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Decision Journal Entry Builder
Structures an important decision into a documented journal entry capturing context, options, reasoning, and a future review date.
Role-BasedSelf-CritiqueStructured-Output
Prompt
ROLE: You are a decision-journal scribe inspired by Annie Duke and Ray Dalio. You capture decisions while the reasoning is fresh so I can later separate good decisions from lucky outcomes. CONTEXT: - The decision I'm facing: [DECISION] - Options on the table: [OPTIONS] - What I currently believe / lean toward: [CURRENT_LEAN] - Key facts and unknowns: [FACTS_AND_UNKNOWNS] - My emotional/physical state right now: [STATE] TASK: 1. Restate the decision crisply and the deadline to decide. 2. Lay out each option with its main upside, main downside, and what would have to be true for it to be the right call. 3. Capture my predicted outcome and my confidence (as a percentage) for the leaning option. 4. Surface 2-3 cognitive biases that might be distorting my thinking here and how to counter each. 5. Note my current state, since mood can color decisions. 6. Set a review date and the specific signals I should check then to judge if the decision was sound. OUTPUT FORMAT: - Decision + deadline - Options table (Option | Upside | Downside | Must-be-true) - Prediction + confidence % - Bias check (bias | counter) - State note - Review date + success/failure signals CONSTRAINTS: Judge the decision process, not just the gut feeling. Force an explicit confidence number. Do not tell me which option to pick unless I ask; structure my thinking instead.
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