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The Pre-Flight Checklist

An aviation-style run-up checklist for the launch you only get to fly once — a business, a product, a big ask, a career move. A flight strip names the mission and what landed looks like, then two phase blocks (BEFORE TAXI and BEFORE TAKEOFF, renameable) hold six dot-leader CHECK items each — the things you'd be embarrassed to discover missing at altitude. At the bottom waits a boxed FINAL GATE with GO and NO-GO circles, a line for what would flip a NO-GO, and a departure date. Circle one, in pen, out loud. Pilots with thousands of hours still read every line; a NO-GO isn't a scrub — it's a date with the flip condition.

Best for: Making a disciplined GO / NO-GO call on a launch — a business, a product, a big ask — instead of drifting into it.
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A cockpit checklist for the launch you only fly once.

An aviation-style run-up sheet for launching anything — a business, a product, a big ask, a move. A flight strip names the mission, two phase blocks list your items in dot-leader CHECK format, and a boxed GO / NO-GO gate waits at the bottom for a call you make in pen, out loud.

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One item per line, up to six per phase. Make every item checkable — "six months of runway confirmed" beats "feel financially ready". Rename the phases to fit your launch: prep vs. launch week, research vs. commit, save vs. sign.

The gate asks one more thing: what would have to be true to flip a NO-GO. A NO-GO isn't a scrub — it's a date with that condition.

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