In The Reset Mindset, Penny Zenker examines the three steps of the Reset Practice in terms of several commonly used Mental Models that illustrate its simplicity, practicality, and impact. Here is the first of the three steps of gthe Reset Prfactice.

1, Step Back 

o Apply Hanlon’s Razor (“never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity”) to avoid jumping to conclusions about others’ intentions

o Recognize the Sunk-Costs Fallacy to avoid continuing on a path just because you’ve already invested in it.

o Review SWOT analysis to help a person or organization to identify strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats related to business competition or project planning.

o Use the Five Whys to get to the root cause of a problem and ensure the team aligns around the problem to work collaboratively toward the solution.

o Choose the opposite with Inversion Thinking. Challenge your current perspective by selecting the opposite. It helps in identifying potential problems and avoiding blind spots in decision-making.

The other two steps are Get Perspective and Realign.

Penny Zenker carefully explazions HOW to maximize the benefits of  taking each step of this decision-making process.

The Reset Mindset: How to Get Unstuck, Focus on What Matters Most, and Reach Your Goals Faster was published by 
Amplify Publishing Group (September 2024).