The deadline is Friday. What’s worth finding out, and what can I skip?

A plan for the time you have: what to find out, what to ignore, and a rule for the deadline.


When to use
When a decision has a hard deadline and you’re spending the time worrying instead of deciding.
Time
5 min

The prompt

I have to decide by , and I can give it about before then. I can’t research everything. Ask me up to three quick questions, all in one message, about what I already know and what’s at stake. Then give me a plan for that time: the one or two things most worth finding out and the fastest way to find each, what I can safely leave unknown, and a rule to apply at the deadline, in the form ‘if I’ve learned this, choose A, otherwise choose B.’ Keep it short enough to follow under pressure, and say what you assumed. If the deadline looks negotiable, say so.

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