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Administrative
Team Charter: Written Rules of Engagement
Write with your team the basic rules of engagement (how we decide, how we disagree, when we're reachable) before the first real conflict.
Psychological
Perfectionism Ruler
Define where your "good enough" is on a 0-100 ruler, to know when to stop.
Administrative
"No Agenda, No Meeting" Rule
Decline any meeting without a written agenda — politely cancel and request one.
Psychological
Two-Minute Rule
Any new habit, start with 2-minute version — until established.
Professional
Stop at 80% Rule
Stop at 80% — don't bury in 20% perfectionism.
Professional
10/10/10 Rule
Before any decision, ask: how will I view this in 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years?
Administrative
Rule of 3 Goals, Not 13
No more than 3 active goals at a time — with a visible "waiting" queue for the rest.
Leadership
70% Information Decision Rule (Bezos)
Don't wait for 90% information; major decisions are made at 70% — beyond that is costly delay.
Leadership
24-Hour Decision Rule
Don't make a major financial/emotional/strategic decision before sleeping on it one full night.
Leadership
Listening Before Advising: The 3:1 Rule
In every leadership conversation, listen 3 minutes for every 1 you speak. Advice after understanding, not before.
Parenting
Values-Based Screen Framing, Not Rules-Based
Instead of counting minutes, ask: "What value do I want my child to live, and is the screen serving or blocking it right now?"
Psychological
Flexible Perfectionism Ruler
Define "good enough" upfront before starting the task.
Professional
Kawasaki 10/20/30 Rule
10 slides, 20 minutes, 30pt minimum font — a formula that saves your presentations from clutter and boredom.
Professional
The 10-10-10 Rule
Ask "how will I feel about this in 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years?" — and escape the trap of the moment.
Professional
Phone in Drawer Rule
Phone in closed drawer during deep work — not on desk.
Social
The Seven-Second Pause Rule
After your speaker pauses, count seven seconds before you speak to surface what lies beneath the first line.
Social
Cross-Cultural Gift-Giving Rules
Before gifting a foreign colleague, check 3 common cultural pitfalls that could turn it into an insult.
Administrative
No-Agenda-No-Meeting Rule
Refuse to attend or hold any meeting whose agenda did not arrive 24 hours prior, no exceptions.
Leadership
10-10-10 Decision Rule (Suzy Welch)
Before any hard choice, ask: what is the consequence in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 years?
Leadership
Ask, Don't Tell: The Manage-Up Rule
When you need to influence your manager, don't tell them the solution. Ask a question leading them. Their ownership > yours.
Parenting
No-Comparison Rule
Forbid yourself from comparing one child to another, publicly or privately.
Digital & AI
The Two Independent Sources Rule
Do not use AI-sourced info before verifying it in two independent external sources.
Digital & AI
6-Month Rule for New Tech
Don't adopt new tech until 6 months post-launch — time exposes flawed vs valuable.
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.
Leadership
Working Agreement
5-7 detailed rules for daily team operations (meetings, replies, vacations, decisions).
Parenting
Family Tech Agreement
A document signed by all family members (parents included) about screen use rules.
Digital & AI
Family Tech Agreement Renewal Ritual
Every 3 months, sit as a family to review your tech agreement — kids grow and rules must grow with them.
Psychological
Sleep Hygiene Protocol
10 simple rules transform your sleep if followed 14 days.
Professional
Financial Independence Calc
Compute "your number": 25× annual expenses = financial independence (4% rule).
Social
Group-Chat Hygiene
Set rules for your group chats: no short replies, batch messages, specific @s.
Social
Join a New Community
Join a new community (mosque, club, org) with the 12-meeting rule before judging fit.
Parenting
Board Game Evenings
Two weekly hours of family board games — builds executive function, rule-following, losing gracefully.
Professional
Boundary Statement
Phrase 3 written boundaries with boss/team: hours, response, leave — send formally.
Leadership
Context, Not Control (Netflix)
Instead of directing reports, give them full context to decide confidently themselves. You do this as leader.
Parenting
Collaborative Curfew Negotiation
Turn curfew from an imposed decree into a negotiated agreement, giving your teen real voice within clear limits.
Parenting
The Screen Time and Sleep Science Conversation
Explain the biology of blue light and melatonin instead of a bare "forbidden" — understanding builds internal commitment.
Psychological
Stimulus Control Therapy
If not asleep in 20 min, get up. Don't force sleep.
Psychological
No-Screen First 30 Min
First 30 min of day — no phone. Everything changes.
Psychological
Bed for Sleep Only
No food, no work, no phone in bed. Bed = sleep.
Psychological
Crisis Survival
In intense crisis, no decisions. Calm first.
Psychological
Unsent Thank-You Letter
Write thanks letter unsent — for yourself.
Professional
Scheduled Airplane Mode
Airplane mode 9-11AM and 4-6PM — protected focus peaks.
Professional
25 Headlines
For each article/post, write 25 headlines before picking one — last 5 win quality.
Professional
3-Sentence Email
Every email = 3 sentences or less. If can't, call.
Social
Graduated Social Exposure
A 10-step ladder (from "smile at a passerby" to "deliver a speech") climbed weekly.
Social
SBI Peer Feedback
Deliver specific SBI feedback to a peer within 48 hours of the event.
Social
Remote-Team Charter
Co-create a remote-team charter defining overlap hours, channels, and reply SLA.
Social
Professional Civility Pact
Sign a civility pact with your team: no interrupting, no sarcasm, no replying angry.
Administrative
Switch-Cost Analysis
Before renewing expensive vendor: compute real switch cost — may be less than you think.
Administrative
Zero-Based Software Stack Audit
Assume the company has zero software tools today, and rebuild the tool list from scratch based only on actual need.
Leadership
Team Charter
A one-page document answering: why we are a team, how we work, how we measure success.
Leadership
Written vs. Verbal Channel Selection for Leaders
Before sending any leadership message, ask: does this content need a live tone of voice, or the precision of written text?
Leadership
Cross-Functional Team Trust-Building
Before a joint project between different teams, hold a "hidden assumptions" session surfacing mutual stereotypes between departments before they sabotage collaboration.
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.
Leadership
Inclusive Hiring Panel Design
Deliberately (not accidentally) diversify the interview panel and define written evaluation criteria before seeing any candidate — consistency protects against individual bias.
Parenting
Building the Emotion Vocabulary
Teach your child five new emotion words each week to widen his emotional language.
Parenting
Today's Feelings Chart
A family chart where each member places a magnet for his current feeling — normalizing expression.
Parenting
Written Screen Agreement
A simple document everyone signs setting when, where, and how much — ending endless daily negotiations.
Parenting
Feeling-Words Bank
Build your child's emotional vocabulary by introducing fresh feeling-words weekly.
Parenting
Screen-Free Dinner — Family Tech Agreement
A written family agreement: the table is a screen-free zone for everyone in the home.