Make quick gut decisions under time pressure. Options are eliminated at random - better choose your favorite quickly.
1. Set up your choices
Enter the options you're considering (e.g. Job A, Job B, Job C) and pick the elimination interval.
2. Start time pressure
Options will be eliminated randomly at each interval. Press any option to make it your final choice.
3. Trust your instincts
If you're too slow to decide, random chance will make all choices for you.
Some decisions suffer from too much deliberation. The more you analyze, the more paralyzed you become. Time pressure mode forces you to trust your gut instincts by creating artificial urgency around your choice. When options are being eliminated at random intervals, there's no time for endless pros-and-cons lists.
Research shows that our initial gut reactions often contain surprising wisdom. The adaptive unconscious processes complex information faster than our deliberate reasoning, especially for decisions involving personal preferences or values. Time pressure bypasses overthinking and taps into this intuitive knowledge.
The elimination interval can be tuned from lightning-fast 1-second eliminations to more contemplative 20-second windows. Faster intervals force a pure instinctual response, while slower timers allow for brief consideration while still maintaining urgency.
Each round automatically restarts the timer when an option is eliminated, keeping the pressure constant until you make an active choice. The visual countdown and progressive elimination create mounting tension that makes your final selection feel decisive and final.
Every interval (1-20 seconds, your choice), one option is randomly eliminated. The time pressure is meant to make you pick your favorite option before the random removal might eliminate it.
If you let all options except one get eliminated, that final remaining option becomes your choice. Sometimes indecision is a decision - and the process will make one for you.
Between 2 and 32 options. The tool works best with 4-12 choices: enough options to create meaningful elimination rounds, but not so many that the interface becomes cluttered.
The default of 5 seconds is a reasonable interval, but it really depends on your use case. Since this is a somewhat unique decision tool, feel free to experiment.