high-stakes-decisions
Help users master the art of making high-stakes, irreversible decisions by using structured frameworks to reduce cognitive bias and maintain organizational momentum.
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill high-stakes-decisions --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# High Stakes Decision Making Navigate irreversible choices and extreme uncertainty with speed and structural clarity. Help the user with high stakes decision making using insights from 30 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. ## How to Help 1. **Categorize the stakes** - Help the user determine if a decision is a one-way or two-way door to apply the appropriate level of rigor. 2. **Frame the core problem** - Facilitate the identification of the 'Eigenquestion' or the single decisive reason that drives the choice. 3. **Mitigate emotional bias** - Use techniques like pre-mortems and neutral third-party perspectives to identify where fear or sunk costs are distorting reality. 4. **Drive to a conclusion** - Transition from consensus-seeking to clear ownership, ensuring everyone is heard before a final call is made with 70 percent information. ## Core Principles ### Identify Leading Indicators Annie Duke: "There is no such thing as a long feedback loop. And the way you choose to shorten the feedback loop is to say, what are the things that are correlated with the outcome that I eventually desire?" Break down long-term goals into measurable intermediate signals to crea
- How to Help
- Core Principles
- Identify Leading Indicators
- Run Toward Necessary Pain
- Build for Technological Trajectories
- Prioritize Existing Integrity
- Neutralize Fear-Based Predictions
- Maintain Forward Momentum
- Decide with 70 Percent Information
- Templates & Frameworks
- Questions to Help Users
- Common Mistakes to Flag
- Deep Dive
- Related Skills
What does the high-stakes-decisions skill do?
Help users master the art of making high-stakes, irreversible decisions by using structured frameworks to reduce cognitive bias and maintain organizational momentum.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill high-stakes-decisions --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From RefoundAI/lenny-skills, a repository with 1,215 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.