when something you believed is no longer true.
Module 03
Zoom Out
When pressure narrows your attention, it is easy to solve the problem in front of you without asking what outcome you actually need. Learn to step back, define what good looks like and keep that outcome clear when circumstances become difficult.
Module 04
Next Event
When the situation is changing, planning too far ahead can create false confidence or stop you moving at all. Learn to choose the nearest useful step, consider a genuine alternative and prefer moves that leave you with good options afterward.
Module 05
Commit
Hard decisions become clearer when you name what you are actually risking. Learn to define the realistic worst case, decide whether you could manage it, reduce the exposure when you could not and set the conditions that would make you stop or change course.
Module 06
The Decision Canvas
Understanding the process is not the same as being able to use it. Work through a realistic decision from the course in the Guided Practice Workbook. Because the example is not personal, you can concentrate on learning how the different parts fit together. If a later answer changes an earlier choice, go back and revise it. That is a normal part of the process.
Module 07
The Debrief
Review the practice decision with the same honesty used in a flight debrief. Compare your reasoning with Paul's worked answer and consider how you reached your conclusion. The focus is the quality of your thinking, not whether the outcome happened to be good or bad.
Module 08
Your Decision
Use the complete Decision Canvas on a decision that genuinely matters to you. It will feel different when the consequences are yours, but the process remains the same. Your work stays private. The aim is to leave with a clear next move that you are prepared to take.
Twenty-five people ran it in an afternoon.
Then we took the notes away and asked them to rebuild the whole process from memory.
rebuilt the whole process from memory, with nothing in front of them.
from never having seen it to running it on a live decision.
went home that evening and taught it to his family.
What people actually took away
"By the end, I could clearly explain the whole thing to someone else."
"'Can I live with the worst?' makes me wait thirty seconds to see if I really want to commit."
"It forces me to move without pretending I can predict the future."
No decision is better than the reality it's built on.
Before you decide
Do I need a military background?
No. None of it is taught in military language. The training is where it comes from, not who it is for.
Do I need a decision in mind before I start?
No. The course gives you a realistic example to practise on. You bring in one of your own only after you understand how the process works.
How is it taught?
Short videos and readings explain each part of the process. Checkpoints help you test your understanding, and guided digital workbooks help you put it into practice.
How long does it take?
About four hours end to end, self-paced. Just over an hour of that is video. Most people do it over a week. Some do it in an afternoon.
Is anything marked?
No. You upload the completed practice and debrief workbooks as part of the course, but they are not graded. The personal decision you work on at the end remains private and is never submitted.
Is my Decision Canvas private?
Yes. Your personal Decision Canvas stores everything only in the browser and on the device where you entered it. Nothing is sent to the course. Your saved decisions will not automatically appear in another browser or on another device, so export a PDF or create a backup if you want to keep or move them.
What will I have at the end?
You will understand the complete decision-making process, have used it on a real decision and have a clear next move. You will also receive a certificate and a private digital Decision Canvas that you can continue using.