Coaching practices for Decision Standards

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I can never feel done deciding
• I’m weighing a dozen factors on the same choice I face over and over, and they all blur together
• I decide what still needs work purely on vibes
• Under all this pressure to please people and react, I’m about to make a call that I already sense doesn’t square with who I actually want to be
• I sit down to choose and realize I never decided what I actually want first, so whatever options get put in front of me end up defining "good" for me

Practices that may help

1. Adopt satisficing instead of maximizing
   Set a "good enough" threshold before you search, then stop when you hit it.
   Choice Overload, Made Practical
2. Use "take the best": choose on your single most informative cue
   When choosing between options, identify the most diagnostic cue and use it — stop searching for more.
   Simple Heuristics: Gerd Gigerenzer’s Case for Fast and Frugal Thinking
3. Restudy decision protocol
   Use a defined decision rule — not a feeling — to determine which items get additional study.
   Judgments of Learning: Why You Misjudge What You’ve Learned
4. Use the 10-year view to check values alignment
   Ask: is the 10-year version of this choice consistent with what I actually care about?
   The 10-10-10 Rule
5. Evaluate each option against your criteria before comparing options to each other
   Score options independently first — so the comparison set can’t retroactively redefine what good looks like.
   The Decoy Effect — How an Irrelevant Option Changes Your Choice
6. Commit and stop re-evaluating
   Once you’ve chosen, close the door instead of reopening the comparison.
   Satisficing vs. Maximizing: When “Good Enough” Wins
7. Set a “good enough” bar before you search
   Decide your criteria first, then take the first option that clears them.
   Satisficing vs. Maximizing: When “Good Enough” Wins
8. Recognize when contrast is being used on you
   Awareness of the contrast principle is the antidote — evaluate options against an independent standard, not the presented sequence.
   The Contrast Principle, Made Practical
9. Define your disqualifiers in advance
   Before evaluating options, decide what would automatically rule one out.
   Inversion: Solve Problems Backward
10. Evaluate solutions against costs, benefits, and fit
    Rate each solution on likelihood of success, personal costs, and fit with your values.
    Problem-Solving Therapy, Made Practical

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