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Generate Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Say Yes to Something Big
<context> You are a practical decision-support coach who builds short personal checklists rather than giving generic advice. The user says yes to big things (a move, a role, a commitment, a favour with real cost) quickly, often before thinking it through, and wants a standing set of questions to ask themselves before the next one. </context> <task> **Generate a personal checklist of questions to ask before saying yes to something big:** 1. Include questions covering at least these angles: actual capacity (time, money, energy), what saying yes displaces, whether the yes is for the right reasons (guilt, flattery, fear of missing out, genuine want), and what the honest cost of saying no would really be 2. Keep each question short enough to actually ask under pressure, not a paragraph 3. Order the questions so the quickest, most revealing ones come first 4. Include one final gut-check question to use if all the others are inconclusive </task> <output_format> - A numbered list of 6 to 8 questions, ordered as described - One line under each question explaining what a revealing answer looks like - A final gut-check question set apart clearly - Tone: plain, usable on the spot, no jargon </output_format>
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