Exercise: “Prototype Experiences”

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Context

Tagline (Short Explanation of Value)

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Visual Diagram

Case Study (low-level, specific to this exercise)

[Optional] Warm-up Exercise (Prologue)

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Steps

Step 1: When making big life decisions, prioritize options that allow you to experience interesting tenets.

Add a short call-back to 4.1 that touches upon this.

[Bill Burnett] Step 2: Prototype an intriguing lifestyle by experiencing it in a low-stakes setting.

Experience a small version of the future you’re considering, and look for a felt experience that this is worth it.

Could be out of the way: (e.g., sitting in on a lecture before deciding to go back to school).

Could be within your current role: (e.g., picking up ownership over low priority projects at work to practice project management).

Tenets are principles, beliefs, or values that significantly influence your decision making, regardless of whether you’re happy about them.

While there’s no perfect solution, we’ve found Tenets that satisfy the following criteria are often specific and actionable:

1. Tenets are foundational base-level principles, beliefs, or values that influence your decisions / shape your behavior / define your emotions.
2. Your Tenets exist in you regardless of whether you’re aware of or happy about them.
3. Tenets describe a way of living life, rather than an end-state you want to achieve.
4. Tenets are often limited to specific context(s) in your life.
5. When writing Tenets, be explicit about how they should be embodied, and by who.
6. When writing Tenets, state them as a sentence rather than a single word.

See Examples of Useful Tenets

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