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Social
3-Layer Daily Gratitude
Each evening: event + person + a hard angle that held good — anxiety prophylaxis.
Leadership
Anatomy of a Difficult Conversation (Stone & Heen)
3 conversations within every difficult one: "what happened", "feelings", "identity". Separate them and succeed.
Professional
Eat the Frog
Hardest task is your first morning act — before email, before everything.
Administrative
Managing the Difficult Stakeholder
Before labeling someone "difficult", diagnose the specific type: are they anxious, ignored, or genuinely conflicted in interest?
Psychological
Implementation Intention (If-Then)
"If X happens, I will do Y" — doubles to triples adherence.
Professional
Difficult Feedback Rehearsal
Before tough talk, role-play as recipient and respond to your script — uncover blow-up points.
Professional
After-Action Review
After project/event, 4 questions: expected, actual, why, lesson for next time.
Social
DESC Script for a Tough Conversation
Write four sentences: Describe the behavior, Express the impact, Specify the change, Consequences.
Social
4-7-8 Breath Before the Event
5 min before the event, do 4 cycles of 4-inhale, 7-hold, 8-exhale — your nervous system calms.
Leadership
Build a Hard Conversation with DESC
4 steps: Describe (situation), Express (impact), Specify (change), Consequences (outcomes).
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.
Administrative
One-Week Kaizen Event
Small team, one process, 5 full days for radical improvement — not "open project".
Psychological
The "And Then What?" Decatastrophizing Chain
Run the catastrophe scenario through to the end instead of stopping at peak terror.
Psychological
ABC Model Map
Event (A) → Belief (B) → Consequence (C): break the assumption that events cause emotions directly.
Professional
Real-Time Not Saved
Don't hoard feedback until annual review — give within 24 hours of event.
Psychological
Expansion vs Resistance
Open space for hard sensation in your body instead of suppressing or fleeing.
Social
ABC Trace for an Anger Flare
In anger, dissect: Antecedent → Belief → Consequence.
Psychological
RAIN Meditation
Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture — four steps to heal a hard emotion.
Psychological
Pre-Sleep 4-7-8 Breath
Inhale 4, hold 7, exhale 8 — repeat 4 times. Hardest people sleep.
Psychological
Stimulus-Response Gap
Between event and reaction — there's a gap. You choose in it.
Psychological
Learned Optimism (ABCDE)
With each negative: A (event), B (belief), C (consequence), D (dispute), E (energization).
Professional
Tactical Emotional Labeling
Use one emotion-labeling phrase that defuses tension in a hard conversation within 30 seconds.
Professional
Eat the Frog First
Start your day with the hardest, ugliest task before anything else — nothing scary remains for the rest of the day.
Social
DESC Script
In tough confrontation: Describe-Express-Specify-Consequence — four sentences resolve.
Social
Restructure a Troubling Belief
Trigger event → thought → distortion → counter-evidence → reframe.
Social
Social Gratitude Journal
After each event, log 3 moments of "connection" — evidence stacks against anxiety.
Social
Balanced Breath in the Waiting Room
In a waiting room before a hard meeting: discreet 5-5 breath for 4 min.
Leadership
10-10-10 Decision Rule (Suzy Welch)
Before any hard choice, ask: what is the consequence in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 years?
Leadership
Sorting Your 5 Leadership Values
From 30 values, pick only 5 — very hard but reveals what truly matters.
Leadership
Designing an Effective Stretch Assignment
Task 20% bigger than employee's current ability. Scares 30%, fails 30%, succeeds 40%. Difficult balance.
Parenting
The Silent Car Conversation
Use the side-by-side (not face-to-face) car ride to open doors to hard talk.
Parenting
Math Curiosity, Not Math Anxiety
Swap "you're bad at math" with "what's happening here?" — Boaler proves the math brain is built, not born.
Social
Listen Without Fixing
Don't try to "fix" friend's feelings — be a well that holds, not a tissue that wipes.
Psychological
Self-Compassion Break
Three sentences in a moment of suffering: this is pain, I'm not alone, let me be kind to me.
Psychological
Self Bilateral Stimulation
Tap thighs alternately (right, left) 30 sec — soothes small trauma.
Leadership
Role-Model Decision Test
Imagine someone you deeply respect and ask: "What would you do in my place?"
Leadership
Strategy on One Page
Summarize company strategy in 5 boxes on a single A4, capturing everything that matters.
Parenting
Screen-Free Family Dinner
All phones and TV out during dinner — at least one daily meal.
Psychological
Self as Context
You aren't your thoughts or feelings — you're the context they happen in.
Psychological
Three-Minute Breathing Space
One min awareness, one min breath, one min expansion — pocket tool under pressure.
Psychological
Chain Analysis
Track what happened before the blow-up, where the chain could have broken.
Psychological
Catastrophe to Probability
Each catastrophe has 0-100% probability. Assign it — shrinks size.
Psychological
Eulogy Writing
Write what you wish said at your funeral — discover deep values.
Professional
Most Important Tasks (MITs)
Pick three tasks that make today a success regardless of anything else, and finish them before noon.
Professional
Calibrated Questions
Replace direct demands with a "how" or "what" question so the other side feels in control while solving your problem.
Professional
SBI Feedback Model
Deliver effective feedback in 3 parts (Situation—Behavior—Impact) so the other person hears you without defensiveness.
Professional
Q&A Anticipation
Write 10 likely questions — prepare responses.
Professional
Ask Before You Give
Before giving feedback, ask recipient what type of feedback they want this week.
Professional
Conference Goal Setting
Before any conference, set 3 people to meet and 3 questions for each.
Professional
Personal CRM
Create sheet of your 100 key relationships, last contact, next planned.
Social
Mentor vs Sponsor: The Distinction
Identify who is your mentor (teaches) vs sponsor (opens doors) — both crucial.
Administrative
Three Most Important Tasks (MITs)
Before starting each morning, write three tasks that, alone, would make the day a success.
Administrative
Most Important Tasks (MITs) for the Day
Define 3 tasks before opening any app — this is what success looks like today.
Administrative
Facilitate "Write Before Speak"
For every group decision: 3 minutes of silent individual writing before any discussion.
Administrative
Pre-Mortem Protocol
Imagine the project failed entirely a year from now; list 7 plausible reasons before starting.
Administrative
Three-Point Estimation (PERT)
For each task estimate: optimistic, most-likely, pessimistic — then compute expected.
Administrative
Tribal Knowledge Audit
List "things only X knows" — each is risk if they leave.
Administrative
First-Hour Communications Plan
First hour of crisis: who to inform, what to say, how.
Leadership
Mastering Crucial Conversations (Patterson)
3 conditions for crucial conversations: high stakes, opposing opinions, strong emotion — use 7 skills to succeed.
Leadership
Conducting a Respectful Firing Conversation
End employment with least harm: 10 min, 3 clear messages, dignified exit.