Name the Narrator
Catch the inner critic turning a small choice into an identity test, and rename it.
The concept
The unreliable narrator at the decision desk
Gottlieb's clinical observation: decision fatigue often isn't the volume of choices, it's the volume of choices the inner critic has secretly upgraded into referendums on your worth. Naming the narrator demotes the stakes.
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How people ran this
Used this before a portfolio review. Sat with the dread for 8 minutes, then opened Figma and just shipped the worst version. Got the best feedback of my year.
Maya, product designer
Ran it during a planning week when I kept rewriting the same doc. Three rough versions in 15 minutes — my staff eng picked the one I least liked.
Jordan, eng manager
I'm a chronic deleter. The 'name the feeling' step was the unlock. It was almost always shame, not perfectionism.
Anon
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