Coaching for the challenges people actually bring (page 215)

Scale overlearning to your required retention interval · Over-learn until retrieval is fluent, then stop · Check for diminishing returns before continuing + 7 more

Know the panic arc before the next attack · Stay in the situation for the full arc · Interoceptive exposure: deliberately induce the feared sensations + 7 more

Structuring a consistent kasina daily practice · Progressive duration building · Practice with full, undivided focus + 7 more

Protect the ramp-up time · Flow: Engineering the State of Total Absorption · Eliminate interruptions before the session + 7 more

Strategic refeeding after the FMD cycle · The 5-day FMD cycle: structure and caloric targets · Know the contraindications before attempting FMD + 7 more

Repair an attachment injury · Repair quickly and thoroughly · C — Commit publicly to the forgiveness you felt + 7 more

Practice with full, undivided focus · Distribute practice sessions across days rather than massing them · Check for diminishing returns before continuing + 7 more

Cluster your acts of kindness into one day · Acts of Kindness, Made Practical · Extend kindness toward strangers, not just your inner circle + 7 more

Harvest and cluster ideas after the session · Go for quantity over quality · Maximize quantity of ideas before evaluating + 7 more

OKRs for People, Not Just Companies · Limit how many you run at once · Run a regular review cadence + 7 more

Keep each project’s Action Steps physically separate from other projects · Limit simultaneous active projects to reduce loop load · Letting yourself finish and stop + 7 more

High-volume repetition blocks · Establish a mastery baseline before overlearning · Check for diminishing returns before continuing + 7 more

Add a retention pause (kumbhaka) at the end of a set · Kapalbhati Pranayama, Made Practical · Know who should not practice kapalbhati + 7 more

Walking 10,000 Steps: What the Research Actually Shows · Build a daily step count target as your primary NEAT anchor · Set a realistic step target based on your baseline + 7 more

Actively seek out the failures you aren’t seeing · Survivorship Bias: Learning from What You Can’t See · Ask for the failure rate before celebrating the success rate + 7 more

Increase vegetable variety, not just volume · Aim for variety, not just quantity, in vegetables · Eat a wide diversity of plant fiber + 7 more

Meditations, as Marcus Practiced It · Write to yourself (the Meditations method) · Write to yourself, not for an audience + 7 more

Recognize when a concern is being socially amplified · Track your information exposure and adjust for its biases · Separate "many people worry about X" from "X is actually likely" + 7 more

Check whether a memory is accurate before using it as evidence · Correct for duration neglect when estimating how much you’ll enjoy something · Identify and amplify the emotional peak of an experience + 7 more

Mental Accounting, Made Practical · Give every dollar a job · Use mental buckets deliberately, not accidentally + 7 more

Recall how little you notice others · Actively update your estimate of how much others notice · The Spotlight Effect: Why You Think Everyone Is Watching + 7 more

Build your emergency fund before investing · Age your money · Fund irregular expenses monthly with a dedicated envelope + 7 more

Regular aerobic exercise to maintain telomere length · Consistent aerobic exercise as a longevity practice · Train grip and muscular strength alongside cardio + 7 more

Add at least one fermented food serving per day · Use miso and fermented soy as accessible daily fermented options · Fermented Foods and Mental Health, Made Practical + 7 more

Practice the wealth of wanting little (autarkeia) · Practise treating virtue as the only unqualified good · Decide what is enough + 7 more

Define "enough" before you need it · Finding your "enough" point · Define your number for "enough" + 7 more

Nature and Movement, Made Practical · Take short green micro-doses · Move slowly and immerse the senses + 7 more

Make restoration a regular dose · Nature and Movement, Made Practical · Use the 5-minute green exercise dose for an immediate mood boost + 7 more

Know your personal protein target · Distribute 0.7–1.0 g/lb of protein across 3–4 meals per day · Prioritize high-leucine protein sources for maximal MPS stimulus + 7 more

Distribute 0.7–1.0 g/lb of protein across 3–4 meals per day · Know your personal protein target · Build protein diversity from both plant and animal sources + 7 more

Treat sleep as the highest-ROI longevity investment · Know your personal sleep need — not the population average · Value deep NREM (slow-wave) sleep + 7 more

Track your actual usage for one week before capping · Distinguish passive from active social media use · Replace passive scrolling with active, intentional social media use + 7 more

Classify decisions by reversibility and stakes · Slow down for high-stakes, irreversible decisions · Move fast on two-way doors + 7 more

