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COGNITIVE-FLEXIBILITY5 MIN READ

Turn a Reflex Into a Reframe

Apply a three-step reframe to replace a reflex judgment with a testable interpretation.

Jonah receives: "Need to revisit your deck tomorrow." His automatic interpretation is that the deck failed. Data -> Story -> Alternate frame -> Test question The common trap is to treat a stress story as a fact, then spend energy solving the wrong problem. Before Jonah rewrites the whole deck until midnight and opens the meeting defensive. After Jonah asks what decision the deck needs to support, learns the audience changed, and edits only the first three slides. 1. Separate data The actual data is one Slack message: "Need to revisit your deck tomorrow." A camera could capture this. It…

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