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Administrative
Upward Stakeholder Management
Your boss has little time, many concerns — use 4 principles to be a smart stakeholder.
Social
Prep 1-on-1 With Manager
Prep your 1-on-1 with SBI + GROW: situation, behavior, impact, then open GROW questions.
Leadership
The Communication Cascade: Aligning Managers Before an Announcement
Before any major org announcement, brief your managers 48 hours ahead with a Q&A sheet so they're never surprised in front of their teams.
Psychological
Breath Counting to 10
Count breaths 1-10. If lost, restart. Simple beginner meditation.
Leadership
Ask, Don't Tell: The Manage-Up Rule
When you need to influence your manager, don't tell them the solution. Ask a question leading them. Their ownership > yours.
Administrative
Full No-Meeting Day
Designate one weekday with zero meetings — even from the CEO.
Psychological
Two-Minute Rule
Any new habit, start with 2-minute version — until established.
Parenting
Daily Read-Aloud
Read aloud to your child 15 min daily — even after he reads independently.
Parenting
Read-Aloud Beyond Age Seven
Keep reading aloud to your child to age 12, even if he reads alone — benefits go beyond language.
Digital & AI
Explicit Negative Constraints
State explicitly what you do not want in the output (words, styles, assumptions) to cut later editing.
Administrative
Five-Level Delegation Ladder
Delegate each task at one of five explicit levels instead of just "do it" or "don't".
Administrative
Non-Delegatable Task List
Explicitly write a list of 3-5 tasks you never delegate, and delegate everything else without hesitation.
Leadership
Onboarding Your Manager (Not the Reverse)
When joining a new manager (or they join you), give them YOUR user manual. How you work best? What annoys? What you need?
Psychological
Daily Behavioral Activation
In depression, exit "wait until I feel better" to "do then feel".
Psychological
Vagus Nerve Neck Stretch
Simple head tilt 30 sec each side activates vagus nerve.
Psychological
No-Screen First 30 Min
First 30 min of day — no phone. Everything changes.
Psychological
Crisis Survival
In intense crisis, no decisions. Calm first.
Psychological
Short Presence Prayer
One min at fixed daily time, any phrasing suiting you.
Professional
SBI Feedback Model
Deliver effective feedback in 3 parts (Situation—Behavior—Impact) so the other person hears you without defensiveness.
Professional
Stop at 80% Rule
Stop at 80% — don't bury in 20% perfectionism.
Professional
Eat the Frog
Hardest task is your first morning act — before email, before everything.
Professional
Rehearse Expected No
Imagine worst "no" before negotiation — respond flexibly vs shocked.
Professional
80/20 Demand Prioritization
Of 10 demands, 2 deserve 80% of your power. Focus there.
Professional
Graceful Exit Plan
Define how to exit failed negotiation without burning bridges.
Professional
How-Question Strategy
Instead of direct "no", say "how can I do that?" — opponent solves your problem.
Professional
Precise Request Framing
Instead of "I want raise", say "I want 15% raise due to X and Y, effective Jan 1".
Professional
Q&A Anticipation
Write 10 likely questions — prepare responses.
Professional
Internal Application Prep
Before applying to an internal role, schedule a 20-min exploration chat with the target team's manager.
Professional
1-on-1 Agenda Ownership
Don't let manager set 1-on-1 agenda — send 3 points one hour before meeting.
Professional
Stretch Project Volunteering
Each quarter, volunteer for a project outside your scope that earns new skill + visibility to new people.
Professional
Real-Time Not Saved
Don't hoard feedback until annual review — give within 24 hours of event.
Professional
After-Action Review
After project/event, 4 questions: expected, actual, why, lesson for next time.
Professional
Index Fund Investing
Instead of stock-picking, invest monthly in low-fee index fund and forget it.
Professional
25 Headlines
For each article/post, write 25 headlines before picking one — last 5 win quality.
Social
DESC Script for a Tough Conversation
Write four sentences: Describe the behavior, Express the impact, Specify the change, Consequences.
Social
Silent Loving-Kindness for a Difficult Person
Silently repeat four well-wishes toward a person who upsets you, even if you do not feel it at first.
Social
Avoid Self-Hijack
When you feel "similar story" hijacking, resist — don't interrupt with yours.
Social
Notice What's Unsaid
Notice topics he avoids — usually contain gold.
Social
Replace "Always/Never" With "Today/Now"
In fights, "you always..." is a no-return point. Swap with "today I noticed...".
Social
Verify Before Concluding
Before judging intent, call and ask — avoid 80% of misunderstandings.
Social
Mentor-Need Matching
Use a matrix to match the right mentor with your real need before asking.
Administrative
Post-Delegation SBI Feedback
After any delegated task completes, deliver feedback in Situation-Behavior-Impact format.
Administrative
Post-Delegation Time Tracking
For one month, measure: how many hours go to "following-up" delegated tasks? Target < 20%.
Administrative
Stakeholder Map Before Delegating
Before delegating a sensitive task, map who must know and who must agree.
Administrative
Keyboard Shortcut Audit
Per daily-used tool: learn 5 shortcuts — minutes/day saved = hours/year.
Administrative
First-Hour Communications Plan
First hour of crisis: who to inform, what to say, how.
Administrative
Mediating Conflicting Stakeholders
When stakeholder A wants X, B wants opposite: don't pick — surface underlying interests.
Administrative
Stakeholder Expectation-Reset Conversation
When you realize you won't meet a past promise, announce it early in a specific format — don't wait until the deadline for the stakeholder to discover it themselves.
Leadership
Inversion Thinking (Munger)
Instead of asking "how do I succeed?" ask "what guarantees failure?" then avoid it.
Leadership
Second-Order Thinking
Don't stop at the immediate consequence; ask "and then what?" three times.
Leadership
Culture Map for Global Teams (Meyer)
8 cultural scales (communicating, evaluating, persuading, leading, deciding, trusting, disagreeing, scheduling) to understand why your global team clashes.
Leadership
Monkey Management
Each time a report brings a problem, the monkey jumps on your back. Your job: keep it on theirs.
Leadership
Mini Pre-Mortem for Leaders
15 min before a big decision: imagine it failed a year later, list 5 likely causes with mitigations.
Leadership
Responding to the Innovator's Dilemma
Your current profitable products kill your future innovations. This exercise spins off an innovation unit before too late.
Leadership
Conflict with Your Manager: DESC Model
Manager crossed a line or made an error affecting you. DESC: Describe, Express, Specify, Consequence. Each in a sentence.
Leadership
Managing a Micromanaging Boss
Instead of resisting excessive control, get ahead of it with frequent, detailed voluntary updates — they may stop monitoring once they feel they don't need to.
Parenting
Relationship with Homework, Not the Homework
Don't sit and solve with your child — sit nearby supporting his relationship with work.
Parenting
No Comparing Between Siblings
Never compare your children — even positive comparison destroys their bond.
Parenting
Avoiding the Parental "Peacekeeper" Trap
Your quick intervention to stop every squabble robs your children of learning to solve it themselves — deliberate delay beats over-hasty intervention.
Digital & AI
Password Manager Adoption
Replace one reused password across 30 accounts with unique long ones, stored in an encrypted manager.