🔥Bolder Answer Morning

for the overachiever whose Focusing Question answers keep being safe

Goal

Push your morning Focusing Question answer past the safe, expected response to the bolder one.

Source principle

Focusing Question (the bolder answer): your first answer is usually safe; the bolder second answer is usually the real one. : from The One Thing by Gary Keller.

The plan

1. 🪑
   6:00-6:02 AM

   Sit. Journal open. Phone in another room.
2. ✍️
   6:02-6:04 AM

   Write the Focusing Question at the top. Verbatim.
3. 🤔
   6:04-6:08 AM

   Write the first answer. The safe one. One sentence.
4. 🔄
   6:08-6:12 AM

   Read it back. Ask: what would be bolder? Write the bolder answer.
5. ⚡
   6:12-6:14 AM

   Read the bolder answer aloud. Does it scare you a little? Good.
6. ⭕
   6:14-6:16 AM

   Circle the bolder answer. Not the safe one.
7. 🗒️
   6:16-6:18 AM

   Copy it onto a sticky note. One line.
8. ⏰
   6:18-6:20 AM

   Schedule the 4-hour block for it. Real slot, today.

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