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Write this decision down
Recording a call so the reasoning survives the next six months.
Write the decision below as a short note my future self can read: what I decided, the two or three reasons, what I chose against, and what I expect to be true in three months if this was right. Under 200 words, plain sentences, no headings. Decision:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Confidence and hindsight. Calibrating how firmly to hold a view, recording the call, and judging it later on its merits.
Related prompts
Separate the decision from the outcomeAfter something worked out, or did not, and you want to know whether to repeat it.What would change my mind?Committing to a position, before the evidence starts arriving.Calibrate my confidenceWhen you notice you have said "definitely" about something you have not checked.Write a decision recordRight after a call is made, while the reasoning is still in your head.Retrospective on a past decisionMonths later, when you can finally see how a decision actually played out.How confident should I be?A belief you are about to act on.
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