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Writes a word-for-word script for a hard money conversation (salary, rent, a refund, a contract or a bill): the opening, a reply to each objection, your strongest point and your walk-away line, in your own voice.
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/checkmeNewThinking & DecisionsStress-tests a plan, idea, decision or argument before you commit: every flaw in your reasoning, the blind spots, the risks you are ignoring and the thing most likely to go wrong, without softening.
/checkme [your plan, idea, decision or argument] List everything that is wrong with my reasoning: the blind spots, the risks I am not looking at, and what is most likely to go wrong. No niceness. I need to hear this before I commit.
/compareNewThinking & DecisionsCompares two options with honest pros and cons for each, without choosing a winner unless asked, and adds what most people miss about each one and what you would regret if you picked wrong.
/compare [option A] vs [option B] List the honest pros and cons of each option. Do not name a winner unless I ask for one. For each option, add the point most people miss and what I would regret if I made the wrong choice.
/roastNewThinking & DecisionsGives a blunt critique of an idea, plan, resume, piece of writing or business, with no compliments: what is weak, what would fail and what a sharper person would change right away.
/roast [your idea, plan, resume, text or business] Tell me, with total honesty and no compliments, what is wrong with this. Point out the weak spots, what would fail, and what a person smarter than me would change straight away.
/scanitNewThinking & DecisionsReads a contract, terms, policy or listing line by line and points out each red flag, hidden fee, automatic renewal and trap, explained in plain English, marking the ones that could actually cost you money.
/scanit [contract, terms, policy or listing to check] Go through it line by line and list every red flag, hidden fee, automatic renewal and trap. Explain each in plain English and mark which of them could really cost me money.
Blunt Review of Your Logic, Assumptions and Hidden RisksNewThinking & DecisionsGoes back over the whole conversation and bluntly points out your errors in logic, weak assumptions, overconfidence and risks you have not considered, so you catch mistakes before they become costly.
Task: go back over everything in this conversation and find: - errors in my logic - assumptions that are weak - places where I am overconfident - risks I have not thought about Group the findings under these four headings. Be direct and do not soften anything. I need to spot the mistakes before they become expensive.