The Momentum Playbook
Frameworks in this book
Every framework The Momentum Playbook teaches, gathered in one place. Each is paired with a workbook chapter in the book — scan, revisit, and put them to work.
Commit, Act, Earn
Commit before you feel ready. Confidence arrives as the receipt.
Primary source: Dan Sullivan, The 4 C's Formula.
Dip or Dead End
This hard stretch: the Dip before the payoff, or a dead end?
Primary source: Seth Godin, The Dip.
Discipline Without Recovery
Unchecked drive burns down the life it was building.
Primary source: Angela Duckworth, Grit (Ch. 4, the goal hierarchy).
Environment Beats Willpower
Engineer your surroundings until the right behavior is the easy one.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.
Habit Stacking
Attach the new habit to one that already runs on autopilot.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.
Map Is Not the Territory
Your plan is a drawing of the terrain. Re-draw it when the terrain changes.
Primary source: Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity.
Plan Slow, Start Small
Think once, in full, up front. Then make the daily ask tiny.
Primary source: Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner, How Big Things Get Done.
Recovery Through Community
Getting back up from collapse is a team sport.
Primary source: Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion.
Schedule and Guard the Vital Work
Book the deep block, then guard the mind inside it.
Primary source: Cal Newport, Deep Work.
Ship at 70 Percent
Decide at 70% of the information. Course-correct with the rest.
Primary source: Jeff Bezos, Amazon shareholder letters (2015, 2016).
Streaks Compound
Protect the chain and the chain protects the behavior.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits (never-miss-twice).
Strong Opinions, Weakly Held
Make a confident first call, then hunt for what breaks it.
Primary source: Paul Saffo, Institute for the Future.
Sustainable Striving
Build recovery into the work and push hard for decades.
Primary source: Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, The Power of Full Engagement.
The 25-5 Avoid-List
Write down the good goals you refuse to touch.
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The 80-20 Principle
Find the 20% of inputs doing 80% of the work. Double down.
Primary sources: Vilfredo Pareto, the originating observation; Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle.
The Heavy First
Name tomorrow's heaviest task tonight. Lift it before the noise starts.
Primary source: Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog!.
The Just This Once Trap
One exception costs more than one exception.
Primary source: Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?.
The Repeatable Brick
Build in repeatable units that allow learning to compound.
Primary source: Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner, How Big Things Get Done.
The Start-Line Measure
Measure from the start line. The horizon never gets closer.
Primary source: Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy, The Gap and the Gain.
The Stupidly Small Floor
One pushup. One sentence. A floor so low it cannot fail.
Primary source: Stephen Guise, Mini Habits.
The Two-Minute Rule
Commit to the first two minutes. The rest follows.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.