Printables &
Templates

Here are some printables and templates that you can use to implement the frameworks we discuss on this site.

10/10/10 Decision Sheet

10/10/10 Decision Sheet

Ask how you'll feel about a decision in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years, so short-term feelings don't run the show.

25/5 Goal Focus Sheet

25/5 Goal Focus Sheet

Write down 25 goals, circle your top 5, and actively avoid the other 20 until those 5 are done.

30-Day Digital Reset Tracker

30-Day Digital Reset Tracker

A 30-day tracker to mark whether you stuck to your digital reset each day, so you can see your streak and where you slipped.

5 Whys Root Cause Chain

5 Whys Root Cause Chain

Ask 'why did that happen' five times in a row, each answer becoming the next question, until you hit the real root cause.

80/20 Vital Few Audit

80/20 Vital Few Audit

A way to find the small number of things that cause most of your results, so you can focus there first.

Belief Stress-Test

Belief Stress-Test

Actively look for evidence that goes against what you already believe, not just evidence that agrees with you.

Circle of Competence Decision Check

Circle of Competence Decision Check

Know the edges of what you actually understand from real experience, and be honest when a decision falls outside them.

Circle of Competence Map

Circle of Competence Map

A map of what you genuinely understand from real experience, so you can see where your expertise ends and guessing begins.

Daily Pomodoro Tracker

Daily Pomodoro Tracker

Work in focused 25-minute bursts with a 5-minute break after each one, so focus never has to last all day at once.

Daily Time Block Planner

Daily Time Block Planner

Instead of a plain to-do list, you give every task its own slot on your day's schedule.

Deep Work Session Planner

Deep Work Session Planner

Protect a block of time for hard, focused work with zero distractions, since your best thinking can't happen in fragments.

Deep Work Weekly Log

Deep Work Weekly Log

A week-by-week log of your deep work sessions, so you can see your real focused hours, not just hours logged.

Digital Declutter Audit

Digital Declutter Audit

Look honestly at the apps and sites eating your time, and cut the ones that don't actually serve something you value.

Don't Break the Chain Calendar

Don't Break the Chain Calendar

Do your habit every single day, mark an X on the calendar, and keep the chain of X's unbroken.

Eat the Frog Daily Sheet

Eat the Frog Daily Sheet

Do your biggest, most avoided task first thing, before anything else can get in the way.

Eisenhower Matrix Worksheet

Eisenhower Matrix Worksheet

A 2x2 grid that sorts your to-do list by how urgent and how important each task really is.

Expected Value Table

Expected Value Table

Multiply how likely each outcome is by what it's worth, then add them up, to compare two choices fairly.

Explanation Comparison Table

Explanation Comparison Table

When you have a few possible explanations, the one that needs the fewest assumptions is usually the right one.

Feynman Technique Worksheet

Feynman Technique Worksheet

Explain a concept in plain, simple words, like you're teaching a beginner, and wherever you get stuck is exactly what you don't understand yet.

First Principles Breakdown

First Principles Breakdown

Break a problem down to the basic facts you're sure are true, then build your answer back up from there instead of copying what everyone else does.

Gain vs Loss Reframe Sheet

Gain vs Loss Reframe Sheet

We feel the pain of losing something roughly twice as strongly as the pleasure of an equal gain, so a choice can look scary purely because of how it's worded.

If-Then Plan Sheet

If-Then Plan Sheet

Decide in advance exactly what you'll do when a specific obstacle shows up, so you don't have to think in the moment.

Inversion Worksheet

Inversion Worksheet

Instead of asking how to succeed, ask how you'd guarantee failure, then avoid doing those things.

Ivy Lee Daily Six

Ivy Lee Daily Six

A daily list of six tasks, ranked by importance, that you finish one at a time.

MoSCoW Sorting Sheet

MoSCoW Sorting Sheet

A way to sort a list of things you could do into four buckets, from must-have down to won't-have, so you know what actually matters.

Opportunity Cost Comparison

Opportunity Cost Comparison

Whatever you choose, you give up the next-best thing you could have done instead. That trade-off is the real cost.

Option Cutdown Sheet

Option Cutdown Sheet

The more choices you have, the longer and harder it is to decide. Cutting your options down to a few makes the decision fast again.

Regret Minimization Worksheet

Regret Minimization Worksheet

Imagine yourself years from now looking back, then ask which choice you'd regret more: doing it, or not.

Rubber Duck Written Walkthrough

Rubber Duck Written Walkthrough

Explain your problem out loud or in writing, step by step, to an imaginary listener, and the fix often shows up before you finish.

Second-Order Consequence Chain

Second-Order Consequence Chain

Before deciding, ask what happens right away, then ask what happens because of that.

Sunk Cost vs Future Value

Sunk Cost vs Future Value

Money, time, or effort you've already spent is gone either way. It shouldn't decide what you do next, only the future matters.

Temptation Bundling Pairing Sheet

Temptation Bundling Pairing Sheet

Pair something you keep avoiding with something you love, and only let yourself have the fun part while doing the hard part.

Time-Limit Planner

Time-Limit Planner

Work expands to fill whatever time you give it, so give it less time on purpose and it still gets done.

WOOP Planning Sheet

WOOP Planning Sheet

Name your wish, picture the outcome, admit the real obstacle in your way, then plan exactly what you'll do about it.

Who's Missing Check

Who's Missing Check

We only see the winners who made it and copy their habits, while the far larger group who did the same things and failed stays invisible.