Decision Journal · Private Beta

Think clearly.
Decide wisely.
Learn always.

Your AI decision coach that captures what you’re deciding and why, flags cognitive biases before they take hold, and turns every outcome into a lesson. No templates. No forms. Just a conversation.

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Today · 9:14 AM
I’m deciding whether to launch our beta next week or wait another month to polish the onboarding.
What’s driving the pull to launch next week? Is it calendar pressure, competitive timing, or something else?
Honestly mostly anxiety. And I told some early users it’d be ready.
That’s useful to name. So the decision is: launch with rough onboarding and keep a commitment, or delay and preserve quality. What does success look like 6 weeks from now?
Commitment & consistency bias — you may be anchoring on the promise, not the readiness
Bias flagged: commitment & consistency
Decision captured · outcome review in 6 weeks
Built on ideas fromDaniel KahnemanAnnie DukeShane Parrish
Why it matters

Great decisions
aren’t luck.

The researchers, authors, and investors who think clearest all share one habit: they write down what they believe before they know how it turns out.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your decisions.
Shane Parrish
Author, The Great Mental Models
We can’t control outcomes, but we can control the quality of our decision-making process.
Annie Duke
Author, Thinking in Bets
If you don’t know why you decided, you can’t learn from how it turned out.
Venkatesh Rao
Author, Tempo
How it works

Three habits.
One conversation.

DJ folds three evidence-based practices into a single interaction — so you don’t have to change your workflow to improve your thinking.

01

Capture intent before outcome

Most learning happens after outcomes are known — which means memory rewrites the reasoning. DJ records what you believed and why at the moment of decision, before hindsight can corrupt it.

02

Surface bias in real time

DJ knows 157 cognitive biases and watches for the specific patterns that distort your thinking. It only speaks up when your conversation has enough context to make it worth flagging.

03

Turn outcomes into lessons

When you revisit a past decision, DJ surfaces what you predicted, compares it to what happened, and helps you extract the update — without the usual self-serving narrative.

The product

Decision-making
that actually sticks.

Most decision frameworks live in a book you read once. DJ lives in the conversation you’re having right now.

Step 01

The conversation is the journal.

You don’t fill out forms. You talk to DJ like you’d think out loud — messy, partial, honest. DJ listens, asks the right questions, and structures the decision behind the scenes.

No templates. No friction. Decision-making feels like a conversation.
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Step 02

Bias caught before it matters.

DJ doesn’t lecture you with a list of 157 biases. It flags one specific bias, one specific time, in one specific decision where it actually applies.

Surfaced: Overconfidence Effect · Timeline estimation for launch
See all 157 biases
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Step 03

The reflection teaches you.

Six weeks later, DJ comes back. It shows you what you wrote then, asks what happened, and helps you close the loop — not to judge, but to calibrate.

Outcome logged → calibration update queued
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Pricing

Free during beta.
Priced fairly after.

All waitlist members get free access during the private beta. Pricing below takes effect at public launch — no surprises.

Beginner

Start thinking better.

$5/mo

For individuals exploring structured decision-making.

  • 20 decisions / month
  • Bias detection on every decision
  • 6-week outcome reflections
  • Export to Markdown
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Practitioner

Build a real track record.

$20/mo

For serious decision-makers who want to improve over time.

  • Unlimited decisions
  • Full bias library (157 patterns)
  • Decision quality score
  • Long-term calibration reports
  • Priority support
Coming soon
Expert

Run decision reviews with your team.

$75/mo

For teams that want a shared decision record and group accountability.

  • Up to 5 team members
  • Shared decision library
  • Group bias reports
  • Slack / Notion export
  • Dedicated onboarding
Questions

What you’re probably
wondering.

Still not sure? Email us — Brian replies personally.

How is this different from a regular journal?

A regular journal is freeform — you write what you remember, after the fact. DJ captures decisions at the moment they're made, structures them automatically, and comes back to surface what you predicted vs what happened. The difference is calibration: you can actually see if you're getting better.

Do I have to remember to log decisions?

No. The intent is that DJ lives in your workflow — you talk to it when you're weighing something, and it handles the structure. There's no 'log a decision' button you have to remember to press. You just have the conversation.

How does the bias detection work?

DJ has been trained on the 157 most common cognitive biases in decision-making contexts. It watches for patterns in your conversation — not to lecture you, but to surface a specific bias when the conversation has enough context to make it relevant. It's designed to feel like a smart friend noticing something, not a Wikipedia search.

What happens to my data?

Your decisions are private by default. We don't use your decision content to train models without your explicit opt-in. Decisions are stored encrypted at rest. You can export or delete everything at any time.

Is there a free trial?

During private beta, access is completely free — no card, no timer. Join the waitlist and we'll send you an invite code when a spot opens. Pricing takes effect at public launch, and early members get advance notice before anything changes.

Can I use this for team decisions?

The Expert plan supports up to 5 team members with a shared decision library and group bias reports. Team-level calibration reports (how good is this team at predicting outcomes?) are on our roadmap for Q3.

Get off the
sidelines.

Decision Journal is in private beta. Join the waitlist and we’ll send you an invite code when a spot opens up. Free during beta — no card needed.

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