Facing a decision? Sometimes it's best to trust your gut. Rate options quickly based on how they feel to you.
1. Add your options
Example: Job A, Job B, Job C
2. Start instinct choice
Each option appears with a 5-second timer. Click on the gradient where it feels right.
3. Decide quickly
Don't analyze - go with your gut. If you don't click in time, the option gets a neutral score.
Press Start Instinct Choice to begin
Research consistently shows that our subconscious minds process far more information than we consciously realize. That gut feeling is real: it's your brain rapidly synthesizing countless subtle factors you can't articulate. When facing decisions where you have reasonable knowledge but feel stuck in analysis, trusting your instinctive response often leads to surprisingly good outcomes.
Our instinct choice tool forces you to bypass overthinking by giving you just 5 seconds to rate each option. There's no time for mental pros-and-cons lists or second-guessing. You simply click where it feels right on the gradient, capturing your immediate emotional response to each choice.
The 5-second timer isn't arbitrary - it's based on research into thin-slice judgments. Studies show that decisions made in the first few seconds often align remarkably well with choices made after extensive deliberation. Your initial reaction captures emotional intelligence and pattern recognition that slower, analytical thinking can sometimes obscure.
The gradient interface translates your feelings into quantifiable data. Instead of forcing binary good/bad judgments, you can express the intensity and nuance of your gut reaction. An option might feel slightly positive, moderately exciting, or absolutely thrilling - the gradient captures these distinctions that traditional ranking methods miss.
Some decisions are fundamentally about how something will make you feel rather than logical optimization. Which apartment will feel like home? Which career path will energize you? Which vacation will actually recharge you? These choices benefit from emotional data more than spreadsheet analysis.
The shuffled presentation prevents you from gaming the system or maintaining mental rankings as you go. Each option gets a fair emotional assessment without the bias of comparison or order effects. We strongly recommend you set up the options and quickly start the tool, without doing a lot of analysis beforehand.
It automatically gets an almost neutral 45% score, meaning you had no strong positive or negative reaction. This is actually useful data: true enthusiasm or concern usually triggers an immediate response.
Normal ranking involves conscious comparison and analysis. This tool captures your immediate emotional response before your analytical mind takes over. The time pressure ensures you're measuring feelings, not thoughts.
Gut feelings work best when you have some experience or knowledge in the domain, and when the decision involves personal fit or emotional factors. For purely technical or unfamiliar decisions, combine instinct data with logical analysis.
It's a scale from bad feeling to great feeling, essentially measuring your immediate emotional response to each option. The left side represents options that feel wrong, unappealing, or stress-inducing, while the right represents excitement, comfort, or positive anticipation.
Yes, but your first run usually gives the purest gut reaction. Subsequent attempts may be influenced by conscious memory of your previous responses. If results vary significantly between runs, that suggests the decision may benefit from more analytical approaches.