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Equipped With Agency

Session 13 — School and Work Scenarios

4 questions from session 13, answered in your own words.

Session 13 of the series. The questions come from the session's own material — every answer below is a span of it, word for word, rather than somebody's summary.

The questions 4 questions

Answer in your own words, out loud or on paper. Nothing is scored, nothing is marked, and nothing is stored — this is for noticing what you have, not for anybody to grade.

  1. Name the state, other than avoidance, that this protocol is built for.

    What the material says

    Performance pressure is producing paralysis

    Where this comes from — Use it when

  2. A task you are avoiding is not free while you avoid it. What is it costing?

    What the material says

    The undone task is already costing you.

    Where this comes from — Why it works

  3. Why does facing an undefined pile of work make starting harder, specifically?

    What the material says

    Choice overload is part of the paralysis.

    Where this comes from — Why it works

  4. A child cannot start their homework. Is the intervention motivational, and if not, what is it?

    What the material says

    The intervention is structural, not motivational

    Where this comes from — The helper note — activation, not motivation

The material itself

School and Work Scenarios — the handout

The full written session: what the tool is, why it works, when to use it, and what never to say.

Read the handout →