Question
How do I practice decision frameworks?
Quick Answer
List every decision you made in the past two weeks. Group them by type: hiring, purchasing, architectural, scheduling, prioritization, relationship. For each type, write down the process you actually used. Now compare: did the process match the stakes? Pick the one type where the mismatch is.
The most direct way to practice decision frameworks is through a focused exercise: List every decision you made in the past two weeks. Group them by type: hiring, purchasing, architectural, scheduling, prioritization, relationship. For each type, write down the process you actually used. Now compare: did the process match the stakes? Pick the one type where the mismatch is largest and draft a one-page framework — criteria, sequence, kill conditions — specific to that decision type. Use it for the next three instances.
Common pitfall: Building one master decision framework and applying it to everything. This is the 'man with a hammer' error Munger warned about. You'll either slow to a crawl on low-stakes decisions or dangerously simplify high-stakes ones. The failure feels like productivity — you have 'a system' — but the system ignores the structure of what it's processing.
This practice connects to Phase 23 (Decision Frameworks) — building it as a repeatable habit compounds over time.
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