Workbook #10MindBalance Stage

Avoided Move Playbook

Make the Move You've Been Avoiding for Months (or Years)

There's a conversation you haven't had, a decision you haven't made, or a step you keep putting off. You think about it more than you'd like to admit — usually late at night, or every time something reminds you of it. It's been weeks. Maybe years. And the longer it sits there unmade, the heavier it gets.

You have one move — a raise, a quit, a hard conversation, a side hustle launch — that's been 'next' for 6+ months
You've rehearsed the worst-case outcome so many times it feels like a certainty, not a possibility
Every week you don't act adds to a quiet tally of regret and self-doubt
You're waiting for the 'right time' or for fear to go away first — and it never does

What you get

What's inside

Part 1 — Name It

The Avoided Move Inventory — list 5-10 moves you've avoided for 6+ months
Choose THE One — select your single highest-leverage avoided move
The Cost of Inaction worksheet — financial, opportunity, emotional, and identity cost

Part 2 — Deconstruct the Fear

The Fear Deconstruction Worksheet — worst case, real probability, recovery action, likely outcome, and upside
A worked example (asking for a raise from $120k to $170k)
The Permission Letter — write yourself permission to act, from your future self

Part 3 — Build the Action

The Minimum Viable Action (MVA) builder — smallest real step within 7 days
The High-Stakes Conversation Script Builder (opening line, ask, and silence)
Plan B Pre-Commitment — your next action for best, worst, and likely outcomes

Part 4 — Commit & Build Momentum

The signed Commitment Contract with date, witness, and consequence
The Post-Move Debrief — what actually happened vs. your feared worst case
The 5 Moves to Schedule roadmap and 15-minute daily practice

Is this for you?

Who this workbook is for

The Conversation Avoider

There's a money talk, a boundary, or an ask you've rehearsed a hundred times in your head but never said out loud.

The 'Not Yet' Professional

You've been meaning to ask for the raise, make the career change, or start the side business for over a year. The timing never feels right.

The Frozen Decision-Maker

You know what the right move is. You just can't seem to make yourself do it, and the not-doing is starting to feel worse than any outcome could be.

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Free sample exercise

This is one of the exercises from the workbook — you can fill it in right here.

Sample Exercise: The Cost of Inaction (The Avoidance Tax)

Most people measure an avoided move by how scary it feels to start. This worksheet measures it by what it's actually costing you — in money, time, and the story you're building about who you are. Adding it up is often the moment avoidance stops feeling 'safe.'

Your exercise

For your chosen avoided move, calculate: the direct financial cost (amount × months avoided), the opportunity cost (income or growth forgone), the emotional toll (rate 1-10), the hours per week lost to dread or rumination, and the identity cost — how many years of evidence you've built for the story 'I am someone who doesn't do hard things.'

Financial cost (direct)

Opportunity cost

Emotional toll (1-10)

Hours/week lost

Identity cost (years)

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The transformation

What you'll walk away with

After completing this workbook you'll have named your #1 avoided move, calculated its true financial and emotional cost, deconstructed the fear behind it into honest probabilities, and designed a 7-day Minimum Viable Action with a conversation script and a signed commitment contract.

A completed Cost of Inaction calculation — the 'Avoidance Tax' you're currently paying in money, time, and identity
A 5-layer Fear Deconstruction that replaces your imagined worst case with real probabilities and a recovery plan
A signed Commitment Contract with a 7-day Minimum Viable Action, conversation script, and accountability partner

No fluff

A workbook you do, not just read

12 exercises & worksheets

Across 4 guided parts — each one is something you fill in, not a prompt you skim past.

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