Ever followed the directions perfectly and still not gotten the result? In this episode, DrB explains pre-skills: the skills you need before you can build the skills you want.

She walks through the three that matter most: managing yourself in time, banishing procrastination, and making decisions with a values-based strategy. If it hasn't worked, it was never you. It was a missing skill, and skills can be learned.


Key Points Covered

  • What a pre-skill is, with the two-wheeler and balance example, and why so many how-to books skip them.
  • Pre-skill 1: manage yourself in time, not time itself. Build settling time into your schedule and put tasks on a calendar, not a to-do list.
  • Covey's jar: put your rocks (your 4 to 6 most important things) in first, or they will never fit.
  • Pre-skill 2: procrastination is a symptom, not a flaw. It shows up where you run out of knowing how to begin, continue, or finish. Includes the three saboteurs: negative thinking, fear of failure, and fear of success.
  • Pre-skill 3: decision-making. Understand decision fatigue, decide in bulk, and filter options through your values and criteria.
  • Why beliefs and identity come first, pre-skills second, and executive function skills third.


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