Tools Flashcards
(182 cards)
1
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Flip the _____
A
Flip the Switch
2
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Hi Optimus, _____?
A
Hi Optimus, what would you do?
3
Q
What are 3 steps to take when we face a new challenge?
A
Breathe + Plan + Act
4
Q
What should we cultivate each day?
A
Gratitude
5
Q
What should we do when someone irritates us?
A
Maze -> Heart + Active Love
6
Q
What is one tool for managing large challenges?
A
Get Perspective
7
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Which tool should we start with when facing a challenge?
A
Magic Wand
8
Q
What tool can we use on everything in life?
A
WOOP
9
Q
What is one simple but effective journaling practice?
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Free Write
10
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What is a repetitive saying that imprints or guides the mind?
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Mantra
11
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Victim -> _____
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Victim -> Hero
12
Q
Win or ____
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Win or Learn
13
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How should we react when something goes “wrong”?
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It’s just data
14
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Curious not ____
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Curious not Furious
15
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What mode should we strive to be in?
A
Beta Mode
16
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What should we say to ourselves when we fall short?
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Needs Work
17
Q
What is a 3-step journaling practice for continuous optimization?
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Optimize-1-2-3
18
Q
When we feel off balance, what can we ask ourselves?
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Now what needs to get done?
19
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What kind of stamina should we work to improve?
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Emotional Stamina
20
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What is Grit?
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Grit = Passion x Persistence
21
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What should we focus on and perfect?
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Process vs Outcome
22
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What should we line up?
A
Dominoes
23
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How should we view scars?
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Scars = Medals
24
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What mindset should we have when approaching life?
A
Experimenter’s Mindset
25
How should we think about quests?
3 Quests
26
What do we need to cultivate to combat negative self-talk?
Self-Compassion
27
How much better should we aim for each day?
4%
28
Challenges = ____
Challenges = Fuel
29
What should feelings follow?
Identity -> Behavior -> Feelings
30
What choice do we make moment to moment to moment?
Back to Safety vs Forward into Growth
31
How should we approach each day?
Masterpiece Day
32
What do we have the most control over?
Bookends
33
What should we do each day?
Make Progress
34
How can we improve anything?
Measure
35
What’s the first step to installing a habit?
Minify
36
How should we think about new habits?
Make it easy
37
What two things should we have for targets and goals?
Floor vs. Ceiling
38
What do we need to do before we plant seeds?
Pull the weeds before planting seeds
39
How should we think about going all in?
Activation Energy
40
When we decide to do something, how should we approach it?
All-In
41
What are the phases to a new habit?
Unbearable -> Uncomfortable -> Unstoppable
42
Which tool grounds our search for an intimate relationship?
Love Letters
43
How should we approach anything we do?
Urgency
44
What isn’t fun without lines (the constraints of reality)?
Tennis Court
45
What two things should we go deep on?
Deep Work and Deep Love
46
What is the experimenter chain?
Test -> Measure -> Appreciate -> Iterate
47
What are if/then statements?
Implementation Intentions
48
What can we incorporate in our life to inspire us to act?
Cues and Triggers
49
What do we hope happens when we get one mile closer to our goal?
1 mile closer, 2 miles further
50
When do we get there?
No there, there
51
What should we focus on for our environment?
Tidy
52
Ok to ____, Not to ____!
Ok to Suck, Not to Skip!
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How quickly do we burn away the dross that clouds the silver?
Little by Little
54
Which law governs the urgency to act?
Law of Diminishing Intent
55
____ Best
Optimus Best
56
How should we view fear?
Reverse Indicator
57
What should we collect as often as possible?
Micro W.I.N.s
58
___ Fingers
Spinny Fingers
59
______ ______
Stimulus Response
60
Close the ____
Close the Gap
61
_____ Game
Equanimity Game
62
What can we do to distance ourselves from thoughts?
Label
63
What can we say to distance ourselves from emotions?
Oh, look there’s
64
When we are lost in a train of thought, what can we do?
Notice
65
What kind of box should we aim to be?
Antifragile
66
_____ vs Threat
Challenge vs Threat
67
Fixed vs ____ Mindset
Fixed vs Growth Mindset
68
_____ Humanity
Common Humanity
69
_____ Racecar
Optimus Racecar
70
What kind of confidence should we have?
True Confidence
71
What should we double down on when we feel poorly?
Protocol
72
_______ -> Infinite Potential
Comfort Zone -> Infinite Potential
73
What should we prepared to follow when we move towards our goals?
Pathways
74
What should we aim at for our goals?
Targets
75
____ vs Shame
Game vs Shame
76
____ vs Lizards
Dragons vs Lizards
77
How does growth work?
Zig-Zags
78
How should we think about our foundation?
Fundamentals
79
What does Superman fall to?
Kryptonite
80
_____ Recovery
Master Recovery
81
What is the modern version of Eudaimonia via Arete?
Flourish via Virtues in Action
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What trip can we take to remind us of our purpose?
Trip to Hell
83
What’s a shorter version of fundamentals?
Fundies
84
God Willing
Deo Volente
85
How should we use our willpower?
Install Habits
86
Why do we install habits?
