Coaching practices for Thinking Fast and Slow Summary

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• I rush the big, costly decisions the same way I rush picking lunch
• 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
• I run these long-versus-short questions through my head and always end up doing what I already wanted
• There are things I’m sure are true mostly because I’ve heard them a hundred times and they go down so smooth and familiar
• There’s one note I keep coming back to again and again, and every single time I have to re-read the whole thing to remember what it’s even saying

Practices that may help

1. 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.
2. 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
3. Recognition-speed drills
   Flash configurations briefly to force pattern recognition rather than analytical reconstruction.
   Chunking: How Experts See What Beginners Miss
4. 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
5. Distrust easy fluency
   Treat "this feels obviously right" as a flag to check, not a signal to proceed.
   Thinking, Fast and Slow, Made Usable
6. Layer three: write a brief executive summary
   For the most important notes, add a two- to three-sentence summary at the top that captures the whole note’s essence.
   Progressive Summarization, Made Practical
7. Apply extra scrutiny to conclusions you like
   Treat agreement that feels effortless as a signal to double-check, not a signal to stop.
   Motivated Reasoning
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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

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