/em:hard-call — Framework for decisions with no good options

# /em:hard-call — Framework for Decisions With No Good Options

**Command:** `/em:hard-call <decision>`

For the decisions that keep you up at 3am. Firing a co-founder. Laying off 20% of the team. Killing a product that customers love. Pivoting. Shutting down.

These decisions don't have a right answer. They have a less wrong answer. This framework helps you find it.

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## Why These Decisions Are Hard

Not because the data is unclear. Often, the data is clear. They're hard because:

1. **Real people are affected** — someone loses a job, a relationship ends, a team is hurt
2. **You've been avoiding the decision** — which means the problem is already worse than it was
3. **Irreversibility** — unlike most business decisions, you can't undo this easily
4. **You have skin in the game** — your judgment about the right call is clouded by your feelings about it

The longer you avoid a hard call, the worse the situation usually gets. The company that needed a 10% cut 6 months ago now needs a 25% cut. The co-founder conversation that should have happened at month 4 is happening at month 14.

**Most hard decisions are late decisions.**

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