Before you return to the decision
Look across your answers.
Notice where the difficulty appears to sit. Is there information you genuinely need? A trade-off you haven't accepted? A constraint that may not be fixed? An uncertainty you've been trying to eliminate?
You don't need to resolve these now. The purpose of the exercise is simply to change the position from which you look at the decision.
If the exercise has revealed that the decision would benefit from more thorough independent examination, you can check whether it is suitable for a Decision Audit.
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01 — Information
What information would genuinely change your decision if you had it?
This begins separating useful information from the desire for greater certainty.
02 — Constraints
Which parts of the decision are genuinely fixed — and which have you been treating as fixed?
That can expose artificial boundaries.
03 — Trade-offs
If neither option could be improved, which consequence would be more difficult for you to accept?
Now we're moving away from which option is better? towards what trade-off am I actually making?
04 — Influence
If nobody else knew which option you chose, would the decision become easier?
That's potentially extremely revealing. It doesn't assume other people's opinions are inappropriate; it simply exposes how much social consequence is part of the decision.
05 — Uncertainty
What are you still trying to know before deciding — and is it actually possible to know it in advance?
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