Scientific Definition
Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
Plain-English Definition
Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
Feynman Explanation
Skip the basics and the rest collapses. Skip altruism and the depth feels hollow.
Core Principle
Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
Mechanisms
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Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
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Why high-performing teams need a base-camp of operational health before pursuing moonshots.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Skip the basics and the rest collapses. Skip altruism and the depth feels hollow.
Examples
- Simmons & Pagan's stacked model — most burnout is layer-skipping.
- Why high-performing teams need a base-camp of operational health before pursuing moonshots.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Audit which layer is starved and re-allocate before optimizing the next.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Audit which layer is starved and re-allocate before optimizing the next.
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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
A problem whose solution requires people to change their values, beliefs, or habits — not just apply expertise.
Holding a different — and correct — set of tools than everyone else.
Someone who incites others to take illegal or rash action, often to expose or discredit them.
Sun Tzu's ancient treatise on strategy, deception, and positioning.
Conflict between belligerents with very different resources and tactics.
Start from the desired future and work backward to the steps that make it inevitable.
Winning the disputed population, not just defeating the visible opponent.
Countering hostile narratives with truthful, well-timed alternatives.
Sort situations into Clear, Complicated, Complex, Chaotic, or Confused — each needs a different response.
Eroding the will to act, even when capacity remains.
Munger's principle: the surest way to get something is to deserve it.
An act committed to look like it was done by someone else.