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Administrative
Project Pre-Mortem
Before starting, imagine the project failed in six months and write down why.
Administrative
Pre-Mortem Protocol
Imagine the project failed entirely a year from now; list 7 plausible reasons before starting.
Professional
Pre-Mortem
Before executing decision, imagine it failed in a year, enumerate most likely failure causes.
Social
"What Am I Forgetting to Ask You?"
After a deep talk, ask: "What do I need to ask that I haven't?" — a trust revealer.
Leadership
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Pre-Mortem: Imagining the Decision Failed
Before committing to a big decision, imagine it failed a year from now and list three primary causes.
Professional
Pre-Meeting Breath
3 deep breaths before any meeting — full presence vs reactive.
Professional
Pre-Mortem Analysis
Imagine your decision failed a year from now and write the reasons today — preventing 70% of catastrophes.
Professional
Ask Before You Give
Before giving feedback, ask recipient what type of feedback they want this week.
Administrative
Hunting the 8 Wastes (Muda)
Scan your process for eight specific waste types, not vague general waste.
Parenting
Busting the Learning-Styles Myth — A Practical Multi-Modal Approach
No child is scientifically "visual-only" or "auditory-only" — use all senses together to cement any information.
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.
Administrative
The Perfect Delegation Email (7 Sentences)
A 7-sentence formula that conveys a task clearly enough that the employee won't come back with "what did you mean?"
Social
Confess Mistake Before Discovery
When you err, confess before discovery — confession timing dictates the penalty.
Leadership
Three Horizons: Balancing Today and Tomorrow
Allocate investment and leadership time across running today's business, scaling emerging ventures, and seeding tomorrow's.
Psychological
Flexible Perfectionism Ruler
Define "good enough" upfront before starting the task.
Leadership
Multiplier vs. Diminisher Diagnosis
Determine if you multiply your team's intelligence or drain it via 5 specific leader behaviors.
Psychological
Pre-Sleep Brain Dump
Write everything on your mind on paper 10 min before sleep — empties it.
Social
Last-Three Mirroring
Repeat the last three words your speaker said with curious tone; they will continue deeper without you asking.
Administrative
Stakeholder Map Before Delegating
Before delegating a sensitive task, map who must know and who must agree.
Leadership
Feedforward Coaching
Instead of feedback on the past, ask reports for future suggestions — less defensiveness, higher application.
Digital & AI
Sensitive Data Redaction Before Prompting
Before pasting anything in AI: redact names, numbers, emails, financial data.
Psychological
Time Orientation Anchor
Say aloud date and current location — anchors brain in present.
Leadership
Pretotyping: Test Idea Before Building
Before building full product, test with "fake prototype" (10× simpler than MVP). Saves months + tens of thousands.
Social
Aligning Your Shared Future Vision
Draw a 5-year timeline together and compare divergence points before they become a sudden collision.
Administrative
Exit-Clause Review Before Signing
Before signing: exit options? notice? penalties? data handoff?
Psychological
Three Good Things
Before sleep, write 3 good things and reason for each.
Psychological
Personal Safety Plan
Ready doc for crisis: whom to call, what to do, where to go.
Social
Rescue a Dead Meeting
Turn a dead meeting productive with three GROW questions and one clear decision.
Administrative
Activity-Based Cost Allocation
Each service/product: real cost? — not "fake organizational average".
Leadership
McKinsey Three Horizons
Balance investment across the core today, near growth, and long-range bets.
Leadership
Translating Strategy into a Frontline-Repeatable Line
Test your strategy with one question: can a frontline employee repeat it verbatim to a customer?
Social
Box Breath Before a Talk
4-4-4-4 for 8 cycles — calm focus starts at the breath.
Administrative
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Silent Reading Meeting Start
Open the meeting with five minutes of silent reading of a written memo instead of slides.
Administrative
Architecture Decision Record (ADR)
Each significant decision: a text file with context, options, choice, consequences.
Administrative
Tribal Knowledge Audit
List "things only X knows" — each is risk if they leave.
Parenting
Deep Sibling Support — Beyond the "Special Hour"
Special time alone isn't enough — give the sibling language to explain his brother's situation to friends, and space for complex feelings like jealousy and embarrassment.
Psychological
"I'm a Failure" Audit
"I'm a failure" needs 5 evidence + 5 counter. Write them.
Social
Validate the Feeling Before Advice
Name your speaker's feeling and confirm it is reasonable, before you propose any solution.
Social
Catch Emotional Contagion Before It Spreads
When entering a room or call, note your mood before and after to see what you "caught".
Administrative
No-Agenda-No-Meeting Rule
Refuse to attend or hold any meeting whose agenda did not arrive 24 hours prior, no exceptions.
Administrative
"No Agenda, No Meeting" Rule
Decline any meeting without a written agenda — politely cancel and request one.
Administrative
Kickoff Meeting With Press Release Memo
Before launch, write a "press release" as if it succeeded — making the win tangible.
Administrative
Future-State Value-Stream Map
After understanding current state: draw the "after" version and steps to get there.
Leadership
Inversion Thinking (Munger)
Instead of asking "how do I succeed?" ask "what guarantees failure?" then avoid it.
Leadership
Psychological Safety Specifically for Idea-Sharing
Design a "no immediate criticism" rule for the first 10 minutes of any brainstorm — raw ideas die fast if judged before they mature.
Leadership
Auditing Who Speaks in Meetings
Track for three consecutive meetings: who spoke, for how long, and how often they were interrupted — hidden patterns show in numbers, not impressions.
Parenting
Allowance That Teaches Money
Weekly allowance split three ways (spend/save/give) builds financial literacy before age 12.
Parenting
Feynman Technique
Ask your child to explain what he learned in simplest words — teach him "how to know".
Parenting
The Teen Brain Under Construction — Prefrontal Cortex Framing
Understand your teen's prefrontal cortex (planning, impulse control) won't finish developing until age 25 — this changes how you respond to his impulsivity.
Digital & AI
Hallucination Check: 3 Questions Before Accepting
Before accepting any AI answer, ask: source? dates correct? names real?
Professional
Mirror Last 3 Words
Repeat last 3 words in questioning tone — opponent elaborates.
Social
Starting the Financial-Transparency Talk
Open the sensitive money talk with a values question first, not a direct numbers spreadsheet.
Administrative
The 15-Minute Standing Meeting
Daily short standing meeting: what did I do yesterday? Today? Any blockers?
Administrative
Recurring Meeting Purge
Per recurring meeting: "does it produce decision/action?" — if no, kill it.
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.
Leadership
Inclusive Meeting Design (Async Options, Rotating Facilitation)
Add an asynchronous written channel to every important meeting, and rotate the facilitator role among team members — meetings stop being monopolized by one communication style.
Parenting
Releasing Your Ego From Your Child's Choices
Your child's choices aren't a reflection of your worth as a parent — practice separating your identity from his decisions.
Digital & AI
Social Comparison Awareness Journal
Log every time you feel envy or inadequacy after seeing a post — awareness of the pattern is the first step to breaking the deliberately designed comparison trap.
Professional
Slide-Last Writing
Write conclusion and message before opening PowerPoint — saves 70%.
Professional
Pre-Stage Breathing
5 deep breaths before stage — calms nervous system.