Give proportionally to stay in a state of abundance · Calculate cost per unit of outcome for giving and resource allocation · Give your full attention as a form of prosocial spending + 7 more

Calculate your FIRE number · Understand and apply the 4% rule to set your FI number · Build income diversification before declaring full FI + 7 more

Calculate your FIRE number · Build income diversification before declaring full FI · The 4 Percent Rule, Made Practical + 7 more

Use thirst as the primary guide — not a fixed daily volume target · Drop the "eight glasses" rule and read your body · Include electrolytes when hydration demands are high + 7 more

Zone 2 Training · Pair zone 2 with occasional high-intensity work in an 80/20 polarized structure · Find your personal zone 2 intensity by the talk test + 7 more

Use category labels to change how options feel · Remember and use people’s names · Redesign option order to exploit position bias + 7 more

Attention Restoration in Nature · Use nature walks to restore directed attention after deep cognitive work · Seek both green and blue space + 7 more

Aerobic exercise for low mood and depression · Exercise for Mental Health · Consistency over intensity + 7 more

Make it a recurring ritual · Practice forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) for stress recovery · Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku), Honestly Explained + 7 more

Count blessings weekly, not daily · Gratitude Journaling, Done Well · Find the right frequency + 7 more

Effective One-on-Ones, Made Practical · Make it recurring and genuinely protected · Join a small accountability group + 7 more

Understand functional distance and not just physical distance · Design for serendipitous encounters · Add cross-links between branches to capture unexpected connections + 7 more

Leave it alone: resist the urge to check and trade frequently · Automate your contribution on payday · Automate the investment so the decision is never repeated + 7 more

Deload proactively on a schedule — not reactively after injury or burnout · Deload Week · Use a frequency deload: train fewer days per week at full intensity + 7 more

Keep it brief and daily · The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day · Practice the Examen daily and briefly + 7 more

How often to run FMD cycles and when not to · Know the contraindications before attempting FMD · The longevity diet between FMD cycles + 7 more

Structuring a consistent kasina daily practice · Varying the kasina element to address specific obstacles · Kasina Meditation: Concentration Through a Physical Object + 7 more

Rebalance on a schedule, not on emotion · Leave it alone: resist the urge to check and trade frequently · Distinguish rebalancing from raising — they are different goals + 7 more

Run a single weekly priority-setting meeting · Run a quarterly focus review to refresh the lists · Weekly matrix review + 7 more

Yoga nidra (yogic sleep) for stress recovery · Set a calm intention (sankalpa) · Guided body scan into deep rest + 7 more

Co-Regulation: Borrowing Calm From Another Nervous System · Co-regulation (borrow a calmer nervous system) · The calm “late-night FM DJ” voice + 7 more

Recognize the four response styles · Practice active-constructive responding (relationships pillar) · Active-Constructive Responding, Made Practical + 7 more

Avoiding anti-ideal confirmation: the sculpting that harms · Recognize and replace the Four Horsemen · Catch turning-against responses before they land + 7 more

The Michelangelo Phenomenon: How Partners Sculpt Each Other · Mapping your ideal self explicitly · Developing genuine curiosity about your partner’s ideal self + 7 more

Develop interest, don’t just wait to find it · Invest effort before expecting the passion to arrive · Test passion with the energy-after test + 7 more

Cultivate a past-positive lens · Revise your life narrative when it limits you · Identifying the turning points that shaped you + 7 more

Identify your natural grieving style and adjust for it · Identify how cultural norms shape your grief · Find a community that recognises your specific loss + 7 more

Identify the decoy tier in pricing and subscription structures · Evaluate each option against your criteria before comparing options to each other · Reframe the offer’s reference point + 7 more

The Protein Leverage Hypothesis, Made Practical · Anchor every meal with protein first · Distinguish protein appetite from general hunger + 7 more

Use HIIT for rapid VO2max gains when time is limited · VO2 max intervals (Zone 4–5) to push your aerobic ceiling · VO2max Training + 7 more

Scale importance and confidence with the readiness ruler · Identify your current stage before choosing a strategy · Identify and anticipate upcoming transition windows + 7 more

Diagnose which trust dimension is broken before trying to repair · Let repeated repair build earned security · Build sincerity by saying only what you mean + 7 more

Use spaced repetition of core ideas in teaching and coaching · Show up consistently to build familiarity and trust over time · High-volume repetition blocks + 7 more

Optimize savings rate, not just investment returns · Treat savings rate as the primary variable, not income · Calculate your FIRE number + 7 more

