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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.
Leadership
Multiplier vs. Diminisher Diagnosis
Determine if you multiply your team's intelligence or drain it via 5 specific leader behaviors.
Leadership
Message Discipline: 3 Points No More
In crisis, only 3 points per message. Audience can't absorb more. Repetition builds understanding.
Digital & AI
Explicit Negative Constraints
State explicitly what you do not want in the output (words, styles, assumptions) to cut later editing.
Digital & AI
YouTube Discipline: Search, Not Recommendations
Enter YouTube with a specific search topic. Never open the home page.
Administrative
OpEx/CapEx Split
Each expense: operational (OpEx) or capital (CapEx)? — different tax/accounting treatment.
Social
Guard Both Spoken and Implied Secrets
Don't only guard what was labeled "secret" — guard all personal info shared without permission to share onward.
Administrative
Simplified 7-Milestone Gantt
A 7-milestone Gantt on one page — visible, instantly grokkable.
Administrative
5S Workplace Application
Sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain — visual organization that cuts search time.
Digital & AI
Force Explicit Chain-of-Thought
Add "think step-by-step inside <thinking> tags before answering" — boosts complex-problem accuracy 30-40%.
Digital & AI
Explicit Constraints Beat Guidance
"Max 80 words, don't use 'innovative', start with imperative" beats "make it short and clear".
Digital & AI
Essentialism Applied to Tech
For every new tech, ask: "Do I gain more than I lose?" — most: no.
Social
After-Hours Work Boundary
Set explicit working hours and broadcast them in your email signature.
Parenting
Celebrating Differences Without Ranking
Not the generic "you're both special," but precise per-child description preventing implicit better/worse comparison.
Professional
Opportunity Cost Audit
For each "yes" this week, write the implicit "no" that came with it.
Professional
One Idea Per Paragraph
Each paragraph = one idea. If two ideas, split.
Social
Contribute Without Burning Out
Set explicit community contribution limits: hours/month, task types, exit point.
Leadership
Team Norms Renegotiation After a Member Change
When a member joins or leaves, reopen implicit working norms for renegotiation instead of assuming they stay fixed as before.
Digital & AI
One Tool, One Job Rule
Before adding a new tool, verify it doesn't duplicate a job an existing tool already does — overlap costs more time and money than it saves.
Administrative
Contract Red-Flag Checklist
Before signing: 12 red flags that may cost thousands later.
Psychological
Weekly New Strength Use
Each week, use one of your strengths in a new way.
Professional
Not-To-Do List
5 things NOT to do this month.
Professional
How-Question Strategy
Instead of direct "no", say "how can I do that?" — opponent solves your problem.
Professional
Public Appreciation Post
Monthly, publicly post appreciation of someone in your team with specific details on LinkedIn or Slack.
Parenting
Limit with Empathy
Say firm "no" with warm "I understand" — Janet Lansbury's classic formula.
Parenting
Do Instead of Don't
Convert every "don't do" into "do" — the child's brain doesn't process negation easily.
Parenting
Birth-Order Awareness for Your Parenting Approach
The eldest, youngest, and middle child experience the same family completely differently — adjust your expectations, not your fair treatment.
Psychological
Bed for Sleep Only
No food, no work, no phone in bed. Bed = sleep.
Psychological
Universalization Question
Your negative thought — if someone else thought it, would you agree?
Psychological
Weekly PERMA Audit
5 happiness components: emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, achievement. Rate yourself.
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.
Professional
Calibrated Questions
Replace direct demands with a "how" or "what" question so the other side feels in control while solving your problem.
Professional
Kawasaki 10/20/30 Rule
10 slides, 20 minutes, 30pt minimum font — a formula that saves your presentations from clutter and boredom.
Professional
Building STAR Interview Stories
Prepare three STAR stories (Situation—Task—Action—Result) that cover 80% of behavioral interview questions.
Professional
Most Important Tasks
3 morning tasks = day succeeded.
Professional
Task Stripping
Per task: essential? Delete rest.
Professional
End-of-Day Review
10 min: done, undone, tomorrow.
Professional
Eat the Frog
Hardest task is your first morning act — before email, before everything.
Professional
Digital Hermit Mode
One day no internet — discover what you can truly produce.
Professional
Calibrated Questions (Voss)
Ask with "how" and "what" not "why" — opponent solves your problem.
Professional
One-Breath Sentence
Each sentence short enough for one breath — forces concision.
Professional
Job Hunt Pipeline
Shift job hunt from random applications to a 6-stage pipeline tracked weekly.
Professional
Reversible Sort
Sort 10 upcoming decisions into reversible/irreversible columns and set their speed.
Professional
50/30/20 Budget
Allocate income: 50% needs, 30% wants, 20% savings/investing/debt.
Professional
5W1H Lead
Open any writing with Who-What-Where-When-Why-How in one paragraph.
Professional
Hemingway-Style Self-Edit
Edit draft Hemingway-style: short sentences, simple words, no flashy adverbs.
Professional
3-Sentence Email
Every email = 3 sentences or less. If can't, call.
Social
Emotion Labeling
When he speaks, name feeling: "sounds frustrated" — labeling calms emotions.
Social
Golden Silence
After partner answers, silent 4 sec — often continues with deeper info.
Social
Avoid Self-Hijack
When you feel "similar story" hijacking, resist — don't interrupt with yours.
Social
Extra-Work Boundary
When given work outside your scope, use "to do X, we must defer Y".
Social
Professional Civility Pact
Sign a civility pact with your team: no interrupting, no sarcasm, no replying angry.
Social
Mentor Give-Back Ritual
Design a quarterly give-back ritual for your mentor (written thanks, referral, intro).
Social
Short Group Mentoring
As mentor: organize a 60-min GROW group session for 4 people.
Social
Async Expectations in a Team
Define an async charter with your team: when to reply, how, and what counts as "urgent".
Administrative
Five-Level Delegation Ladder
Delegate each task at one of five explicit levels instead of just "do it" or "don't".
Administrative
No-Agenda-No-Meeting Rule
Refuse to attend or hold any meeting whose agenda did not arrive 24 hours prior, no exceptions.
Administrative
Exception Log
Each policy override: log why, who approved, when reviewed.
Administrative
Internal Audit Prep
30 days before audit: self-review controls — find gaps before auditor does.
Administrative
Conflict of Interest Declaration
Each team member: annual signature on disclosure of relationships affecting decisions.