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Decision-Making Skills I
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I want to improve my decision-making skills.
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I want to improve my decision-making skills.
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- my decision-making skills
Can you help?
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Can you help?
What are you struggling with the most?
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What are you struggling with the most?
I often get stuck weighing options and end up procrastinating.
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I often get stuck weighing options and end up procrastinating.
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- get — got — gotten
Have you tried making a pros and cons list?
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Have you tried making a pros and cons list?
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- make — made — made^a pros and cons list
Reasoning connection
Decide · Choose between options → The advantage of [X] is [Y]; the downside is [Z].
direct structural cue · trade-off vocabularyNo, how does that work?
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No, how does that work?
Can you write down the advantages and disadvantages of each option to help visualize and compare them?
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Can you write down the advantages and disadvantages of each option to help visualize and compare them?
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- write — wrote — written
Reasoning connection
Decide · Choose between options → The advantage of [X] is [Y]; the downside is [Z].
direct structural cue · trade-off vocabularyCompare · Compare alternatives → Compared with [X], [Y] offers [Z].
direct structural cue · explicit comparison cueWhat about more complex decisions?
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What about more complex decisions?
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- more complex decisions
Have you heard of using a decision matrix?
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Have you heard of using a decision matrix?
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- hear — heard — heard^a decision matrix
No, what’s that?
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No, what’s that?
Can you list your options and criteria, then score each option based on how well it meets each criterion?
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Can you list your options and criteria, then score each option based on how well it meets each criterion?
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- meet — met — met
Reasoning connection
Decide · Choose between options → There is a trade-off between [X] and [Y].
supported reasoning cue · options plus explicit criteriaWhat if you need to make a quick decision?
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What if you need to make a quick decision?
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- make — made — made^a quick decision
Can you set a time limit and gather only essential information to avoid analysis paralysis?
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Can you set a time limit and gather only essential information to avoid analysis paralysis?
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- set — set — set^a time limit^only essential information
Any tools you recommend?
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Any tools you recommend?
Have you tried decision-making apps like Decision Matrix or simple spreadsheets?
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Have you tried decision-making apps like Decision Matrix or simple spreadsheets?
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- decision-making apps
No, are they helpful?
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No, are they helpful?
Yes, they help organize your thoughts.
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Yes, they help organize your thoughts.
Would you try them?
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Would you try them?
Any lifehacks for better decision-making?
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Any lifehacks for better decision-making?
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- better decision-making
Have you heard of the "two-minute rule"?
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Have you heard of the "two-minute rule"?
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- hear — heard — heard^the "two-minute rule
No, what’s that?
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No, what’s that?
If a decision can be made in two minutes or less, can you make it immediately to avoid wasting time?
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If a decision can be made in two minutes or less, can you make it immediately to avoid wasting time?
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- make — made — made^make — made — made
I ’ll try the pros and cons list and the two-minute rule.
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I’ll try the pros and cons list and the two-minute rule.
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- the pros and cons list^the two-minute rule
Reasoning connection
Decide · Choose between options → The advantage of [X] is [Y]; the downside is [Z].
direct structural cue · trade-off vocabularyThanks for the advice!
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Thanks for the advice!
You ’re welcome.
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You’re welcome.
Let me know how it goes!
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Let me know how it goes!
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- let — let — let^know — knew — known^go — went — gone
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