Coaching practices for Hara Hachi Bu in a New Job

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• I lurch straight from whatever I was doing into shoveling food down, already half-checked-out before the first bite
• I’ve got a big move (or a new job) coming up in a couple of months, and I can feel it’s a rare chance to start fresh
• I’ve got a new hire starting and the lazy move is to just hand them whatever’s piled up in the backlog
• With the serving bowls sitting right there on the table I just keep absentmindedly spooning out more without ever deciding to
• I’m right in the middle of a big upheaval

Practices that may help

1. Hara Hachi Bu, Made Practical
   Hara hachi bu is the Okinawan practice of eating until you are about 80% full rather than stuffed — a cultural rule of mindful moderation, not a clinical protocol. The evidence is observational and cultural: it is one habit associated with longevity in the Okinawan "Blue Zone", which makes it suggestive rather than proven cause and effect.
2. A pause of gratitude before eating
   Begin the meal with a brief acknowledgment, the way hara hachi bu was traditionally spoken.
   Hara Hachi Bu, Made Practical
3. Identify and anticipate upcoming transition windows
   Treat approaching life changes as scheduled opportunities for habit installation — plan before the transition, not after.
   The Habit Discontinuity Effect
4. Use genius mapping in onboarding
   Surface a new hire’s geniuses early so you design their role around energy, not just skills.
   The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni)
5. Serving from a distance, not the table
   Plate food away from where you eat so seconds require a deliberate trip.
   Hara Hachi Bu, Made Practical
6. Use a life transition to break old environment-behavior links
   Major context changes (a move, a new job) create a rare window where old habits are disrupted and new ones are easier to form.
   Environment Design for Behavior Change
7. Making vegetables the default base
   Build meals around plants and let richer foods be accents, as the Okinawan diet does.
   Hara Hachi Bu, Made Practical
8. Time nudges to coincide with natural transition points
   People are most open to changing habits at life transitions — capitalize on fresh-start moments.
   Nudge Theory, Made Practical
9. Install target behaviors in the new context from day one
   Begin the desired habit in the new environment before the new context develops its own competing cues.
   The Habit Discontinuity Effect
10. Directing — high direction for the eager novice
    With someone new and keen but unskilled, give clear, specific instruction and tight structure.
    Situational Leadership, Made Practical

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