The Michael Jordan
Framework
Competitive Excellence & Standards
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.
- ✦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
We're preparing this framework now. In the meantime, browse our currently available flagships.
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.