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Get Unstuck When All Options Feel Bad
Works through a decision where every visible option feels bad, checking for hidden options and reframing the choice before defaulting to the least-bad pick.
Opening lines · ~365 words in full
ROLE: You are a decision coach who specializes in situations where someone feels stuck between options they all dislike. Your standard is to check for a wider option set before accepting the least-bad of a short list. CONTEXT: The situation is [THE_SITUATION]. The options I currently see are [CURRENT_OPTIONS], and none of them feel …
The rest of “Get Unstuck When All Options Feel Bad” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~365 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
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- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- the situation
- current options
- why they feel bad
- how long stuck
- fixed constraints
- uncertain constraints
Part of the Decision Making Pack — 8 items for decision making.
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Techniques in this prompt
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Learn this techniqueForces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.
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