What PLAN
define situation, issue,
problem, opportunity
Use your intuition
What feels right?
What do you think will happen?
Use intuition as a "lead" rather than as a solution. Investigate what might be causing your hunch or gut feeling and dig deeper until you find it.
Consider what you already know
Have you tried something similar before?
Do you know how somebody is likely to react?
Have you seen something done or could you read about others' experiences with a situation?
Could you ask others?
Can you try something out or gather data that might suggest what could happen?
Detect your own bias
Invent hypothetical situations related to your objective
Whatif
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Consider the worst-case scenario
Is the worst case something you and others could tolerate? Could you clean up a mess, try again later, apologize, lose a bit of money, or cope with criticism or rejection?
Is the worst case something you could plan for, avoid, or mitigate?
How likely is the worst case, and how likely is an undesirable outcome?
Consider the best-case scenario
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What can you do to bias the outcome towards the best case?
Where should you set your goals?
How likely is the best case, and how likely is a desirable outcome?
Think of possible actions to take
Evaluate those actions
Based on your experience and knowledge about how such events usually turn out, choose or narrow down which action to take.
Prepare, Try it, Adjust.