Imagine that what you are about to do or say were to be portrayed accurately on the front page of the New York Times.<\/p>\n
ChatGPT says: That\u2019s a solid gut check. It taps shame, pride, accountability and reputation all at once. If you can stomach an accurate front-page story of your choice, you\u2019re probably in the clear. If you\u2019d start explaining or hiding, you know you\u2019re drifting.<\/p>\n
A few things this rule gives you:<\/p>\n
I. It forces clarity. You stop rationalizing and look at your motives without fog.<\/p>\n
II. It adds a real audience. Most bad decisions thrive in imagined privacy.<\/p>\n
III. It checks your status cravings. If you\u2019d be embarrassed in front of people you respect, that tells you more than any abstract rule.<\/p>\n
IV. It scales. It works for tiny choices and for life-altering ones.<\/p>\n
A complementary twist you might like:<\/p>\n
Ask yourself whether the people you admire most would read that same front page and think, \u201cYeah, that tracks. That\u2019s Luke.\u201d If the answer is no, slow down.<\/p>\n
LF: “We don’t always know how much trauma we’re inflicting on others. I just spoke with a woman who is still disturbed by this image in her mind of me jogging shirtless down Burton Drive in Beverly Hills 29 years ago.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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