Explain My Decision To Me

Often you already know what you think — you just haven't heard yourself say it. This is a sounding board: you talk through a decision, and it reflects your reasoning back in a structured way, names the values underneath, points out where you contradict yourself, and asks the question that brings it into focus. It doesn't decide for you; it helps you decide, which is a different and often better thing.

What This Skill Produces

• Your reasoning, reflected — a clear restatement of what you've actually said, so you can hear it
• The values underneath — what your reasoning reveals you actually care about (often clearer than you realized)
• The contradictions — where what you're saying doesn't line up (a strong signal about the real answer)
• The gaps — what you haven't figured out or are talking around
• The clarifying question — the single question that would bring the decision into focus

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

• The decision — what you're trying to figure out
• Your current thinking — talk it through, messy is fine
• What's making it hard — the tension or the stuck point
• What you want from this — clarity, permission, or a real answer