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A small practice for the missing alternative

A practical exercise: Write a smaller alternative that addresses the same need.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Decisions with a return path

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A decision is framed as accepting one plan or doing nothing.
  2. Write a smaller alternative that addresses the same need.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

Try a question

What are you asking another person to agree to, and can they comfortably decline?