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The Michael Jordan Framework

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Michael Jordan's defining trait wasn't athletic ability — it was the speed at which he elevated the standard. He took every minor slight, real or imagined, and metabolised it into preparation. He made teammates hate him during practice and love him during finals. This framework captures Jordan's signature psychology: the use of fabricated disrespect as fuel, the demand that everyone around him match a standard they previously thought impossible, and the specific way he approached fourth-quarter moments.

Inside the framework

A glimpse of Michael Jordan's thinking.

Core Philosophy

Excellence is a daily choice, not a destination—you either get better or you get beaten. Every interaction, practice, and moment is an opportunity to separate yourself from those who accept "good enough." The scoreboard doesn't lie, and neither should your preparation.

Five Mental Models
  1. 01
  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05

Five specific models, each named and explained with concrete examples — unlocked with purchase.

A Signature Question · sample

"What would someone who's trying to take my spot be doing right now?"

4 more questions in Michael Jordan's voice are unlocked with purchase.

What Michael Jordan Would NOT Do · sample
Accept "we did our best" as sufficient when the scoreboard shows a loss

Full list of anti-patterns unlocked with purchase.

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The full framework adds: detailed explanations of all five mental models with real-world examples, the decision heuristics Michael Jordan actually used, remaining signature questions, the complete list of anti-patterns, a copy-paste activation prompt, and a worked example.

Unlocked the moment you purchase. ~2,000 words total. Delivered as a Claude Skill and plain .md within 60 seconds of checkout.

What's inside
  • Core philosophy — 2–3 sentences grounded in Michael Jordan's documented worldview
  • Five signature mental models — each named, with concrete examples from their work
  • Decision heuristics — the concrete rules they actually used
  • Signature questions — five questions that sound like Michael Jordan, not a generic MBA
  • What they would NOT do — the anti-patterns this framework rejects
  • Copy-paste activation prompt — drop straight into Claude or ChatGPT
  • Worked example — the framework applied to a realistic scenario
Delivered in two formats
  • michael-jordan.zip — a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to ~/.claude/skills/
  • michael-jordan-framework.md — plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts — anywhere
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Inspired by the documented thinking of Michael Jordan. A mental-model toolkit, not a literal representation. Delivered as a .md file compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and any LLM.

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