Autopilot
87
Non-_____
Non-Conformance
88
What should we build for when we fall?
Scaffolding
89
What do we have within us?
Soul-Force
90
What are our critical habits?
Keystone Habits
91
What is the positive:negative ratio for interactions?
5:1
92
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, _____
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right!
93
What should we look to repeatedly do?
Recommit
94
_____ Gains
Marginal Gains
95
Aggregate and ______
Aggregate and Acrete
96
How should we schedule our day?
Time Block
97
Reduce _____
Reduce Variability
98
_____ Time
Horticultural Time
99
What do our lives run on?
Algorithms
100
What can we shine?
Attention Spotlight
101
Play Poorly _____
Play Poorly Well
102
How should we think about energy and tasks?
Match Energy to Task
103
What should we embrace?
Embrace Constraints of Reality
104
Obstacle is the ______
Obstacle is the Way
105
Motivation = _____
Motivation = Energy x (Value x Expectancy / Impulsivity x Delay)
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What state should we aim for?
Flow
107
What should we do again and again and again?
Get Started
108
Speed is a _____
Speed is a Force
109
______ Law
Newton’s Law
110
Know Your _____
Know Your Why
111
No Pressure, No ______
No Pressure, No Diamonds
112
What is the big 3x3?
EWL x IVB
113
Show ____
Show Up
114
_____ to _____ to _____
Moment to Moment to Moment
115
Who is Apollo?
Archer
116
How should we think about our jumbo goal?
W.I.G.
117
Relentless ____ Focus
Relentless Solution Focus
118
______ our mind is an important daily activity.
Priming
119
What does it mean to have both levity and gravity?
Bouyancy
120
What should we aim to reduce, particularly in the AM/PM blocks?
Reduce inputs
121
We should avoid temptation of Society’s ____
Society’s Candy
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Really Hard vs. ______
Really Hard vs. Impossible
123
Chore vs. _____
Chore vs. Gift
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Perfectionist vs. _____
Perfectionist vs. Optimalist
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Not consistency, _______
Prosistency
126
________ vs. Distant Shores
Guiding Stars vs. Distant Shores
127
What should we bring more of into our daily lives?
Signature Strengths
128
What does tension do?
Necessity to Act
129
______ Cards
Ikigai Cards
130
What should we focus on bringing to the world?
Onlyness
131
What are the 3 parts of hope?
Goals. Agency. Pathways.
132
____ Oxygen
Soul Oxygen
133
______ Hall of Fame
Failure Hall of Fame
134
Don’t Take ______
Don’t Take Advice
135
Go ______
Go All In.
136
___ ___ ___
+1 +1 +1
137
Which moments matter?
Micro-moments
138
What should we play with our willpower?
Play Offense
139
How should we think about cooling down our impulse and heating up our vision?
Marshmallows
140
Start & ____
Start & Finish
141
What acronym means word is bond?
D.W.Y.S.Y.W.D.
142
What should we build in the workplace?
Credibility
143
What currency do we need in the workplace?
Idiosyncratic Credits
144
Keep _____
Keep Shooting
145
Expect _____
Expect Glitches
146
_____ not Mistakes
Mis-takes
147
What is Flexibility?
Flexibility = Spontaneity + Structure
148
What is the Stockdale Paradox?
Faith in Inevitable Success
149
What should we keep in mind when sawing the tree?
Sharpen the Saw
150
What are the three categories of work?
Deep vs. Team vs. Monkey.
151
What do we have to do to be successful?
Practice
152
How should we think about mastery?
50-lbs of Pots
153
What is Suffering?
Suffering = Pain ^ Resistance
154
_____ of the Mind vs. _____ of the Mind
Warrior of the Mind vs. Librarian of the Mind
155
What is the second part of WOOP a form of?
Mental Contrasting
156
What is eustress?
Upside of Stress
157
What should we celebrate?
Celebrate the Mundane
158
How do we commit?
Non-negotiables
159
____ Robot
Moist Robot
160
What should we think about while meditating?
Posture & Dignity
161
When we see a mis-take, how should we approach it?
Flashlight vs. Hammer
162
Do it _____
Do it Daily
163
Responseability
Response-Ability
164
Active _____
Active Love
165
Standing in _____
Standing in Love
166
What must we do?
Self-Actualize
167
What happens when we point at someone?
3-Fingers
168
When should we commit?
Pre-Commit
169
____ Lines
Bright Lines
170
Best _____
Best X to Y
171
Today’s ______
Today’s the Day
172
What's another saying for Today’s the Day?
Carpe Diem
173
What's the ancient version of Flourish via Virtues in Action?
Eudaimonia via Arete
174
What’s one effective purpose exercise?
Eulogy
175
What does Maslow say?
What One Can Be, One Must Be.
176
What should we do with the gains?
Lock in Gains
177
____ Up
Spiral Up
178
Previous Best = _____
Previous Best = Baseline
179
_____ Higher, _____ Higher
Highs Higher, Lows Higher
180
_____ Limits
False Limits
181
What are the four OT_s
OTLs OTPs OTMs OTFs
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_____ Resonance
Positivity Resonance
