Get Started with the TGA Syllabus
Below you’ll find “The Guardian Academy Syllabus” that includes 10 modules of educational lessons designed to empower your ability to develop leadership skills, self efficacy, and ultimately help you move closer to the things that matter most to you in life.
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Open Loop Learning Journal Lesson Pages for individuals who prefer to take notes as they learn.
Make a copy of the TGA Syllabus Tracking Sheet, and monitor your progress as you complete lessons.
Bookmark the Twitter Space Replay Sheet to hear discussion from members on TGA lessons.
Get Connected
For community support and opportunity to connect with other purpose-driven individuals, consider joining The Guardian Academy.
- Join the Community Discord
- Join on The Success Finder
- Follow on Twitter and Instagram
- Visit TGA on the web
Climb the Tiers
If you’re ready to become a member of TGA, then please review the TGA tier system, and discover how to gain private level access to The Guardian Academy and reap the many benefits TGA has to offer.
**Inside the Den is not an official partner of The Guardian Academy. As Guardians of The Guardian Academy (TGA), our intent is to support TGA, the community, and mission to help elevate the lives of others.
LESSON 0: The Shortcut
Compounding time, effort and resources.
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LESSON 1: Open Loops & Learning
Teaching Smart People How To Learn and How To Learn Faster
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Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
LESSON 2: DALA
“Directions for Acting Like and Adult” or “Dont Act Like An A-Hole” – How to stop sabotaging yourself.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 3: Rocky Road
The secret to a smoother path forward.
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Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 4: Quotes
Most common quotes inside the TGA, quips to live by.
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Lesson 1: Language & Self Efficacy
Words matter more than you think and Why we must be leaders, not saviors.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 2: Dogmatic versus Scientific Orientation
How most people set themselves to fail.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 3: Adaptive versus Technical Problems
Why most people are looking for solutions in the wrong place.
Post your 6WU
Principle 1: Recapture & Reallocate Overview
Finding more free time, money and energy hidden in plain sight.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Principle 2: Frequency of Exposure Overview
The Noise Bottleneck: When more data is more harmful.
Post your 6WU
What is Crypto? Should I even be in it?
Does crypto fit in a traditional portfolio? A guardian capstone project.
Before trying to figure out how to participate in a web 3 world, you need to decide if you should participate in a web 3 world.
Post your 6WU
Human versus Champion Mind with Dr. Jeff Spencer
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
About Dr. Jeff Spencer
Learn more at www.drjeffspencer.com
Core Concepts Intro and Overview – Bumpers
Post your 6WU
Lesson 1: Solvable Problem Intro and Certainty App
Defining what you want and then create a “google maps” to get you there.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Solvable Problem Considerations
Lesson 2: Solvable Problem and Frequency of Exposure
Maintaining clarity and sobriety amongst the noise.
Post your 6WU
Innovation, Information, and the Future of Tech
Understanding the environment of emerging tech.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
System Reliability
Measuring and improving the probability that you get the outcome you expect.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Engineering “Luck”
Two players that you can recruit to your team that will make you “lucky”.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Chutes and Ladders
Post your 6WU
Resource Allocation
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Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Recapture and Reallocate Series
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
(BONUS) Brain Sludge and (Self) Respect
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
The Investor Frame and Resource Allocation
Post your 6WU
Macro Belief Overview
What is the core belief that guides decisions?
Post your 6WU
Investment Strategies Overview
Which strategy best fits your unique disposition?
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Base Case Overview
The core of the Guardian Academy is the “Base Case”
Post your 6WU
Collective Momentum (Community)
The power of (the right) community.
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Orienting Yourself in a Digital World
How to navigate a digital world.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Safety, Security, and Next Steps
Step one is appreciating when bad things don’t happen. How to protect yourself against “bad things” in a web 3 world and how to join the Wolfpack if interested.
For Safety, Security, and Next Steps – please read this article for more information.
The Process is the Shortcut
Compounding Time, effort, and resources
- The Compound Effect (Book)
- The Slight Edge (Book)
- The Process is the Shortcut (Podcast)
- Growing Trees (Article)
Rocky Road
Improving communication, meeting people where they are at, and empathy.
- Crucial Conversations (Books)
- Never Split the Difference (Book)
- The Process Therapy Model (Book)
Dopamine without Effort
- Dopamine Nation (Book)
- Controlling Your Dopamine (Podcast / Video)
Frequency of Exposure
The noise bottleneck: when more information is harmful.
- Fooled by Randomness (Book)
- The Black Swan (Book)
- Skin in the Game (Book)
- Antifragile (Book)
Human vs. Champion Mind
Impulsive vs. thoughtful, identifying and overcoming biases.
- Thinking Fast and Slow (Book)
- Rigging the Game (Book)
- Predictably Irrational (Book)
Innovation and Creation
How things are actually created and how they get adopted. Micro steps and creation.
