Thinkerer's Kit Tips

Winning with Cuepons

Pick an abstraction in the problem.  Concretize it.
Pick a value term in the problem.  Concretize it.
What other player in the problem is a concretizer?

Concretizer

Concretize.  Use words that say what you would see, hear, or handle.
          Plan Tips

Abstract can be harder than concrete.
     Talk Slogans

Your only power to control the future lies in what you do in the present.
     Independence Slogans

Your plan is the link between short-term goals and long-term motivation.
          Plan Tips

Once you hear a lecture on swimming, you never forget what you learned about lectures.
     Leadership Slogans

First law of expertise: Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
     Independence Slogans

Nobody does anything in the abstract.
     Talk Slogans

Planning is how you turn talk into action.
          Plan Tips

You learn about tools from using them.
     Effort Slogans  

The snake you see is never the one that bites you.
     Plan Slogans

Watch your language.  If you can’t see your plan, you don’t have one.
     Plan Slogans

If you don’t keep a to-do list, you may only notice what you leave undone.
     Timing Slogans

Procrastination is just another name for underestimating the work.
     Timing Slogans

A plan is a story about what you expect to happen.  Picture the story in your head.
          Plan Tips

If you don’t want to do it now, schedule it.
     Timing Slogans

The devil is in the details.
     Plan Slogans

If you can watch your words, you know what they mean.
     Talk Slogans

The most efficient way to complain about a problem is to fix it.
     Effort Slogans