Treat sleep as the highest-ROI longevity investment · Prioritize sleep quality as the primary overnight cellular repair window · Treat sleep as the primary allostatic reset + 7 more

Treat sleep as the primary allostatic reset · Sleep as the nightly cycle-completion reset · Treat sleep as the highest-ROI longevity investment + 7 more

Audit person-judgments for prototype substitution · The Representativeness Heuristic — Judging by Resemblance · Interrogate whether similarity is doing the work + 7 more

Sympatheia — the Stoic Practice of Universal Interconnection · See the shared humanity in difficult people · Voluntary Discomfort: The Stoic Practice of Chosen Hardship + 7 more

Prosoche — the practice of attention · The Stoic Daily Review · Daily training of the ruling faculty + 7 more

The Narrative Fallacy: Why We Can’t Stop Making Stories · Master your stories · Generate alternative histories for past outcomes + 7 more

Separate feelings from facts · Delay a decision until the initial emotional spike passes · Name the emotion in plain words + 7 more

Second noble truth — finding the craving behind the suffering · Dependent Origination: How Suffering Arises and Ceases · First noble truth — recognising dukkha honestly + 7 more

Third noble truth — establishing that cessation is actually possible · Seeing the chain in reverse: the path of cessation · First noble truth — recognising dukkha honestly + 7 more

Regulate the body before you process the story · Embodied Cognition: How Your Body Shapes Your Thinking · The body scan + 7 more

Time Perspective Therapy · Diagnose your dominant time perspective · Internal Time and Chronobiology + 7 more

Time it for them, not for your relief · Offer concrete repair · Take responsibility without the “but” + 7 more

Define your "centenarian decathlon" — what you want to be able to do at 80 · Impermanence awareness practice · Write a letter from your future self to your present self + 7 more

Loss Aversion, Made Practical · Check whether you’re demanding an unfair ambiguity premium · Use the DCA system to override market fear + 7 more

Bring feelings into the conversation deliberately · Lead with how you feel, not what they did · Acknowledge emotions explicitly in negotiation + 7 more

Require the plan to change, not just the risk register · Red Teaming: Stress-Testing Plans Before They Fail · Red-team your plan with a formal adversarial review + 7 more

Recognize how style shifts under stress — including your own · Regulate the level of distress in the system · Recognise stress-driven backup behaviour + 7 more

Pleasant events scheduling · Build your personal pleasant events inventory · Anchor activity to personal values + 7 more

Run an accusation audit before difficult asks · The accusation audit · The accusation audit + 7 more

Easy Manner: bring a light touch when appropriate · Correct distracting by returning to what was avoided · Label emotions during conflict to reduce escalation + 7 more

Own mistakes promptly and without over-explanation · Negative assertion (own your mistakes calmly) · Normalize the blunder with a brief, light acknowledgment + 7 more

Negative assertion (own your mistakes calmly) · Own mistakes promptly and without over-explanation · Update your view out loud when the evidence warrants it + 7 more

Say "I don’t know" when you genuinely don’t · Admit uncertainty out loud, especially in your own domain · Own mistakes promptly and without over-explanation + 7 more

Find mutual purpose · Adopt the learning stance · Build a shared "third story" + 7 more

Identify one permission you need to give yourself · Invest in what research shows moves the set point · Directed mudita meditation + 7 more

Repair specifically when you were the one who caused harm · Offer concrete repair · The Art of Apology + 7 more

The Four Noble Truths as a Practical Framework · Fourth noble truth — committing to the path as a practice, not a belief · The rapid-cycle four-truths diagnostic in daily life + 7 more

The Obstacle Is the Way, in Practice · Find the advantage inside the obstacle · Take deliberate, persistent action + 7 more

Build a pattern of small asks rather than one large one · Reactivate dormant ties · Explicitly asking your partner to treat you as your ideal self + 7 more

Offer concrete repair · Advise yourself as you would a friend · Replace critic monologue with compassionate self-talk + 7 more

Ask for a small, genuine favor from someone you want to build rapport with · Keep asks sized to what the person can easily afford to give · Use a small ask to repair a strained relationship + 7 more

Apply door-in-the-face for prosocial or charitable asks · Reinforce by explaining the benefit to the other person · Give genuine value before you make a request + 7 more

Use the door-in-the-face technique to make the real ask seem small · Apply door-in-the-face for prosocial or charitable asks · Give genuine value before you make a request + 7 more