Field Notes

Tools from the field. Yours to use.

Fourteen years of reading people, rebuilding men and testing what actually changes behaviour, written up as tools you can use today. Every prompt on these pages is free to copy. Every pack is free to download.

The frameworks

Start here. The thinking behind everything else.

Framework

The Behavioural Precision Model

David Saleh's Behavioural Precision Model explained: Consumer, Observer, Operator, and the frameworks underneath real behaviour change.

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The Traffic Light Test: Emotional Control Drill

The Traffic Light Test is David Saleh's drill for keeping emotions under control: Red, Amber, Green. Learn the signs of poor control and the fix.

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Self-Coaching Prompts: Use AI as a Real Mirror

AI prompts for self improvement that force honesty instead of flattery. David Saleh's master prompt library for self-coaching with ChatGPT or Claude.

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The drills and prompts

One pattern each. Copy the prompt, run it tonight.

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Calm Dominance: What to Say Instead of Reacting

The exact lines to use in a live argument, plus a prompt to rehearse the fight before it happens. A practical de-escalation script from David Saleh.

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The Replay Method: What Someone's Words Really Mean

The replay method is David Saleh's way of reading a conversation after it happens: what was said versus what was meant, plus a copyable replay prompt.

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The 10 Minute Nightly Pattern Audit

A 10 minute end of day audit that surfaces the behaviour you keep repeating in a week. Self reflection prompts built from evidence, not mood.

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The 90 Second Rule for Emotions

The 90 second rule for emotions: the wave clears in ninety seconds if you stop feeding it. How to ride it out, plus a script for the moment anger spikes.

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The Quiet Standard: A Self-Test for Real Discipline

What you do when nobody's watching is the only character test that counts. Score yourself across 10 unobserved moments with David Saleh's self-test.

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Rooms Theory: Why You Act Differently in Every Room

Rooms Theory names why the same man behaves differently in different rooms, then maps your five most influential rooms with a copyable audit.

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The Sunday Reset for Single Fathers

A 15-minute Sunday reset for fathers carrying the weight quietly after separation. No therapy language, just the reset and one weekly prompt.

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Speed Decision Output: Stop Overthinking Decisions

Speed Decision Output is David Saleh's five-question framework for ending overthinking and turning a stalled decision into one that's actually made.

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How to Not Give People Power Over You

How to not give people power over you: the Observer drill for the person living rent-free in your head. Separates what happened from the story you built.

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The guides

Free, deeper dives. Each one lands in your inbox as a PDF.

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The Approach

How to start a conversation with anyone — without scripts, without awkwardness, without performing. Free guide from…

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The Tuesday Standard

The behavioural test that reveals who you really are — not on your best day, but on your most ordinary one. Free guide…

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How to Catch a Liar

The behavioural tells most people miss — and the 6-part framework that makes deception visible. Free guide from David…

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Read Anyone in 60 Seconds

A structured 60-second observation method that tells you more about someone than most people learn in a month.

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The $50k Leak

The 5 revenue leaks costing your business $50,000+ per year — and the AI system that plugs them.

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The Observer Shift

The single perceptual shift that changes how you read every room, every conversation, and every person — including…

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The Silent Test

Seven behavioural tests that reveal whether someone truly respects you. No conversation required.

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5 Patterns Destroying Your Relationships

The behavioural patterns running underneath your closest relationships — and how to interrupt them before they do more…

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What Your Kids Are Really Saying

The 6 hidden messages behind your child's behaviour — and how to respond to what they actually need.

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Lessons From Building With AI

14 real mistakes from building a 52-agent AI system. Every dollar lost, every client burned, every lesson learned.

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The AI Skill File

A free, copy-paste AI skill file that turns Claude into your lead follow-up engine. No software required.

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Own the Room

How to walk into any space and become the person people orient toward — without saying a word. Free guide from David…

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