Concepts
The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types
Automate pattern-based error detection before manual…
Deploy automated grammar checkers, linters, or mechanical validation tools before manual review to catch pattern-based errors, reserving human attention for contextual judgment that tools cannot provide.
Classify every task as ONLY ME, COULD DELEGATE, or SHOULD…
Calculate your attention allocation by categorizing each task as ONLY ME (requires unique judgment), COULD DELEGATE (someone/something else can do it at 80%+ quality), or SHOULD NOT EXIST (adds no value), then delegate or eliminate everything outside ONLY ME to reclaim attention for highest-value work.
ONLY ME time below 50% of working hours signals…
When your ONLY ME time falls below 50% of working hours, you have a delegation deficit requiring immediate correction, because spending the majority of your highest-value resource on work that doesn't require it violates the constraint optimization principle.
Distinguish ONLY ME by necessity from ONLY ME by default…
Before delegating a task, verify it is not ONLY ME by default rather than by necessity—if the task requires your unique judgment only because you've never built documentation, systems, or relationships to make it delegable, it's a disguised delegation candidate.
Turn off all social platform push notifications — each one…
Eliminate variable ratio reinforcement triggers by turning off all push notifications from social platforms, because every notification is a prompt delivered at a moment of susceptibility designed to initiate engagement without triggers, breaking the reinforcement schedule.
Convert infinite information activities into finite ones…
Set time-bounded windows for information consumption (email twice daily, news once for 15 minutes) rather than open-ended consumption, converting infinite activities into finite ones with natural stopping points.
Log every task AND its trigger for one full day — then…
Track one full workday by logging every task and its trigger (notification, email, request, anxiety, or deliberate decision), then calculate the external-to-deliberate ratio to quantify reactive living patterns.
Close communication apps entirely during deep work…
When entering a scheduled deep work block, close all communication applications entirely rather than minimizing or silencing them, because accessibility to self-interruption sources depletes executive function through continuous suppression effort even when not actively checked.
Log every context switch for one day
Log every context switch during a baseline measurement day by recording time, source task, and destination task without attempting reduction, because accurate switching-cost assessment requires measurement that precedes intervention to establish true baseline against habituated behavior.
Set WIP limits per pipeline stage (solo
Set work-in-progress limits for each pipeline stage (typical solo creator: Draft—3, Review—2, Polish—2) and do not start new items in a stage until existing items advance, to prevent attention fragmentation and increase throughput.