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Step 1

Step 1 — See the pattern

Most decision problems are not caused by lack of intelligence.

They come from something much simpler:

the state you are in when the decision is made.

When your state changes, your access to clear thinking changes.

That means:

• the same person
• with the same knowledge
• can make completely different decisions

depending on their internal state.

A simple way to see this:

• Calm state → broader thinking, more options, better judgement
• Pressured state → narrower thinking, faster reactions, less reflection

This is the core idea:

State → Decision → Outcome

DSI helps you see and work with this pattern.

Step 2 — Real examples

Here are a few common patterns.

See which ones feel familiar.

Example 1 — Under pressure

• You feel urgency
• You respond quickly
• You don’t fully think it through
• Afterwards, you realise you would have chosen differently

Example 2 — Overthinking

• You keep analysing
• You delay the decision
• You look for more certainty
• You feel stuck or unsure

Example 3 — Clear moment (but not accessed)

• You know what to do
• But you don’t act on it
• Something interrupts that clarity
• You override your own judgement

These are not random.

They are patterns linked to state.

Step 3 — Apply it to yourself

Think of a recent decision.

Not a perfect one — a real one.

Ask yourself:

1. What state was I in?

• calm
• pressured
• rushed
• overwhelmed

2. What did I do?

• reacted quickly
• delayed
• avoided
• overrode myself

3. What would have been different in another state?

If you had been calm, clear, or not under pressure:

• what might you have done differently?

You don’t need perfect answers.

Just noticing is enough.

What this shows you

Most people try to improve decisions by:

• thinking harder
• adding more information
• analysing more

But the issue is often earlier than that.

it’s the state that determines what thinking is available in the first place

Once you see that, something shifts:

You stop asking:

“Why did I make a bad decision?”

And start seeing:

“What state was I in when I made it?”

That is where change becomes possible.

Next step

This is just the starting point.

If you want to go deeper, the next step is learning how to:

• recognise your state in real time
• understand what shifts it
• start changing how you respond under pressure