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Make the Right Things Easy

WHEN TO USE Use when your team keeps doing things you don’t want, or struggling to do things you value. WHAT TO DO Draw two columns: Easy (what currently requires no effort) and Hard (what you value but requires willpower). Circle one item from Easy that should be harder or eliminated, and one from Hard…

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Disagree Better

Rob Gruber

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Breathe Before the Story

Rob Gruber

WHEN TO USE Use when you’re about to react to something that feels pointed or threatening. WHAT TO DO Before you decide what the feedback, silence, or message means, take three slow breaths (in through your nose, out through your mouth). Work back through the story: who was there, what happened, what stress did you…

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