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The Momentum Playbook

The Momentum Playbook · Companion · 22 frameworks

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.

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In chapter order

  1. Ch 1aPlan Slow, Start SmallThink once, in full, up front. Then make the daily ask tiny.
  2. Ch 1bThe Repeatable BrickBuild in repeatable units that allow learning to compound.
  3. Ch 2aCommit, Act, EarnCommit before you feel ready. Confidence arrives as the receipt.
  4. Ch 2bThe Heavy FirstName tomorrow's heaviest task tonight. Lift it before the noise starts.
  5. Ch 3Ship at 70 PercentDecide at 70% of the information. Course-correct with the rest.
  6. Ch 5Schedule and Guard the Vital WorkBook the deep block, then guard the mind inside it.
  7. Ch 7aDiscipline Without RecoveryUnchecked drive burns down the life it was building.
  8. Ch 7bSustainable StrivingBuild recovery into the work and push hard for decades.
  9. Ch 8aDip or Dead EndThis hard stretch: the Dip before the payoff, or a dead end?
  10. Ch 8bEnvironment Beats WillpowerEngineer your surroundings until the right behavior is the easy one.
  11. Ch 9Map Is Not the TerritoryYour plan is a drawing of the terrain. Re-draw it when the terrain changes.
  12. Ch 10aRecovery Through CommunityGetting back up from collapse is a team sport.
  13. Ch 10bThe Start-Line MeasureMeasure from the start line. The horizon never gets closer.

Also in this book

Supporting frameworks the chapters lean on.

The Identity Install

Habit Stacking

Attach the new habit to one that already runs on autopilot.

Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.

Habits

The Identity Install

Streaks Compound

Protect the chain and the chain protects the behavior.

Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits (never-miss-twice).

Habits

The Momentum Playbook

Strong Opinions, Weakly Held

Make a confident first call, then hunt for what breaks it.

Primary source: Paul Saffo, Institute for the Future.

Decision Making

The Momentum Playbook

The 25-5 Avoid-List

Write down the good goals you refuse to touch.

Origin unverified; presented here as a practical exercise without attribution.

Goal Setting

The Momentum Playbook

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.

Productivity

The Identity Install

The Just This Once Trap

One exception costs more than one exception.

Primary source: Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?.

Decision Making

The Momentum Playbook

The Momentum Model

Ten ways momentum dies, in three phases, each with a countermeasure you write in advance.

Original to the Accelerate10x series. It synthesizes the ten chapter frameworks of The Momentum Playbook into one model.

Personal Growth

The Identity Install

The Stupidly Small Floor

One pushup. One sentence. A floor so low it cannot fail.

Primary source: Stephen Guise, Mini Habits.

Habits

The Identity Install

The Two-Minute Rule

Commit to the first two minutes. The rest follows.

Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.

Habits

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