Coaching practices for Thinking Fast and Slow Made Usable During a Big Change

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• I rush the big, costly decisions the same way I rush picking lunch
• I’ll grind on the same not-quite-working approach for months before adjusting anything, then change five things at once
• I’m trying to tackle the big, advanced stuff but I’m still laboring over the basics every single step, so my head is so jammed with the mechanics that there’s no room left to actually see the bigger picture or make the leaps that matter.
• I can eventually figure out what I’m looking at if I get to sit and analyze it, but when the clock’s running I’m far too slow
• This snapped into focus instantly, the way the familiar ones do

Practices that may help

1. Slow down for high-stakes, irreversible decisions
   Match deliberation to the cost of being wrong: spend System 2 where reversal is hard.
   Thinking, Fast and Slow, Made Usable
2. Thinking, Fast and Slow, Made Usable
   Daniel Kahneman describes two modes of thought: System 1 is fast, automatic, and intuitive; System 2 is slow, effortful, and deliberate. Better decisions usually come from noticing when a problem deserves System 2 and deliberately slowing down — though some popular claims from the book (notably certain priming studies) failed to replicate.
3. Run experiments in rapid iteration sprints
   Cycle through short tests quickly to compress your learning rate.
   Tiny Experiments: Testing Change Without Committing to It
4. Build chunks so working memory is freed for diffuse connections
   Drill the basics until they are automatic, freeing cognitive resources for higher-level synthesis.
   Focused vs Diffuse Thinking
5. Recognition-speed drills
   Flash configurations briefly to force pattern recognition rather than analytical reconstruction.
   Chunking: How Experts See What Beginners Miss
6. Override recognition and deliberate when the situation is genuinely novel
   Flag situations that don’t quite fit a familiar pattern and switch from intuitive to analytical processing.
   Recognition-Primed Decision Making
7. Write the answers rather than running them in your head
   The exercise only counters emotional distortion if the three answers are externalized and visible.
   The 10-10-10 Rule
8. Deliberately slow down at conceptual transitions
   Pause, name the transition, and check understanding before moving to the next idea.
   The Curse of Knowledge: Why Experts Struggle to Teach
9. Notice which system is driving
   Before deciding, ask whether this is a System 1 (snap) or System 2 (effortful) problem.
   Thinking, Fast and Slow, Made Usable
10. Parallel thinking drill: all hats in sequence for a real decision
    Run a real pending decision through all six hats in sequence to experience the full method before adapting it.
    Six Thinking Hats, Made Practical

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