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The Art of Passage
Four Steps to Moving Forward When There Is No Other WayBy Sam Mousavi
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About this audiobook
The Art of Passage: Four Steps to Moving Forward When There Is No Clear Solution is a practical guide to creative problem-solving under constraint—drawing on true stories of ingenuity from one of the world's most high-pressure entrepreneurial environments: contemporary Iran.
Author and entrepreneur Ghazal introduces the Passage Framework—a four-step methodology designed not for solving problems cleanly, but for moving through them intelligently: Observing the real problem beneath the surface, Reframing it from unexpected angles, Creating a workable path from available resources, and Advancing with imperfect information.
Through vivid case studies—a neighborhood conflict solved by benches, a mapping platform rebuilt after sanctions, a furniture line born from first principles—the book demonstrates that dead ends are rarely what they appear to be. Each chapter combines cognitive science, real-world narrative, and actionable exercises that readers can apply immediately to professional, personal, and organizational challenges.
This is not a book about thinking bigger. It's a book about thinking differently when bigger isn't an option. Written for entrepreneurs, managers, creatives, and anyone who has ever felt stuck—and needed more than a motivational quote to get unstuck.
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GenreBusiness and Economics, Self-Help, Psychology
Length4 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 13, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Foreword
3Introduction
4Chapter 1: The Mental Dead End — Why We Can't See the Real Problem
5Chapter 2: The Prison of Words and Myths — How the Mind Deceives Itself
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6Chapter 3: Observing — The Art of Pausing Before the Problem
7Chapter 4: Reframing — The Art of Reframing
8Chapter 5: Creating a Path — Building Possibilities for Movement
9Chapter 6: Advancing — Where the Map Meets the Road
10Chapter 7: What to Do When the Path Is Found? — From the Map to the Road
11Chapter 8: Living with the Passage Mindset
12Further Reading
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