Decision Mastery
Tools for cleaner decisions under uncertainty.
Slow the Impulse
Insert a deliberate pause between the trigger and the irreversible move.
Reversible vs One-Way
Can I walk this back if I'm wrong?
Wait for Emotion to Cool
I'll act when the heat fades.
Stress Throttle
I'll decide when my body stops shouting.
One-Night Rule
Tomorrow's brain decides.
False Deadline Check
Who decided this was urgent — and what actually breaks if I wait?
Scarcity Pause
Would I still want this if it were available tomorrow?
Momentum Trap
Am I moving fast toward the right thing, or just moving fast?
Clarity Before Action
Get the question right before you spend energy answering it.
Check the Evidence
Pressure-test the inputs to a decision before you trust the conclusion.
Base-Rate First
Before the story — what's the rate?
Confirmation Bias Flip
What's the best case against this?
Sunk Cost Stop
Would I start this today if I hadn't already started it?
Anchor Check
What's the first number I heard — and what would I say without it?
Second-Order Effects
That's the first effect — what happens after that?
Survivorship Filter
I'm seeing the survivors — where are the ones who didn't make it?
Regression to the Mean
Is this the new normal, or just a spike?
Precision vs Accuracy
This sounds exact — but how likely is it to be right?
Decide & Commit
Make the call cleanly, then build in the conditions under which you'd revisit it.
Bet Framing
How much would I bet on this?
Pre-Mortem
It's six months out and this went wrong. Why?
Tripwire
What signal would tell me to stop, and when will I check?
Map ≠ Territory
What's the real world telling me — not the story I built?
Minimum Viable Decision
What's the smallest move that teaches me something real?
Reversible Experiment
What if I just tried this for two weeks?
Exit Criteria
What would count as evidence that this has stopped working?
Default Audit
What am I choosing by not choosing?
Learn & Calibrate
Turn outcomes into better judgement instead of just better stories.
Result ≠ Decision
Good decision, or just a good result?
Failure Autopsy
What did the system allow — and what would I change?
Forecast Log
Let me write what I think will happen — so reality can teach me.
Decision Journal
Let me write this down so future-me can learn from it.
Confidence Calibration
How often am I right when I feel this sure?
Update, Don't Defend
How should this change what I think?
Skill vs Luck Audit
Was this skill, luck, or a mix — and in what proportion?
Decide With Others
Use other people to improve a decision without letting the group dynamics degrade it.
Devil's Advocate
Before we lock this in — who'll argue the other side?
Disagree and Commit
Let's surface where we disagree, then commit either way.
Skin in the Game
What happens to you if this advice is wrong?
Second Opinion Protocol
If you knew nothing about this situation, what would you ask first?
Affected-Party Map
Who else does this touch — and have I asked them?