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Decision making prompts

Pros, cons, trade-offs, the should-I that has been open for weeks.

• self Translate Your Anxiety About a Decision Into Structured Risk Assessment

  Turns circular worry about a decision into a clear risk assessment

• play Decide Whether a Hobby Should Stay a Hobby

  Decide whether to monetise your hobby or keep it for yourself.

• creative Decide Whether to Pursue a Passion Project or a Profitable One

  Work the passion-versus-profit choice without the usual platitudes.

• work Decide Whether to Freelance Full-Time or Keep a Safety Net

  Works out whether now is the moment to go full-time freelance

• life Decide Whether to Move City for Career Reasons

  Untangle the career and life threads of a big relocation decision.

• learn Decide Whether to Pursue a Mid-Career MBA

  Weighs a mid-career MBA with the costs taken as seriously as the perks

• life Decide Whether to Confront or Let Go of a Longstanding Grievance

  Decide whether to raise an old grievance or genuinely let it go.

• play Summarise a Holiday Destination Into a Personalised Case For and Against

  Gives an honest for-and-against on a destination for your trip

• play Compare Two Board Games for Group Compatibility

  Picks the board game that fits your specific group, not the rankings

• self Compare Two Approaches to Managing Your Own Emotions Under Pressure

  Compares suppressing emotions versus regulating them under pressure

• self Decide Whether to Seek Therapy or Coaching for a Specific Challenge

  Work out whether therapy or coaching fits your situation.

• work Decide Whether to Hire a Specialist or a Generalist for a Key Role

  Work out whether a key role needs a specialist or a generalist.

• life Decide How to Handle a Difficult Conversation With a Family Member

  Prepares you for a hard conversation with a family member

• self Decide Whether to Take a Sabbatical or Stay in Your Current Role

  Weigh a sabbatical against staying put, costs and all.

• self Decide Whether to End or Invest in a Draining Relationship

  Helps you see a draining relationship clearly enough to decide

• life Compare Two Approaches to Parenting a Teenager Through Conflict

  Compares two ways of handling a teenage conflict on the relationship

• work Decide Whether to Escalate a Problem at Work

  Helps you judge whether a work problem really warrants escalation

• creative Compare Two Storytelling Voices for a Creative Project

  Choose between two narrative voices for your story.

• self Compare Two Career Paths Before Committing to One

  Lay two career paths side by side before you commit.

• work Compare Two Approaches to Managing Personal Energy

  Compare time blocking against energy management for your output.

• work Compare Two Approaches to Managing Remote Team Culture

  Match a remote culture approach to your specific team.

• life Compare Two Dietary Approaches for Sustainable Weight Management

  Compare two diets on whether you could actually sustain them.

• learn Compare Two Learning Methods for Retaining Complex Information

  Matches a study method to your material and your deadline

• learn Explain Asymmetric Risk in Plain English

  Grasp asymmetric risk and use it on a real decision.

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