Category
Decision Process
How to Use a Weighted Decision Matrix
A step-by-step method for comparing options across several criteria at once, with a fully worked three-way job-offer example and the two pitfalls that quietly corrupt the result.
How to Overcome Analysis Paralysis
Why over-analysis grips us, and six practical fixes — satisficing, decision deadlines, shorter shortlists, the 70% rule, two-way doors, and good-enough thresholds — to get unstuck.
Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions: The Two-Way Door Rule
Jeff Bezos’s one-way versus two-way door framing, why reversibility should decide how much you deliberate, and practical ways to turn irreversible choices into reversible ones.
How to Run a Pre-Mortem Before a Big Decision
Gary Klein’s pre-mortem technique imagines a decision has already failed to surface hidden risks, using prospective hindsight to defeat overconfidence and groupthink. Includes a worked example.
Decision Journaling: How to Learn From Your Own Choices
A decision journal records what you thought at the moment you chose, before the outcome is known — defeating hindsight and outcome bias. Includes a copy-ready template and a sample entry.