It's a skill you can train, people that deal with customer service or sales tend to have it more developed. It is trainable because I was HORRIBLE at it, and n

It's a skill you can train, people that deal with customer service or sales tend to have it more developed. It is trainable because I was HORRIBLE at it, and now I can say I'm average/good, and I deliberately practiced. Also, if you are in management, you must exercise this more. Sometimes, you must make decisions quickly, and postponing them has consequences. One example that comes to mind is if a report misbehaves, you can't just let it go, you need to let them know about it (in private) quickly. One tip that helps is to think strategically: what are the first 3 steps? Or the most important 3 steps you could think of? Of course, your answer will have plenty of holes, but a good enough answer is typically good enough for those situations. You can train this daily with your other or family; talk with them, and instead of saying what is comfortable (the next token in your brain LLM), you try to say something better or more enjoyable. That will prompt you to think fast about a new solution. Like with blitz chess, if you want to improve at it, you need to play more using the fundamentals you know from the "slower" chess, which is what you already do now. It isn't as complex as you think, just more practice practice.