Begin with a pre-mortem (Gary Klein, 2007): imagine failure, list causes, and build countermeasures before acting. Use decision journals to separate analysis from outcome luck and refine future judgments. Timebox sprints but insert tactical pauses—two deep breaths, a 60‑second recap, a quick red-team challenge—before irreversible moves. Standardize critical routines with checklists while granting anyone “stop-the-line” authority to prevent compounding errors. These habits transform calm into a repeatable method. In Sun Tzu’s spirit, they win the battles haste cannot even see—by making the right move, the first time, at the right moment. [...]
