Weighing Several Options | Jack Lack's Listening Chair

Some decisions don't come down to a simple either/or. There are three, four, sometimes five paths that all seem reasonable, and holding them all in your head at once is where the difficulty really lives — not in a lack of information. This tool won't choose for you. It helps you set out what you already know, clearly enough to see it properly.

One factor deserves more weight than the rest: whether a choice can be undone if it turns out wrong. This tool asks you to flag those specifically, rather than treat every factor as equally weighty.

If you're weighing only two options, Personal Decision Assistant 3 — Choosing Between Two Options is built for exactly that, and may suit you better than this one.

Step one

Name your options

Between three and five, as you'd say them out loud

Is not doing anything, for now, genuinely one of the options here? It usually is, even when it doesn't feel like a real choice.

Step two

What actually matters here

Add each thing this decision turns on

Name a factor, then say how well each option fits it. Tick "Can't easily reverse out" if getting this one wrong would be hard or impossible to undo.

Step three

The gut check

Before you look at the summary below

Setting the list aside for a moment — which option is your gut actually leaning toward? If your gut and the summary below disagree, what do you think that's telling you?

Step four

Where this leaves you

A plain reading, not a score

Name your options and add at least one completed factor to see a summary here.