Sort every file you own into just four: Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive.

Map your business model in 9 boxes (customer, value, channels, relationships, revenue, resources, activities, partners, costs) on one page.

Break "imagined worst" into realistic probabilities and your coping capacity.

When an employee returns with a delegated problem, don't take it — return it with two questions.

Offer only two choices for each small decision — respecting his autonomy without losing yours.

Learn 4 signals that reveal the model invented info instead of citing documented fact.

Do not use AI-sourced info before verifying it in two independent external sources.

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) fetches real docs for the model before answering. Know the difference.

Before accepting any AI answer, ask: source? dates correct? names real?

Every AI claim: search 3 independent sources. If absent from any, treat as hallucinated.

Before using any reference or quote AI cites (book title, article, study), verify it actually exists before citing it publicly.

Rate each risk on a 5×5 grid — color dictates response urgency.

Identify projects team continues because "we invested" not because they deserve it.

Identify projects no longer worth continuing but not yet officially cancelled, and end them with dignity, not silent postponement.