Decision Making

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name: Decision Making
description: Make better high-stakes decisions with pre-mortems, second-order thinking, and decision journals.
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# Decision Making

Use this skill for important, hard-to-reverse choices where a structured process beats gut instinct.

## 1. Classify the decision
- Reversible and low-stakes: decide fast, do not over-analyze.
- Irreversible or high-stakes: slow down and use the full process below.

## 2. Frame the real question
State the decision precisely and surface hidden assumptions:
- What exactly am I deciding?
- What problem is this solving, and is it the right problem?
- What are the actual options (avoid false binaries; generate a third option)?

## 3. Define criteria up front
List what matters and weight it before evaluating options, so you do not rationalize a favorite afterward. Separate must-haves from nice-to-haves.

## 4. Second-order thinking
Ask "and then what?" Trace consequences beyond the immediate effect:
- First order: the obvious result.… install to load the full skill