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Options down the side, what matters across the top. Gut-score each cell, watch the lean appear. Four of each, max — anything bigger is a spreadsheet pretending to help.
A real decision matrix invites twelve criteria and weighted scoring, and three hours later you've built a spreadsheet instead of a decision. Four options and four things that matter is the whole playground — if it doesn't fit, the decision needs shrinking, not a bigger grid.
Do this now: name the decision you're circling, score every cell on gut alone, and go with the lean unless your stomach objects.
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