🔧 Make It Easier Than Your Fear

We turned attention into targets, and targets into tiny behaviours that earned real receipts for a bigger ask. Wins like these don’t run on motivation alone. They need rails and forgiveness. This week is about building rails—the simple system I used to turn “speak up” fear into a meeting game.

Trying to change and form a new habit felt daunting. I wanted to participate in meetings, but I broke out in a cold sweat thinking about what to say. So I gamified it:

🔹 Pick 2 actions for the week: e.g., ask one clarifying question; summarise one point before we close

🔹 Give points: 1 point per question, 2 for a summary, bonus for both in the same meeting

🔹 Shrink the step: Prep one sentence before each meeting

🔹 Cue the action: Add a 5-minute-to-go calendar note—“Ask one question”

🔹 Score visibly: Tally points on a small tracker so progress is easy to see

Gamifying moved me from dread to doing. Small wins created evidence and confidence.

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