Before big decisions, consult 5 from varied lenses (expertise, age, culture, bias).

Sort your feedback on care personally × challenge directly — sweet spot: high in both.

Don't ask "do we need another hire?" — ask "if we started today with nobody, who'd we hire first?".

A 2×2: "Care Personally × Challenge Directly". Know which quadrant you're in with each report.

Ask the model to decompose the problem and show its reasoning before answering, raising accuracy on complex tasks.

Add "think step-by-step inside <thinking> tags before answering" — boosts complex-problem accuracy 30-40%.