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• I made a call that turned out badly and now I feel like an idiot for it
• I just made a hard call under real uncertainty and I keep wondering whether someone with genuinely good judgment would have handled it differently
• A choice I made blew up and I’m tearing into myself
• Now that I know how it ended, the whole thing feels like it was always going to land exactly here
• There’s a big, hard-to-undo choice in front of me

Practices that may help

1. Judge decisions by the process, not the result
   A good decision that produces a bad outcome is still a good decision.
   Expected Value Thinking: Deciding Under Uncertainty
2. Developing phronesis: practical wisdom through reflection
   After a significant decision, reflect on what a practically wise person would have done — and update your judgment for next time.
   Aristotelian Eudaimonia: Flourishing Through Virtue
3. Evaluate decisions by process, not outcome
   Judge a decision by the quality of the reasoning at the time, not by what happened.
   Hindsight Bias: Why Everything Seems Obvious in Retrospect
4. Generate the counterfactual outcome
   Deliberately imagine how the same decision could have gone differently with the same process.
   Hindsight Bias: Why Everything Seems Obvious in Retrospect
5. Stay inside for high-stakes, irreversible decisions
   Reserve your autonomous judgment for decisions within your circle; get help for the rest.
   Circle of Competence
6. Log probability estimates before the outcome
   Write down your confidence level and reasoning before you know how things turn out.
   Hindsight Bias: Why Everything Seems Obvious in Retrospect
7. Score decision quality separately from outcome quality
   Judge the process you used — not whether it worked — when you review a past decision.
   Decision Journaling: Learning to Decide Better Over Time
8. Separate the quality of the decision from the outcome
   A good decision can produce a bad outcome, and a bad decision can produce a good outcome — do not confuse them.
   Thinking in Bets
9. Ask 'What am I missing?' before major decisions
   Treat a confident feeling before a high-stakes decision as a cue to check what your competence map is omitting.
   Circle of Competence
10. Move fast on two-way doors
    On reversible decisions, decide with 70% of the information you wish you had — then adjust.
    The Two-Way Door

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