Before any sensitive decision, ask: if published with full detail on tomorrow's front page, would I defend it with pride or look for an exit?

Imagine your decision failed a year from now and write the reasons today — preventing 70% of catastrophes.

When resigning, write 3 highly constructive notes you leave behind — to make a difference.

Imagine the project failed entirely a year from now; list 7 plausible reasons before starting.

30 days before audit: self-review controls — find gaps before auditor does.

Before signing: 12 red flags that may cost thousands later.

List "things only X knows" — each is risk if they leave.

Who influences whom? — draw network to know "who talks to whom to shift decision".

For every critical process ask: if this person or system vanished tomorrow, what happens?

Before committing to a big decision, imagine it failed a year from now and list three primary causes.

Craft three plausible futures (optimistic, base, hard) and test your decisions against each.

Task a separate team with attacking your plan as if they were a smart adversary — before reality discovers it.

15 min before a big decision: imagine it failed a year later, list 5 likely causes with mitigations.

In the first 72 hours of a crisis, 80% of the damage is locked in. This framework cuts damage in half.

Discuss drugs/alcohol/sex via questions, not lectures. Curiosity opens when invited, not imposed.

Do not share any "shocking" news for 24 hours — breaking news is often corrected on day 1.

Each month's start, search your name on Google and review the first 3 result pages.

Google your name every 3 months. First 10 results = your identity to the world.

For each bad Google result: either delete (if legal) or bury under stronger content.

Review your short bio on every platform you use — it should tell the same story, not conflicting narratives that confuse whoever looks you up.