The 6-Step Mental Checklist Before You Do Anything
About this episode
We make most decisions on autopilot and only notice afterwards that we reacted instead of chose. This episode lays out a six-step mental checklist you can run before you act, so you meet a situation with a clear head rather than a hot one.
It is built on Stoic practice: pause, check the impression, ask what is actually in your control, then choose your response on purpose. Short enough to use in real time, which is the only kind of practice that survives contact with a stressful day.
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