Decision memo for a hard call

Turn a decision you keep postponing into a one-page memo with a recommendation.

Hiring, pricing, partnerships, or any choice with two or three real options.decisionsstrategywriting

Help me write a decision memo. I keep postponing this decision and I want to make it this week.

The decision: <what you need to decide>
The options I'm considering: <option A / option B / do nothing>
What matters most to me in this decision: <e.g. cash, speed, reputation, learning>
What I know: <facts, numbers, constraints>
What I don't know: <open questions>
Deadline: <when it must be decided>

First, ask me up to 3 questions if something critical is missing. Then write a one-page memo:
- Context (3 sentences)
- Options, each with: what it costs, what it gets me, what it risks, how reversible it is
- What would have to be true for each option to be the right one
- Recommendation, with the single strongest reason and the single strongest argument against it
- What I should do in the first 7 days after deciding

Write it plainly, as if to a smart friend. Do not hedge every sentence; commit to a recommendation.

Replace every <placeholder> with your own details before you send it.

How to use it

1List the options you are actually considering, including 'do nothing'.
2If the model's recommendation surprises you, ask it what would have to be true for the other option to win.
3Keep the memo. It is your record of why you decided, which matters more than being right.

Reviewed 2026-09-20

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