Month 4 · Lead Self
Chaos to Clarity
Turn competing demands into a grounded runway of decisions and faithful execution.
Capacity being formed
Clarity & Decisions
Turn chaos into grounded priorities, wise decisions, and completed commitments.
Evidence of formation
A previously stalled decision becomes a dated next step with a clear owner and evidence of completion.
Language from Mike
“I had accomplished the wrong things for the wrong reasons.”
Biblical anchor · ESV
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
Discovery tool
Decision Runway
Run the Decision Runway: reality, desired destination, identity stake, assumptions, counsel, constraints, next reversible step, and point of commitment.
Reality
Write the current facts, constraints, stakeholders, and real deadline. Exclude imagined reactions.
Coach: “What is true now, even if you dislike it?”
Destination
Describe the faithful outcome and the value it serves.
Coach: “What are you protecting: calling, comfort, reputation, people, or stewardship?”
Options
List three options, including pause or decline. Mark which are reversible.
Coach: “Which small step would produce the most useful information?”
Commit
Choose owner, action, date, counsel needed, and visible proof of completion.
Coach: “What are you calling discernment that may be fear?”
No-prep facilitator guide
The complete 90-minute run-of-show
Bring the participant’s CT Scan result, this page, a timer, and a way to write. Read the coach language as written when useful; follow the person more closely than the clock when safety or truth requires it.
| Time | Phase | Coach does + says | Participant does |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–7 | Arrive | Say: “This conversation is confidential within the limits we agreed. What would make these 90 minutes useful?” Then lead three slow breaths and a brief prayer. | Rate present intensity 0–10; name one desired outcome. |
| 7–15 | Witness | Ask for one piece of evidence since the last session. Reflect effort, choice, support, and result—without inflating it. | Name what changed, what helped, and what remains difficult. |
| 15–25 | Language | Read the Mike Signorelli line and James 1:5. Ask what each exposes or invites in the live situation. | Underline one phrase; explain it in your own words; choose the phrase you need today. |
| 25–45 | Decision Runway | Guide the four fields in order. Do not interpret ahead of the participant. Start with: “What is true now, even if you dislike it?” | Write concise answers for all four fields using one current, concrete situation. |
| 45–57 | Locate | Ask the remaining tool prompts, then: “What is the pattern beneath the performance?” Allow silence. | Name the governing story, protection, motive, expectation, or system and the cost it creates. |
| 57–70 | Rehearse | Participant gives the 60-second decision brief: “The facts are… The value is… The next reversible step is… By this date you will see…” Coach removes vagueness and asks for one clean yes or no. | Practice the new response out loud; receive feedback; repeat until the first step is clear and natural. |
| 70–82 | Prescribe | Choose the smallest sustainable practice. Specify cue, frequency, duration, support, and visible evidence. Explain the research carefully as support—not certainty. | Select the practice, calendar it, and identify the witness or environmental support. |
| 82–90 | Covenant | Ask: “What will you do, by when, who will know, and what proof will exist?” Read the safety boundary before closing in prayer. | State one commitment, one witness, one due date, and one piece of evidence. Rate confidence 0–10; shrink the plan if below 7. |
Why the practice can work
Why specific cues matter
Research on implementation intentions found that a concrete “if situation Y, then I will do X” plan improves follow-through by linking a recognizable cue to a chosen response. SLS uses that finding as a practice aid, not a guarantee.
Read the primary source →Gollwitzer & Sheeran (2006), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69–119
Thirty-day prescription
Practice until it becomes available under pressure.
Weekly · 20 minutes
Run the Clarity Review: celebrate, close, renegotiate, release, schedule the essential three.
Evidence: A dated list of closed loops and next three priorities.
Within 72 hours
Take the selected reversible step.
Evidence: Message, calendar block, decision note, or completed deliverable.
Care + scope boundary
Clarity is not certainty. For legal, medical, mental-health, financial, or safeguarding decisions, involve the appropriate qualified professional.
Monthly evidence review
Measure formation in real life.
Private reflection
Which open loop is consuming the most invisible attention?
Source lineage
Original SLS facilitation design synthesized from Mike Signorelli’s books and leadership frameworks. Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, used by permission. All rights reserved.