Dan Shipper

The 8+1 framework: eight life boxes plus the box for thinking

Werdelin runs his life on an '8+1' grid borrowed from a Dan Shipper write-up: Transact, Invest, Assist, Learn, Health, Family, Relationship, and Ego/self-kindness. The crucial ninth box is reserved for actually spending time thinking about all the others.

“So I have this thing I call the A+1 framework. And the A+1 framework is really about the core elements that I'd like to kind of like be quote unquote successful people in.”

Steal thisMap your life onto fixed boxes (money, investing, helping, learning, health, family, relationships, self) and reserve a dedicated ninth box just to think about them weekly.