Big Life Decision

Who it's for

Anyone facing a decision that changes the shape of their life and touches someone else's: a move, a change of direction, a family decision.

Output

• A decision document with a verdict, the trade-offs and the assumption that would change it
• A stress-tested financial picture and the real obstacle traced to its root cause
• A scored rehearsal of the conversation, retaken as often as you want with your trajectory charted
• Scored against published frameworks: the decision pre-mortem, a weighted decision matrix, stress testing and opportunity-cost analysis, the 5 Whys, and high-stakes dialogue with care-and-challenge communication

Program contents

1. Reaching a verdict — Life decision
2. Financial stress-testing — Personal finance
3. Clearing the obstacle — Problem Analysis
4. Delivering the decision — Difficult Conversation

How the program works

A self-serve program for anyone facing a decision that reshapes their life, built on Renatus. Three document rooms and one simulation room · Four weeks, one room a week · Unlimited attempts · Ongoing thereafter.

The rooms

Why this program exists

Big personal decisions rarely fail on logic. They fail because what matters most was never said out loud, because the money was hoped about rather than worked through, and because the person the decision touches most heard about it after it was made. This program prepares you for that through a decision worked through properly, a stress test on the money and the one obstacle in the way, and a rehearsal of the conversation before it counts. Ren guides each document as you answer it and pressure-tests whatever is vague, then plays the person you are telling as a real person would, so the rehearsal moves with what you say.

What you'll achieve

1. A decision document with a verdict, the trade-offs each option forces and the one assumption that would change the call
2. A stress-tested financial picture: what the decision costs, what it forecloses, and what stays true under a lost income or a downturn
3. The real obstacle in your way, traced to its root cause, with a recommended path and next steps
4. A scored rehearsal of the conversation, with the moment that earned each score and a recommended focus, retaken as often as you want with your trajectory charted

At a glance

Who it's for

Anyone facing a decision that changes the shape of their life and touches someone else's: a move, a change of direction, leaving a job or a business, going back to study, a family decision about care, children or where to live. It assumes a real decision is on the table with at least two options, and at least one person who is affected by it and needs to hear it from you. A decision about a job offer alone runs sharper through Career Decision; a decision about a move alone runs sharper through Relocation Plan.

Cadence

4 weeks

1

Reaching a verdict · Life decision · Read the verdict and the killer assumption; tell one trusted person the decision

2

Financial stress-testing · Personal finance · Read Stress Tests and Opportunity Cost; check the two figures the stress test turned on

3

Clearing the obstacle · Problem Analysis · Read the root cause; take the first next step

4

Delivering the decision · Difficult Conversation · Read Framing and Follow-through; have the real conversation

Session by session