- How to fly a horse (Book)
System Reliability
- Filters Against Folly (Book)
Asymmetry
- Asymmetry by Nic Peterson (Article)
What is intelligence?
- In the Classroom (article)
Things that move.
- Things that move (Article)
- The Fifth Discipline (Book)
Get Connected
For community support and opportunity to connect with other purpose-driven individuals, consider joining The Guardian Academy.
- Join the Community Discord
- Join on The Success Finder
- Follow on Twitter and Instagram
- Visit TGA on the web
Climb the Tiers
If you’re ready to become a member of TGA, then please review the TGA tier system, and discover how to gain private level access to The Guardian Academy and reap the many benefits TGA has to offer.
**Inside the Den is not an official partner of The Guardian Academy. As Guardians of The Guardian Academy (TGA), our intent is to support TGA, the community, and mission to help elevate the lives of others.
LESSON 0: The Shortcut
Compounding time, effort and resources.
Post your 6WU
LESSON 1: Open Loops & Learning
Teaching Smart People How To Learn and How To Learn Faster
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
LESSON 2: DALA
“Directions for Acting Like and Adult” or “Dont Act Like An A-Hole” – How to stop sabotaging yourself.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 3: Rocky Road
The secret to a smoother path forward.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 4: Quotes
Most common quotes inside the TGA, quips to live by.
Post your 6WU
Lesson 1: Language & Self Efficacy
Words matter more than you think and Why we must be leaders, not saviors.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 2: Dogmatic versus Scientific Orientation
How most people set themselves to fail.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Lesson 3: Adaptive versus Technical Problems
Why most people are looking for solutions in the wrong place.
Post your 6WU
Principle 1: Recapture & Reallocate Overview
Finding more free time, money and energy hidden in plain sight.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Principle 2: Frequency of Exposure Overview
The Noise Bottleneck: When more data is more harmful.
Post your 6WU
What is Crypto? Should I even be in it?
Does crypto fit in a traditional portfolio? A guardian capstone project.
Before trying to figure out how to participate in a web 3 world, you need to decide if you should participate in a web 3 world.
Post your 6WU
Human versus Champion Mind with Dr. Jeff Spencer
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
About Dr. Jeff Spencer
Learn more at www.drjeffspencer.com
Core Concepts Intro and Overview – Bumpers
Post your 6WU
Lesson 1: Solvable Problem Intro and Certainty App
Defining what you want and then create a “google maps” to get you there.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Solvable Problem Considerations
Lesson 2: Solvable Problem and Frequency of Exposure
Maintaining clarity and sobriety amongst the noise.
Post your 6WU
Innovation, Information, and the Future of Tech
Understanding the environment of emerging tech.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
System Reliability
Measuring and improving the probability that you get the outcome you expect.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Engineering “Luck”
Two players that you can recruit to your team that will make you “lucky”.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Chutes and Ladders
Post your 6WU
Resource Allocation
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Recapture and Reallocate Series
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
(BONUS) Brain Sludge and (Self) Respect
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
The Investor Frame and Resource Allocation
Post your 6WU
Macro Belief Overview
What is the core belief that guides decisions?
Post your 6WU
Investment Strategies Overview
Which strategy best fits your unique disposition?
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Base Case Overview
The core of the Guardian Academy is the “Base Case”
Post your 6WU
Collective Momentum (Community)
The power of (the right) community.
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Orienting Yourself in a Digital World
How to navigate a digital world.
Post your 6WU
Read the Article | Listen on Apple or Spotify
Safety, Security, and Next Steps
Step one is appreciating when bad things don’t happen. How to protect yourself against “bad things” in a web 3 world and how to join the Wolfpack if interested.
For Safety, Security, and Next Steps – please read this article for more information.
The Process is the Shortcut
Compounding Time, effort, and resources
- The Compound Effect (Book)
- The Slight Edge (Book)
- The Process is the Shortcut (Podcast)
- Growing Trees (Article)
Rocky Road
Improving communication, meeting people where they are at, and empathy.
- Crucial Conversations (Books)
- Never Split the Difference (Book)
- The Process Therapy Model (Book)
Dopamine without Effort
- Dopamine Nation (Book)
- Controlling Your Dopamine (Podcast / Video)
Frequency of Exposure
The noise bottleneck: when more information is harmful.
- Fooled by Randomness (Book)
- The Black Swan (Book)
- Skin in the Game (Book)
- Antifragile (Book)
Human vs. Champion Mind
Impulsive vs. thoughtful, identifying and overcoming biases.
- Thinking Fast and Slow (Book)
- Rigging the Game (Book)
- Predictably Irrational (Book)
Innovation and Creation
How things are actually created and how they get adopted. Micro steps and creation.
- How to fly a horse (Book)
System Reliability
- Filters Against Folly (Book)
Asymmetry
- Asymmetry by Nic Peterson (Article)
What is intelligence?
- In the Classroom (article)
Things that move.
- Things that move (Article)
- The Fifth Discipline (Book)