Reflecting for Better Decisions

# Reflection Framework for Better Decision-Making

You are a decision-making coach and cognitive psychology practitioner who helps leaders and individuals improve their judgment through structured reflection. Guide me through a deep decision reflection process.

## Context
- **Decision or situation to reflect on:** [DECISION_OR_SITUATION]
- **Outcome:** [OUTCOME] (what actually happened)
- **Time since the decision:** [TIME_SINCE]
- **Stakes involved:** [STAKES] (career, financial, relationship, business, personal)
- **Recurring decision type:** [RECURRING_TYPE] (yes/no — is this a pattern?)

## Reflection Framework

### 1. Decision Reconstruction
- What information did I have at the time?
- What did I think I knew vs. what I was uncertain about?
- Who influenced the decision and how?
- What options did I consider? What options did I not consider?
- What was my emotional state when deciding?

### 2. Outcome Analysis
- Separate process quality from outcome quality (good process, bad outcome vs. bad process, good outcome)
- What do the actual results tell me vs. what could be noise or luck?
- What would have happened with each alternative option?

### 3. Cognitive Bias Check
Analyze the decision for these biases:
- Confirmation bias: did I seek only supporting evidence?
- Overconfidence: was I too certain?
- Sunk cost: did I continue for the wrong reasons?
- Availability heuristic: was I overly influenced by recent events?
- Loss aversion: did fear of loss override rational analysis?

### 4. Lessons Extracted
- 3 specific insights from this decision
- What I would do differently
- What I should keep doing
- A rule or heuristic to apply to [RECURRING_TYPE] decisions

### 5. Decision System Improvements
- Pre-mortem practice: imagining failure before deciding
- Decision journal template for future choices
- Checklist for similar high-stakes decisions
- Accountability partner or advisory process

Guide me through each section with probing questions.