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Administrative
Post-Mortem Library
Each major incident/issue: written post-mortem — saved in searchable library.
Digital & AI
Desktop Zero — Friday
Every Friday, empty the desktop: each file goes to its folder, archive, or trash.
Digital & AI
Recurring Document Template Library
Like text shortcuts, build a library of full templates (presentation, simple contract, weekly report) instead of starting from scratch every time.
Administrative
Full No-Meeting Day
Designate one weekday with zero meetings — even from the CEO.
Psychological
Alternative Self-Biography
Write your biography from a perspective you haven't — your strength, growth, achievement.
Administrative
Template Library
Every doc type written 3+× yearly has template — write once, use forever.
Parenting
Visible Family Library
Place books in every room at child arm-level — environment does what persuasion can't.
Digital & AI
Building a Personal Prompt Library
Never write the same prompt twice. Save every successful prompt in a tagged, searchable file.
Digital & AI
Building a Personal Prompt Library Habit
Whenever a prompt works exceptionally well, save it immediately with a simple tagging system instead of relying on memory or digging through old chats.
Digital & AI
Replacing the Scroll Trigger With a Substitute Habit
Don't try to stop scrolling through willpower alone — replace the trigger itself (boredom, anxiety) with a predefined alternative action within 3 seconds.
Professional
Boundary Statement
Phrase 3 written boundaries with boss/team: hours, response, leave — send formally.
Administrative
Lightweight Business Continuity Plan
Each core operation: "what if it stops for a day?" with a backup plan.
Administrative
Lessons-Learned Repository Habit
After any task (not just major projects), one line: what lesson won't I forget? — accumulates into an actual wisdom library.
Professional
Do-Not-Disturb Signal
Visual sign on desk telling others you're in focus.
Social
After-Hours Work Boundary
Set explicit working hours and broadcast them in your email signature.
Social
Remote-Team Charter
Co-create a remote-team charter defining overlap hours, channels, and reply SLA.
Administrative
24-Hour Pause Before Big Decisions
Any decision over 5000 SAR or 5 hours of impact — wait 24 hours before executing.
Social
The Generous Backstory
Invent at least three plausible reasons for a behavior that upset you, before you judge.
Administrative
Weekly Gemba Walk
Go to the workplace, observe yourself, ask "why" 3 times, don't intervene.
Administrative
Recurring Meeting Purge
Per recurring meeting: "does it produce decision/action?" — if no, kill it.
Digital & AI
YouTube Discipline: Search, Not Recommendations
Enter YouTube with a specific search topic. Never open the home page.
Psychological
Cognitive Reappraisal
Instead of suppressing emotion, reinterpret the situation generating it.
Psychological
Sensory Distraction
In intense emotion, use 5 senses for moment distraction — not suppression.
Psychological
Hope: Three Pathways
Per goal, 3 ways — so you don't collapse if one blocks.
Professional
BATNA Preparation
Define your Best Alternative before negotiating so you never accept a deal worse than what you already have.
Professional
Week-Long Time Audit
Log every 30 min of week — discover time "holes" honestly.
Professional
Not-To-Do List
5 things NOT to do this month.
Professional
Website Blocking
Use Cold Turkey or Freedom to block distraction sites during work.
Professional
Rehearse Expected No
Imagine worst "no" before negotiation — respond flexibly vs shocked.
Professional
Shocking Hook Opening
Open with shocking stat, personal story, or challenging question — first 30 sec.
Professional
Compassion Fatigue Check
If in helping work, answer 5 monthly questions revealing compassion fatigue.
Professional
Identity Beyond Work
Write 7 answers to "who am I?" excluding your job — free identity from fragility.
Social
Reclaim Credit Without Confrontation
If your idea is publicly credited to another, correct the record with three friendly specific sentences immediately.
Administrative
Video Standard Operating Procedure
Record a one-hour screen video of someone doing the task instead of writing 15 pages nobody reads.
Administrative
Zero-Based Weekly Calendar
Empty next week's calendar entirely, then add back only what truly deserves a slot.
Administrative
Escalation Path Design
Per issue type: when resolved at current level, when escalates up.
Administrative
Task Audit Then Automate
Don't automate before knowing what's worth it — log a week, analyze, then act.
Leadership
Annual Team Offsite Design
Two days off-site designed to recharge the team and align them on the next year.
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
Remote Team Cohesion Rituals
Design 3 simple weekly rituals that compensate for missing "office watercooler" spontaneity in remote teams.
Parenting
Limit With Alternative
Set a clear limit but offer an acceptable alternative — "No throwing, yes to the sponge ball."
Digital & AI
Expert Persona Assignment
Assign the model a specific background and expertise so its answer matches a real expert level.
Digital & AI
Ask the Model to Write the Prompt
Don't know how to ask? Ask: "What's the best prompt to get X?" — it writes a prompt better than any expert.
Digital & AI
30-Day Digital Declutter (Newport)
Delete all "entertainment" apps from phone and laptop for 30 days. After, restore only what's worth.
Digital & AI
Replace Scroll with Substitute Behavior
Each scroll-urge, execute pre-defined substitute (10 breath cycles, drink water, 5 squats).
Digital & AI
Quarterly App Audit
Every 3 months, ask per app: "Does it earn its place on my phone?" — delete without hesitation.
Digital & AI
RAG-Style Context Loading
Before asking AI, paste relevant docs/refs. It answers from "your knowledge", not its imagination.
Digital & AI
Calendar Block for Deep Work
Block 2-4 "deep work" windows weekly in calendar. Treat like CEO meeting.
Digital & AI
Sustainable (No-Burnout) Cadence
Publish at cadence you can sustain 2 years, not a month. Daily is great but lethal.
Digital & AI
MOOC Completion Strategy
General MOOC completion = 5-15%. To be a completer: split, commit, publish, apply.
Digital & AI
Digital Feynman Technique
Record 5-min video explaining what you learned to a 12-year-old. Gaps expose themselves.
Psychological
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Automatic Thought Record
Catch today's most painful automatic thought and break it into facts and alternative interpretations.
Professional
Daily Energy Map
Track your energy every two hours for a week to find your golden hours and schedule hard tasks there.
Social
Stop Workplace Gossip
Set a boundary when office gossip starts: "I prefer not to talk about him absent — let's ask him".
Social
Contribute Without Burning Out
Set explicit community contribution limits: hours/month, task types, exit point.
Social
Create a Local "Third Place"
Establish a "third place" (not home nor work) for regular meet-ups — café, library, neighborhood club.
Administrative
Go to the Gemba
Don't analyze a problem from your desk. Go where it happens and observe 30 minutes before suggesting a fix.
Administrative
Compute Takt Time
Customer beat: if demand is 8 units in 8 hours, takt = 1 hour per unit.
Administrative
Keyboard Shortcut Audit
Per daily-used tool: learn 5 shortcuts — minutes/day saved = hours/year.
Leadership
One-Team-One-Dream Session
A 3-hour session that breaks silos between teams and unites them around a goal larger than their own department.