Samuel Glöggl

Without a tone of blame. Without pressure. Without being patronized. Day by day through the Catechism of the Catholic Church. A calm path to a better understanding of the faith. You can read along in the Catechism step by step.

Catholic. Clear. examines current and personal questions about life from the perspective of the Catholic Church. What does the Church really teach? Why does it teach it? What view of the human person underlies it, and what does this teaching mean for everyday life? Samuel Glöggl speaks about sexuality, relationships, marriage, guilt, confession, the protection of life, freedom and responsibility. Personally, fearlessly and without reducing people to their mistakes. Clear about the standard. Merciful toward the person. New episodes on Sundays.

After reading, you will understand how to describe a situation in a way that remains sound: bounded, verifiable and free of premature judgments. You will learn to separate observation from interpretation, check the origins of information and use consistent terms whose meanings do not shift during discussion. This makes it possible to see what is fact, what is assumption, what remains unresolved—and what is essential as opposed to merely incidental. You will also see the inner workings of problems more clearly: distinguishing causes, triggers and immediate occasions; identifying forces, interests and constraints; and giving due weight to time windows, pace and urgency. On this basis, risks, potential harm and the soundness of decisions can be assessed soberly. Finally, you will compare options not according to taste, but according to cost, side effects and feasibility—and thus arrive at decisions that are clear, well-founded and actionable.

A book about the quiet craft of not merely beginning undertakings, but bringing them to lasting fruition. The Art of Execution brings order to purpose, goals, next steps, forces, responsibility, plans, pace, oversight, friction, correction and completion. It is not a book about frantic productivity, but about judgment, moderation and commitment: how intentions become dependable actions and how to stay the course without becoming blindly rigid. For people who want to complete projects, personal undertakings or leadership responsibilities with greater clarity and dignity.

This book explains how to distinguish problems from their causes and identify their origins in a verifiable way. It offers a calm method for assessing situations, using language, weighing evidence and making decisions, so that self-leadership under pressure does not remain stuck at the level of symptoms.

After reading, you will no longer treat problems as mere disruptions, but as matters that require precise definition. You will learn to distinguish purpose, goal and motive, examine justifications as a separate category and identify the standard by which an undertaking can succeed or fail. This gives the problem its “true shape”: with clear boundaries, appropriate language and criteria that distinguish wishes from viable requirements. You will also understand how causes can be not only explained, but used as levers for effective intervention. Priority emerges as a test of seriousness, and conflicts between goals as inevitable struggles over priorities that must be resolved through decision and commitment. Finally, you will treat resources, what can reasonably be asked of people and time not as afterthoughts, but as conditions that shape action itself: pace, sequence and availability become instruments with which solutions can not only be conceived, but reliably implemented.

This book shows how a person can come to see problems not as annoying disruptions, but as a royal invitation to grow. It combines clear, sober tools with an attitude of inner dignity and composure. The reader learns to examine problems systematically, uncover causes, devise effective solutions and implement them decisively. The result is a person who can say: “Adversity may come—but I am not at its mercy.”