Nicolas Cole & Dickie Bush - Decision Journaling Course (2026)

Make more intentional decisions with a structured journaling system created by Nicolas Cole and Dickie Bush. The Decision Journaling Course introduces a practical approach to organizing your thoughts, evaluating important choices, and developing a repeatable decision-making habit.

Rather than treating journaling as ordinary diary writing, this program focuses on using written reflection to examine decisions, challenge assumptions, and gain clarity.

What You'll Learn

• Build a structured decision-journaling habit.

• Understand six different types of decisions.

• Recognize the difference between one-way and two-way-door decisions.

• Apply a seven-step decision-journaling process.

• Use practical prompts to organize your thinking.

• Explore nine decision-making mental models.

• Use AI as a thinking partner without handing over your judgment.

• Develop a more consistent approach to business, creative, and personal decisions.

Course Breakdown

Mini-Course 1: Decision Journaling 101

Explore the foundations of decision journaling, different decision types, one-way versus two-way-door decisions, and a seven-step process for working through difficult choices.

Mini-Course 2: How to Journal

Learn how to approach a blank page, choose a practical journaling setup, treat decision-making as a skill, and apply mental models to improve your thinking.

Mini-Course 3: Journaling With AI

Discover ways to incorporate AI into your journaling process, explore an AI tool stack, and use guided prompts to examine decisions while keeping your own judgment at the center.

Who Is This Course For?

• Entrepreneurs and business owners

• Content creators and writers

• Professionals and team leaders

• People facing important career or business decisions

• Anyone who wants to build a more intentional journaling habit

• People who want to use AI to support clearer thinking

About the Instructors

Nicolas Cole and Dickie Bush are known for their work in online writing, creator education, and digital entrepreneurship. In this course, they share their approaches to journaling and decision-making, including personal processes, frameworks, and examples.

Build a Better Decision-Making Habit

Decision Journaling provides a structured way to slow down, examine your thinking, and approach important choices more deliberately. Explore the frameworks and prompts to develop a journaling practice you can use in your personal and professional life.

Get started with Decision Journaling by Nicolas Cole & Dickie Bush (2026).