sys:fear-setting

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps founders and leaders overcome paralysis on hard choices by systematically naming fears, writing mitigations, and converting vague anxiety into measurable risk estimates so a clear decision emerges.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Structured Fear Inventory: Guides the user to list 5–15 specific fears tied to a single decision.
• Mitigation Framework: For each fear, prompts Prevent, Reduce, and Repair actions to make risks tractable.
• Quantitative Ratings: Captures Effort, Pain, and Likelihood on a 0–10 scale so perceptions can be compared to reality.
• Use Case: Useful in one-on-one founder mentoring, pre-termination reviews, product pivot decisions, and board prep to reveal the real cost of action versus inaction.

Quick Start

Guide me through a fear-setting exercise for the decision "firing my VP of Sales" and produce a list of fears with prevent/reduce/repair steps plus numeric ratings for effort, pain, and likelihood.