HOW TO WORK ITThe Five Moves
Work top to bottom. Tap a move to open it - and in the record below, tap any title to jump back here.
1 · Name the Value
Which value is this step for? One word from your compass. A step without a value is just another chore.
For example: “Steadiness.”
2 · Pick a Step
First draft, no editing. What would move you an inch toward that value this week?
For example: “Be more patient with him.”
3 · Step - or Wish?
The fork. A step can be filmed being done this week. A wish sounds noble and films nothing. Check the outside. The camera test: what exactly would it record? The words: “more, better, somehow, try to” is wish language; a step has a verb, a day, a size. Your body: a right-sized step settles you; an oversized one braces.
For example: “'Be more patient' films nothing. 'Sit with him for the first ten minutes after his nap' films fine.”
4 · Shrink It
Rewrite it small: verb, day, minutes. Small enough that a bad week can't kill it. The engine isn't the size of the step - it's the promise kept.
For example: “Sit with him for ten minutes after his nap, Tuesday and Thursday.”
5 · Promise It
Say it out loud. And plan the missed rep now: if the week eats it, what's the come-back version? The win is the coming back.
For example: “If I miss - one minute at the kettle with him, same day.”
See a worked example first
The wish wanted a better person by Friday. The step wanted ten minutes, twice. The step wins - because it happens.
YOUR TURNYour Action Plan
Type into each box. Tap a title to see what it means. Your “Say it” line builds at the bottom as you write.
Tap any that fit, then add your own:
The fork: a wish is not a step, however good it sounds. Cutting the fog is not lowering the bar.
Not sure which half is which?
You don't have to feel for it. Check the outside signals.
The camera test. What would a camera record you doing, on which day? “Be more patient” records nothing. “Ten minutes after his nap, Tuesday” records fine.
The words. “More, better, somehow, really try” - wish language. A step has a verb, a day, a size.
Your body. A right-sized step settles you when you say it. An oversized one makes you brace - that's the tell to shrink it.
Step: “Walk to the mailbox after breakfast.” Wish: “Get my energy back.”
Cutting a wish down to a step isn't giving up on the wish. It's how wishes actually get built.
Small enough to keep. That is the engine.
No buttons working? Just take a screenshot - your filled-in page is the deliverable.
SHARE ITMake a Shareable Card
Turn your record into an image for Skool, Instagram, or your phone wallpaper. Pick a shape, then create it.
The strength for the step isn't self-generated - it's supplied. One rep, His strength, again tomorrow. That's the whole arrangement.
"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
Philippians 4:13Each kept promise is evidence. Your brain files it, and belief in your own ability grows from that record - which makes the next step easier to start.
A general mechanism, not a guarantee. This supports good care; it doesn't replace it.