Rules - values, principles, and practices

The first step in creating the future is to define the rules of the world that is being created.

The rules are made up of values, principles, and practices. These things create an operating framework for making decisions, interacting with other people, and organizing teams. All of these things create a collaborative environment for people to collaborate.

Values refer to the beliefs or ideals that an individual or a society considers important and that guide their behavior and decision-making.

Principles refer to the fundamental beliefs that guide an individual's decisions and actions with other people.

Practices refers to the actions, methods, or procedures employed to achieve a particular goal or objective.

My Values:

I value safety so I surround myself with people who are Trustworthy. They tell the truth, are reliable, are strong in many ways, and have the ability to do what they say they will do.

My Principles:

Principle 1: To value my time, I must first value my health.

Principle 2: I meet people where they are, respecting how they wish to be met.

Principle 3: I help the willing.

Principle 4: I measure what matters, when it matters.

Principle 5: I validate my models using experimental evidence.

Principle 6: I use curiosity to discover new perspectives, deepen my sense of wonder, and uncover new areas to explore.

Principle 7: I acknowledge luck’s role and actively work to increase "good luck" and reduce "bad luck" through self-awareness. When good luck arises, I amplify it. When bad luck occurs, I quickly forgive myself for not anticipating or preventing it.

Principle 8: I track my good and bad decisions, reflecting on why things do or don't work as I expect.

Principle 9: I learn about happiness from happy people.

Principle 10: I learn from nature by spending time immersed in it.

Principle 11: I work to create situations where everyone can win.

Principle 12: I forgive myself first.

My Everyday Practices:

• I walk in nature.

• I eat healthy food.

• I’m mindful of the things happening around me.

• I contemplate the time and distance I have remaining.

• I create tools to maximize my utility with the short time I have left.

• I recognize that I’m just passing through.

My Yearly Practices:

• Birthday: Calculate distance and time remaining.

  • Write down biggest lessons from the previous year.

  • Document outcomes and goals for the year ahead

  • Define areas to explore, tools to learn, and people to spend time with.

• Infinite Game: Consider if I feel that I am ahead or behind of where I imagined I’d be on this birthday.

• Stop Doing: Document the things that I will stop doing in the coming year.

• Simplify: Shed complexity to create space to create.

Long Game Framework: Overview of a methodology for creating the future

Rules: Define the things that are important, the way decisions are made, and meeting structures for sharing information. <- You are here.

Vision: A clear understanding of the future state.

Outcomes: The outcomes that will be created in this new world.

Strategy: The cross-functional relationships between all of the components in the system and the projects that will create the outcomes.

People: Identify the roles of the people who can help create the future and their specific job functions.

Plan: Organize the strategy and people into a plan for each project.

Progress: Define how progress will be tracked to ensure the plan is on schedule and on budget.

Learning: For each phase in the plan, define what lessons will be learned and how the lessons will be used to improve future versions.

Proof: Define how proof will be delivered for each phase.