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Clear Practical Optimism filterThe 10-Minute Rule
Sit with the urge to escape for ten minutes before you act on it.
The Shitty First Draft Validation
Decouple generation from evaluation by producing three deliberately rough versions.
The Insight-to-Action Split
Name the fear, interrogate the narrator, then ask what moves it 10% forward.
The Regret-on-Three Test
Ask whether you'll regret avoiding this conversation in three days, three months, three years.
The Two-Minute Rule
Shrink any new habit until it can be done in under two minutes.
The Ask Pre-Mortem
Imagine the ask going wrong in three specific ways, then write a one-line response to each.
The Curiosity Opener
Open with a real question, not a position — and let the answer reshape your ask.
The Default Decision
Pre-decide ten recurring low-stakes choices once, in writing, so you never re-decide them.
The Two-Minute Rule
Shrink any new habit until the starting version takes under two minutes.