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Professional
Internal Application Prep
Before applying to an internal role, schedule a 20-min exploration chat with the target team's manager.
Social
The Four-Step Specific Apology
Apologize with: name the act, the impact, take ownership, repair step. No "sorry if...".
Social
Four-Part Apology
Name the act, acknowledge impact, commit to change, ask for repair — an apology that mends.
Social
The Daily Specific-Appreciation Ritual
Every evening, tell your partner one specific appreciation about that day — not a generic recycled phrase.
Administrative
Value Stream Map for One Process
Map every step a task passes through end-to-end, marking value-add versus non-value-add.
Leadership
Strengths Team Map
Identify top 5 strengths per member, plot them on a map, discover gaps and duplications.
Leadership
Distinguishing Technical from Adaptive Challenges
Classify your problem: technical (known solution) or adaptive (requires shifting minds and values)? Confusing them is leadership failure #1.
Leadership
Wardley Maps: Visualizing Strategic Evolution
Each activity in your value chain is at a different evolution stage. The map reveals where to invest, where to exit.
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)?
Leadership
Experimentation Mindset for Adaptive Problems
There's no ready solution for adaptive problems — treat your next solution as a small learnable experiment, not a final plan that must succeed on the first try.
Leadership
Adaptive Leadership Retrospective
After leading a major adaptive change, ask 4 questions revealing your real impact as a leader, not just the project's surface success.
Leadership
Rapid Prototyping Mindset for Leaders
Before approving any big idea, ask: what's the cheapest, fastest version testable within a week, instead of waiting for a full plan taking months?
Parenting
Full Apology to Child
When you wrong your child, fully apologize: what you did, its impact, the change.
Digital & AI
Quarterly App Audit
Every 3 months, ask per app: "Does it earn its place on my phone?" — delete without hesitation.
Psychological
The "Perhaps" Response
When insulted, mentally say "perhaps they're right" — insult loses power.
Psychological
Alternative Self-Biography
Write your biography from a perspective you haven't — your strength, growth, achievement.
Psychological
Window of Tolerance Map
Each has tolerance window — below it numbness, above it explosion. Map yours.
Psychological
Stimulus-Response Gap
Between event and reaction — there's a gap. You choose in it.
Professional
Focus Map
Map: complex tasks at peak, simple at low.
Professional
Skills-Gap Audit
Compare your skills to a dream job's requirements, identify 3 gaps to close in 90 days.
Professional
Career Pivot Risk Map
Before pivoting to new field, map 5 risks and 3 cheap experiments before full leap.
Professional
Public Appreciation Post
Monthly, publicly post appreciation of someone in your team with specific details on LinkedIn or Slack.
Professional
One Idea Per Paragraph
Each paragraph = one idea. If two ideas, split.
Social
No Without Apology
Say "no, I can't" — complete sentence. No explanation, no apology.
Social
Adapt Your Critique Style
French/Dutch tolerate direct critique; East-Asian needs it wrapped.
Administrative
Stakeholder Map Before Delegating
Before delegating a sensitive task, map who must know and who must agree.
Administrative
Current-State Process Map
Map the process as-is (not as-wished): every step, decision, delay.
Administrative
OpEx/CapEx Split
Each expense: operational (OpEx) or capital (CapEx)? — different tax/accounting treatment.
Leadership
Language of Inclusion: 10 Daily Swaps
Your small leader words exclude or include. 10 simple swaps shift your team's culture in 60 days.
Leadership
Succession-Readiness Team Mapping
For every critical role on your team, ask: if its holder vanished tomorrow for a month, who could cover? Map the gaps and build a plan to close them.
Leadership
Saying Yes to a Bad-Seeming Idea to Test It Cheaply
When an idea seems intuitively bad but its test cost is low, approve it as a cheap experiment instead of rejecting it on intuition alone.
Digital & AI
Monthly Phone App Audit
Delete any app unopened in 30 days — lose apps before they cost you focus.
Digital & AI
Home Screen, 6 Apps Only
Phone home screen: 6 tools only (clock, maps, calculator, camera, messages, alerts).
Digital & AI
Replace 3 Apps with Analog
Paper book vs Kindle, paper vs Notes, watch vs phone clock.
Digital & AI
App-Specific Focus Modes
Build 3 iOS/Android modes: "Writing" (no notif), "Meeting" (phone only), "Rest" (family WhatsApp).
Digital & AI
Comprehensive App Permissions Audit
Review every app with access to camera, microphone, location, or contacts, and revoke every permission not actually needed.
Psychological
Protector Appreciation
Parts you hate in yourself (denier, procrastinator) are protectors — thank them.
Professional
Daily Energy Map
Track your energy every two hours for a week to find your golden hours and schedule hard tasks there.
Social
The Apology-Free No
Say no in three sentences: thanks, refusal, closing — with no "sorry" or justification.
Social
Bridging the Generational Communication Gap
When talking across generations (a parent, a teen), switch to their preferred channel, not yours.
Administrative
Future-State Value-Stream Map
After understanding current state: draw the "after" version and steps to get there.
Administrative
Applying the Power-Interest Grid
Place every stakeholder in one of four boxes: high-power/high-interest gets close management, high-power/low-interest gets kept satisfied.
Leadership
Adapting Your Update Style to Your Manager's Preferred Format
Ask your manager directly: do they prefer a short written summary, a verbal walkthrough, or a dashboard? Stop guessing.
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
Essentialism Applied to Tech
For every new tech, ask: "Do I gain more than I lose?" — most: no.
Digital & AI
Escaping the Social Comparison Trap
When you feel envy after opening Instagram, write: "I see someone's best moments, I live my current one".
Psychological
Diaphragmatic Breathing
Breathe so belly rises (not chest) — turns off nervous stress system.
Psychological
Cognitive Reappraisal
Instead of suppressing emotion, reinterpret the situation generating it.
Psychological
Trigger Body Map
Identify body areas that "ignite" in specific trauma.
Psychological
Ikigai Life Map
4 intersecting circles: love, good at, world needs, pays. Intersection = ikigai.
Psychological
Beauty Appreciation
In your day, pause at 3 beauty moments — new pleasure forms.
Professional
Daily Energy Map
Notice mental peak.
Professional
Distraction Capture List
During deep work, only write distracting thoughts on a side pad.
Professional
Delete Social Apps
Delete Instagram, TikTok, Twitter from phone — use only via browser.
Professional
Career Capital Audit
List every rare and valuable skill you've accumulated — it's your currency to negotiate freedom.
Social
One Specific Appreciation per Day
Each day, tell one person about a specific act they did or a precise quality — no "you are great".
Administrative
Influence Map
Who influences whom? — draw network to know "who talks to whom to shift decision".
Administrative
Exit-Interview Knowledge Capture
Before an employee leaves, dedicate a session separate from the formal exit interview to extract only their operational knowledge.
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.
Digital & AI
Distraction Capture Notebook
Every time a switch-temptation hits during work, jot it on a side sheet to address after the block.