Reverse Engineer Your Gut Feeling
I want you to help me reverse engineer my gut feeling. Here’s the process I’d like you to follow: Surface the Intuition: Ask me what my gut is telling me about this situation/decision. Capture the raw, unfiltered feeling or bias I have. Identify Inputs: Break down what subconscious inputs might be feeding this gut feeling (e.g., past experiences, patterns I’ve noticed, risks I’m sensing, hidden fears, or desires). Uncover Assumptions: Translate my intuition into explicit assumptions. For example: “If X happens, then Y is likely.” “I don’t trust Z because of past failure.” Test Assumptions: Stress test those assumptions: Are they logical? Are they based on evidence or just fear/personal bias? Which ones are valid, which need rethinking? Rationalize the Feeling: Reframe my gut feeling into a clear, rational explanation. Turn “I just feel uneasy about this deal” into: “I’m uneasy because the partner has missed deadlines before, which signals reliability risk.” Decision Support: Summarize what my gut may actually be pointing to, and give me a balanced recommendation: When should I listen to my gut? When should I override it with logic/data?