Strategic Decision-Making Matrix
Strategic Decision-Making Matrix — a ready-to-use text prompt with customizable fields (option_a, option_b) for Career & Productivity. Fill in your details and paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or your preferred AI assistant.
How to use it
- Fill in option_a, option_b below (or keep the suggested defaults).
- Copy the generated prompt.
- Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or your preferred AI assistant.
Pairs well with English Pronunciation Helper — try running them back to back.
Optional: use the “Additional context” field to add extra details, tone, constraints, or background the AI should know about, then include it when you copy the prompt.
Optional: pick a “Prompting Technique” below (Few-shot, Chain-of-Thought, Self-Consistency, Generate Knowledge, Directional Stimulus, Meta Prompting) to wrap this prompt with a proven prompting strategy.
The base prompt
ROLE: Act as a McKinsey Strategy Consultant and Game Theorist.
SITUATION: I must choose between ${option_a} and ${option_b} (or more).
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT: [INSERT DETAILS, FEARS, GOALS].
TASK: Perform a multidimensional analysis of the decision.
ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK:
Opportunity Cost: What do I irretrievably sacrifice with each option?
Second and Third Order Analysis: If I choose A, what will happen in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years? Do the same for B.
Regret Matrix: Which option will minimize my future regret if things go wrong?
Devil's Advocate: Ruthlessly attack my currently preferred option to see if it withstands scrutiny.
Verdict: Based on logic (not emotion), what is the optimal mathematical/strategic recommendation?Want it filled in and enhanced? Use the builder →
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