Private by design
Pencil-and-wash drawing of Benjamin Franklin holding a quill over a blank decision sheet

PRIVATE · TEN QUESTIONS

Indecision?Ben can help.

A clearer Yes, No or Not Yet—in about two minutes.

Write it as a yes-or-no question.

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THE BEN FRANKLIN CLOSE

Clear the clutter.
Hear your own answer.

A simple decision-making system inspired by Franklin’s 1772 “Prudential Algebra.” Ten neutral questions bring the reasons for and against into view.

I learned the close early in my sales career and made this little site as an homage to Franklin, and a helping hand for anyone facing a difficult decision. It now belongs to Fewer Barriers, my built-for-good family of simple, always-free tools.

“All the Reasons pro and con are not present to the Mind at the same time.”Benjamin Franklin, 1772

A FEWER BARRIERS PROJECT

Small tools. Practical help. Always free.

Fewer Barriers is Ciarán Roche’s built-for-good home for simple tools that make daily obstacles easier to get past. Different problems, same idea: make the next useful step clearer.