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Psychological
Dark Hour Before Sleep
Hour before sleep: no blue light, no screens — body makes melatonin.
Professional
BATNA Preparation
Define your Best Alternative before negotiating so you never accept a deal worse than what you already have.
Professional
Interest-Based Reframe
Don't cling to position — find interest beneath. Flexibility without yielding.
Professional
Visualize Negotiation Partner
Before negotiation, imagine opponent with all pressures — empathize.
Professional
Win-Win Framing
Frame every proposal: "we both win by..." — extinguishes competition.
Professional
Power Posing (Cuddy)
Wonder Woman pose 2 min before — raises testosterone.
Professional
Ask Before You Give
Before giving feedback, ask recipient what type of feedback they want this week.
Social
One Follow-Up Question
After every answer, ask follow-up — doubles social liking 2x.
Social
Curiosity Without Judgment
When acts oddly, ask "why did he do that?" with curiosity not critique.
Leadership
Psychological Safety Check (Edmondson)
Measure with 7 questions whether your team feels safe to tell truths, ask questions, admit mistakes.
Leadership
Diagnosing Your Reaction to Feedback
3 triggers reject valid feedback: Truth, Relationship, Identity. Know which fires in you.
Leadership
Anatomy of a Difficult Conversation (Stone & Heen)
3 conversations within every difficult one: "what happened", "feelings", "identity". Separate them and succeed.
Parenting
Collaborative Problem Solving
Instead of imposing a fix, collaborate with your child to solve concerns of both — Ross Greene method.
Parenting
Serve & Return Interactions
Every sound/gesture from your child = a "serve"; respond promptly = a "return." This game builds his brain.
Professional
Receive With Curiosity
When receiving triggering feedback, pause 6 seconds, then ask "tell me more".
Social
Monthly No-Occasion Spontaneous Meet
Call a friend with no reason once a month and suggest a meet within the next 12 hours.
Social
Shared Need Question
Deep in conflict, ask: "What is the shared need we are both trying to meet?"
Administrative
Mediating Conflicting Stakeholders
When stakeholder A wants X, B wants opposite: don't pick — surface underlying interests.
Administrative
Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
Don't launch a major organizational transformation without first building a guiding coalition and a sense of urgency — the two most-skipped steps.
Leadership
Distinguishing Technical vs. Adaptive Challenges
Before solving any problem, ask: do we need an expert with a ready answer (technical), or do the people themselves need to change (adaptive)?
Parenting
Screen-Free Family Dinner
All phones and TV out during dinner — at least one daily meal.
Parenting
Chore Ownership
Each child "owns" a chore, not "helps you" — ownership differs from helping radically.
Digital & AI
MOOC Completion Strategy
General MOOC completion = 5-15%. To be a completer: split, commit, publish, apply.