Coaching practices for I Make Calls All the Time but I Never Write Them Down or Check Them Later So My Confidence is Just a Feeling That Floats Free I Have No Record of Whether My Hunches Actually Pan Out

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  • I make calls all the time but I never write them down or check them later, so my confidence is just a feeling that floats free
  • I’m about to make a real call and I want to pin down what I actually think will happen right now, before I find out
  • I make calls about how things will go all the time, but I never write them down or check them after
  • When I say I’m eighty percent sure I genuinely don’t know if that means anything
  • I’m sure about things constantly and I have no idea if that confidence is earned

Practices that may help

  1. Maintain a scored prediction log
    Record predictions with explicit probabilities and score them when they resolve.
    Calibration Training
  2. 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
  3. Score your own past predictions to calibrate your outside-view use
    Keep a forecast log and score it — you cannot improve calibration without feedback on where you were over- or under-confident.
    The Outside View
  4. Practice calibration by tracking your confidence predictions
    Your "80% confident" beliefs should come true about 80% of the time — check that they do.
    Bayesian Thinking: How to Update Beliefs Rationally
  5. Practice probabilistic calibration by tracking your predictions
    Assign explicit probability estimates to your predictions and track whether they come true at the right rate.
    Base-Rate Neglect: Why We Ignore the Odds
  6. Track the accuracy of your domain predictions
    Keep a record of what you predicted in your area of claimed expertise and score it.
    The Dunning-Kruger Effect, Understood Clearly
  7. Track your calibration across many predictions
    Score your confidence levels against outcomes over dozens of predictions to find your systematic biases.
    Decision Journaling: Learning to Decide Better Over Time
  8. Keep a decision journal to score your EV estimates
    Log your probability estimates and payoff predictions, then compare them to what happened.
    Expected Value Thinking: Deciding Under Uncertainty
  9. Make bold predictions — then check them
    State a specific, testable prediction about the future and record it before you see the outcome.
    Falsification Thinking
  10. Practice probability calibration
    Regularly make probabilistic predictions and track your accuracy across many of them.
    Hindsight Bias: Why Everything Seems Obvious in Retrospect

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