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Digital & AI
Essentialism Applied to Tech
For every new tech, ask: "Do I gain more than I lose?" — most: no.
Psychological
Best Possible Self
Write 15 min about best version of self in 5 years — you may see self.
Administrative
Worst-Best-Expected Scenario Analysis
Each big decision: 3 numeric scenarios, not "hope for the best".
Leadership
Sponsorship vs. Mentorship for Underrepresented Talent
Mentorship means giving advice in the room; sponsorship means saying their name in rooms they don't attend — deliberately practice the latter, not just the former.
Professional
BATNA Preparation
Define your Best Alternative before negotiating so you never accept a deal worse than what you already have.
Leadership
Saying Yes to a Bad-Seeming Idea to Test It Cheaply
When an idea seems intuitively bad but its test cost is low, approve it as a cheap experiment instead of rejecting it on intuition alone.
Social
Empathic Frame
Starting assumption: "people do their best with what they have".
Parenting
Screen-Free Family Dinner
All phones and TV out during dinner — at least one daily meal.
Digital & AI
Escaping the Social Comparison Trap
When you feel envy after opening Instagram, write: "I see someone's best moments, I live my current one".
Digital & AI
SIFT Method for Fact-Checking
Stop, Investigate source, Find better coverage, Trace claim to primary source. 30 sec exposes 90%.
Administrative
Compute Takt Time
Customer beat: if demand is 8 units in 8 hours, takt = 1 hour per unit.
Psychological
Decatastrophizing
Break "imagined worst" into realistic probabilities and your coping capacity.
Psychological
Sleep Hygiene Protocol
10 simple rules transform your sleep if followed 14 days.
Professional
Grayscale Phone
Turn phone to grayscale — reduces appeal 50%+.
Professional
Personal Board of Directors
Appoint 5 people as your "personal career board" and review big decisions with them annually.
Professional
Opportunity Cost Audit
For each "yes" this week, write the implicit "no" that came with it.
Professional
Ask Before You Give
Before giving feedback, ask recipient what type of feedback they want this week.
Professional
Edit by Subtraction
After draft, cut every word not serving meaning — target: cut 50% of words.
Professional
Hemingway-Style Self-Edit
Edit draft Hemingway-style: short sentences, simple words, no flashy adverbs.
Professional
Tiny Habit Stacking
Don't target "meditate 30 min" — target "one breath after coffee".
Professional
Compassion Fatigue Check
If in helping work, answer 5 monthly questions revealing compassion fatigue.
Social
Reclaim Credit Without Confrontation
If your idea is publicly credited to another, correct the record with three friendly specific sentences immediately.
Social
"Best Part" Question
Replace the rote "how are you" with "what was the best part of your week?".
Administrative
Plus-Delta Retro in the Last Two Minutes
End every meeting with: what worked (+) and what we change next time (Δ).
Administrative
ICE Scoring for Ideas
Score each idea on Impact, Confidence, Ease — pick the highest sum.
Administrative
"Kill or Develop" Challenge for Active Projects
Each active project: continue or kill? No "waiting" middle ground.
Administrative
The "Never Delegate This" List
Identify 5-7 tasks that must stay with you, so you delegate everything else with peace.
Administrative
Plus/Delta Review at Meeting's End
Last 3 minutes: what worked? What do we improve next meeting?
Administrative
ADKAR Readiness Diagnosis
Each affected employee: score 5 dimensions — awareness, desire, knowledge, ability, reinforcement.
Administrative
Batch-to-Single-Piece Flow
Instead of processing 50 in one batch, process 1 then pass — faster, fewer errors.
Administrative
Dashboard Hygiene
Every quarter: review dashboard — drop unused, add needed, refresh targets.
Administrative
Monthly Variance Analysis
Monthly: planned vs actual — focus on variances >5%, dig into causes.
Administrative
Switch-Cost Analysis
Before renewing expensive vendor: compute real switch cost — may be less than you think.
Leadership
Handling a Toxic High-Performer
When a member delivers excellent results but destroys team morale, separate performance from behavior via a clear standard and a direct honest conversation.
Leadership
Coaching for Confidence vs. Coaching for Competence
First diagnose: does the person lack an actual skill (competence), or have it but not trust using it (confidence)? The treatment is entirely different for each.
Leadership
Killing Zombie Projects Gracefully
Identify projects no longer worth continuing but not yet officially cancelled, and end them with dignity, not silent postponement.
Parenting
GROW Model for Kids
Use the GROW coaching model (Goal, Reality, Options, Will) to teach your child self-problem-solving.
Parenting
Board Game Evenings
Two weekly hours of family board games — builds executive function, rule-following, losing gracefully.
Digital & AI
Time-Blocking with Pre-Naming
Each morning, write a schedule naming what you'll do each 15-min slot — fewer decisions, 2x output.
Digital & AI
Monthly Mass Unsubscribe
First Saturday each month, mass-unsubscribe from 20 newsletters/channels/lists.
Digital & AI
Using AI as Your Plan's Devil's Advocate
Before executing a major decision, ask AI to attack your plan with the strongest possible arguments — not politely agree with it.
Psychological
Graded Exposure Hierarchy
Rank your fears from least to most anxiety-provoking, then face one each week.
Psychological
Daily Behavioral Activation
In depression, exit "wait until I feel better" to "do then feel".
Psychological
Mind-Reading Challenge
You assume what others think of you — but never asked.
Psychological
Passengers on the Bus
You're the bus driver. Hard thoughts are noisy passengers, but you stay on the road.
Psychological
Willingness vs Willfulness
Willingness to accept reality as is, not willfulness rejecting it — subtle but powerful.
Professional
Probe Final Price
Ask "is this your best?" 3 times — opponent lowers.
Professional
3-Sentence Email
Every email = 3 sentences or less. If can't, call.
Social
The Generous Backstory
Invent at least three plausible reasons for a behavior that upset you, before you judge.
Social
The Graded Social Exposure Ladder
Build a 5-7 step ladder of social situations ordered from least to most anxiety, climb one rung per week.
Social
Specific Request
Instead of "be better", request "reply to my message within 24h".
Social
Graceful Conversation Exit
Use: "I'd love to continue but I need X — can I come back later?" — no-awkward exit.
Social
Intergenerational Friendships
Build a friendship with someone at least 15 years older or younger.
Social
Master Voice Notes
Use voice notes efficiently: under 90 sec, segmented, title-first.
Administrative
Fast-Response Suggestion System
Collect improvement suggestions from staff, but the critical rule: respond within 48 hours to every one — no neglected box.
Administrative
Standard Work as the Improvement Baseline
You cannot improve what isn't first documented as a standard — document today's best-known method before searching for a better one.
Administrative
Micro-Charter for Small Initiatives
For tasks under two weeks, a three-line charter instead of the full page — same protection, less friction.
Leadership
Hedgehog Concept: Passion-Excellence-Engine Intersection
Find the intersection of what your team loves, what it can be best-in-world at, and what drives the highest return.
Leadership
Expected Value Calculation
Don't choose by "most likely outcome" — multiply each outcome's probability by its value, then sum.
Leadership
Regret Minimization (Bezos)
Imagine yourself at 80 looking back — which option causes the least regret?