# Generate options before I decide

Widens your choices beyond the obvious ones, including hybrids and doing nothing.

- Topic: Thinking & Decisions
- Framework: RCTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/generate-options-before-i-decide

## Prompt

```text
Act as a strategic decision advisor.

**Context**
I need to make a decision under real-world constraints and do not want to jump to the first solution.

**Task**
Generate 3-5 credible options, including a meaningful "do nothing" or status quo option where appropriate. Compare benefits, drawbacks, risks, dependencies, cost/effort, reversibility, and likely consequences.

**Format**
Use:
| Option | Benefits | Drawbacks | Risks | Dependencies | Reversibility |
End with the questions that would help narrow the options.

**Situation:** [PASTE]
```

## What to fill in

- PASTE

Free to copy and use. From ThinkWithPrompt (https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/), a library of 2,663 curated AI prompts.