Coaching practices for The Enchiridion as a Handbook in a New Job

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• I’m pouring all my energy into things I can’t actually control
• I’ve got a new hire starting and the lazy move is to just hand them whatever’s piled up in the backlog
• I keep measuring myself by whether I won
• I’ve quietly decided I need this to go a certain way
• I throw everything into a plan and then it gets blocked by something outside me, and I take it as a personal defeat that flattens me

Practices that may help

1. The Enchiridion, as a Handbook
   The Enchiridion ("handbook") is Epictetus’ compressed field manual for living: its master move is sorting what is up to you (your judgments, desires, and actions) from what is not (everything else), then training your assent so you respond to impressions instead of being yanked by them. Its strongest empirical support is the direct line from this control-and-appraisal logic into cognitive behavioral therapy.
2. Sort what is up to you
   Epictetus’ first and central move: divide everything into what is in your power and what is not.
   The Enchiridion, as a Handbook
3. 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)
4. Play your role well
   You’re an actor in a play whose part is assigned; your only job is to play it well.
   The Enchiridion, as a Handbook
5. Discipline desire and aversion
   Want only what’s up to you, and be averse only to what’s up to you — then you can’t be thwarted.
   The Enchiridion, as a Handbook
6. 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
7. Act with the reserve clause
   Commit fully to your plan, but add "fate permitting" — so a blocked outcome doesn’t break you.
   The Enchiridion, as a Handbook
8. Daily training of the ruling faculty
   Treat every day’s difficulties as training material for strengthening the ruling faculty.
   The Inner Citadel
9. Listen for what isn’t in the job description
   Focus on the texture of day-to-day work, not the official narrative.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
10. Pause before you assent to an impression
    When a vivid impression hits, say "you are just an impression" before you believe it.
    The Enchiridion, as a Handbook

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