Department 4 · Ground in Reality

Inventory Direct Experience

Separate work you have done from subjects you merely recognize.

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Lesson 13 of 33 · one artifact

By the end

You will be able to separate work you have done from subjects you merely recognize.

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WATCH THE ARGUMENT BEFORE YOU USE THE WORKSHEET.

Full lecture · 51:51→

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Before you watch

Write what you currently believe about this lesson's question. Keep the note—you will revise it after watching.

Chapters used in this lesson

  1. 29:23Direct experience only

The idea worth keeping

Inventory Direct Experience

Direct experience contains constraints, consequences, and judgment that summaries omit. It is the safest foundation for an honest offer.

Your turn

Inventory Direct Experience

One inspectable output

List five outcomes you personally helped produce and the evidence for each.

Finish with: A five-row direct-experience inventory.

See the transfer

THE SAME IDEA. TWO REAL CONTEXTS.

Professional example

Running ten onboarding projects is experience; reading a thread is exposure.

Clinician example

Building a reviewed admin workflow is experience; repeating a vendor demo is exposure.

Score your artifact

DOES THE WORK HOLD UP?

  • Uses first-hand verbs
  • Names evidence
  • Does not inflate responsibility

Keep this

Inventory Direct Experience

  • Direct experience contains constraints, consequences, and judgment that summaries omit. It is the safest foundation for an honest offer.
  • A five-row direct-experience inventory.

Your evidence: A five-row direct-experience inventory.

Case-study checkpoint

THE SAME PRINCIPLE MEETS THREE DIFFERENT LIVES.

Jai

Experienced operator with teaching, product, and software judgment.

Anthony

Experienced founder and provider whose family changes the time horizon.

Khizar

New graduate whose viable opportunity must come from direct work and direct relationships.