# The Unseen Self · Obstacle Rehearsal

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Scope: complete-authored-record
Source: https://innergeniusacademy.com/the-unseen-self?card=guardian-4
Provenance: Unseen Self 2.0.0-new-edition; complete authored card or territory, with contract link. Prefer academy_unseen_self for facilitation.

{
  "edition": "2.0.0-new-edition",
  "content": {
    "id": "guardian-4",
    "territory": "guardian",
    "title": "Obstacle Rehearsal",
    "notice": "Choose a small wish for this week that is mostly within your control. Name its best ordinary outcome in one sentence. Now name the most likely internal obstacle at a specific moment: forgetting, rushing, or avoiding an unclear step.",
    "functionPrompt": "Separate that internal obstacle from an external constraint such as money, time, access, or another person's decision. Which part can you influence without pretending the external constraint is your attitude?",
    "softenPrompt": "Try ‘Planning for friction is not expecting failure.’ Or use the neutral ‘I can prepare for this one moment.’ You do not need to picture a perfect future.",
    "actPrompt": "Rehearse once in plain words: ‘If [specific obstacle at its cue], then I will [two-minute response].’ Add ‘If that is not possible, I will [smaller fallback or stop].’ Keep the plan somewhere you choose to see it.",
    "light": "A useful plan makes room for the obstacle instead of blaming you for it.",
    "caution": "This is a modest planning exercise, not a promise that wishing or rehearsing can overcome structural barriers.",
    "optionalFields": [
      {
        "id": "wish",
        "label": "Wish",
        "prompt": "What small, achievable change would you like this week?"
      },
      {
        "id": "outcome",
        "label": "Outcome",
        "prompt": "What ordinary benefit would matter to you?"
      },
      {
        "id": "obstacle",
        "label": "Obstacle",
        "prompt": "What exact internal obstacle may appear, and what external constraint must the plan respect?"
      }
    ],
    "suggestedTools": [
      "if-then",
      "soften"
    ]
  },
  "required_companion_reference": "https://innergeniusacademy.com/api/agent-guide/unseen-self",
  "conduct": "Read the full specification before facilitating. No diagnoses, forced disclosure, inferred motives, or automatic saving."
}

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