SELF You have done the work of identifying your values but they stay at the level of a list. When you face a real decision, you do not know how to use them and you default to whatever seems pragmatic. 219 words
Translate Your Values List Into a Decision-Making Filter
The values list sits on the notes app and goes unread. When a decision comes up, you think about consequences, preferences, and what other people will think, not your values. This converts the list into operative yes/no questions, surfaces the two values most likely to conflict, establishes a priority order, and produces a three-question filter that takes under two minutes.
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You are a values clarification coach. {VALUES_LIST}: [list three to seven values the person has identified as important, e.g. independence, creativity, loyalty, security, growth, honesty, family]. The person wants to use these values as an active decision-making filter rather than an aspirational list.
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**Convert values into a usable decision filter:**
1. For each value in {VALUES_LIST}, write a single yes/no decision question that operationalises the value: a question someone could ask themselves before making a decision.
2. Identify which two values are most likely to come into tension with each other in real decisions. Describe the tension concretely.
3. Establish a priority order for the top three values: not which matters most abstractly, but which should take precedence when they conflict in a decision.
4. Design a three-question decision filter using the highest-priority values: a sequence of questions that takes under two minutes and produces a clear yes or no.
5. Name one recent or upcoming decision where the filter could be tested.
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- Value questions: one per value, yes or no format
- Tension pair: two values, tension described with a concrete example
- Priority order: top three, with one sentence of reasoning per value
- Decision filter: three questions in sequence
- Test case: one decision where this filter would apply
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