Coaching practices for Prospect Theory Framing
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I keep walking into negotiations and letting the other side set the baseline first, and then I spend the whole conversation fighting uphill from their numbers
- I keep pitching people on what they’d gain and it just slides right off them
- My pitch keeps falling flat with certain people, and I’m starting to think it’s because I’m always selling the exciting upside to someone who only really cares about not losing what they already have.
- I pitched it the way it excites me
- This option suddenly feels obviously right and I can’t tell if it actually is or if it was just sold to me in a flattering way
Practices that may help
- The Loss Frame: How Framing Shapes Decisions
Yes, and substantially. Prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky) established that people feel losses about twice as intensely as equivalent gains, so a message framed around what you stand to lose tends to be more motivating than one framed around what you stand to gain — especially for risk-averse decisions. The effect is real and well-replicated, though its size depends on the stakes, the audience, and the domain. - The Framing Effect
The framing effect is the finding that how a choice is presented — as a gain or a loss, a glass half full or half empty — changes which option people pick, even when the underlying facts are identical. It’s a well-replicated decision-making effect rooted in loss aversion, and it’s why reframing an offer can change the answer without changing the substance. - Set the reference point before you introduce the loss
Loss is always measured from a reference point — who sets that point controls the framing.
The Loss Frame: How Framing Shapes Decisions - Frame what inaction costs, not what action gains
Describe the cost of not acting rather than the benefit of acting — the brain weights the former more heavily.
The Loss Frame: How Framing Shapes Decisions - Frame the goal as prevention or promotion
Match the message to whether the person is chasing gains or guarding against losses.
The Framing Effect - Match your message frame to the audience’s motivation type
Promotion-focused audiences respond to gains; prevention-focused ones respond to avoiding losses.
Elaboration Likelihood Model, Made Practical - Spot the frame being used on you
Re-describe a choice in the opposite frame to see what you actually think.
The Framing Effect - Choose gain or loss framing deliberately
Frame as a loss to avoid to motivate action; as a gain to win to reassure.
The Framing Effect - Channel attention to the relevant concept before the ask
Briefly focus the audience on a concept that makes your core message naturally follow.
Pre-Suasion, Made Practical - Hold multiple maps simultaneously
For complex situations, develop two or three competing models and check which fits better.
The Map Is Not the Territory
Related concerns
- Gain Vs Loss Framing
Yes, and substantially. Prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky) established that people feel losses about twice as intensely as equivalent gains, so a message framed around what you stand to lose tends to be more motivating than one framed around what you stand to gain — especially for risk-averse decisions. The effect is real and well-replicated, though its size depends on the stakes, the audience, and the domain.
- Loss Framing Motivation
Yes, and substantially. Prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky) established that people feel losses about twice as intensely as equivalent gains, so a message framed around what you stand to lose tends to be more motivating than one framed around what you stand to gain — especially for risk-averse decisions. The effect is real and well-replicated, though its size depends on the stakes, the audience, and the domain.
- Stakeholder Framing
The framing effect is the finding that how a choice is presented — as a gain or a loss, a glass half full or half empty — changes which option people pick, even when the underlying facts are identical. It’s a well-replicated decision-making effect rooted in loss aversion, and it’s why reframing an offer can change the answer without changing the substance.
- Attribute Framing
The framing effect is the finding that how a choice is presented — as a gain or a loss, a glass half full or half empty — changes which option people pick, even when the underlying facts are identical. It’s a well-replicated decision-making effect rooted in loss aversion, and it’s why reframing an offer can change the answer without changing the substance.
- Conflict Framing Persuasion
The framing effect is the finding that how a choice is presented — as a gain or a loss, a glass half full or half empty — changes which option people pick, even when the underlying facts are identical. It’s a well-replicated decision-making effect rooted in loss aversion, and it’s why reframing an offer can change the answer without changing the substance.
- Framing Effect
The framing effect is the finding that how a choice is presented — as a gain or a loss, a glass half full or half empty — changes which option people pick, even when the underlying facts are identical. It’s a well-replicated decision-making effect rooted in loss aversion, and it’s why reframing an offer can change the answer without changing the substance.
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