The Gavel
Stop chipping away at everything—start shaping what matters.
Break What No Longer Fits
The Gavel isn’t about smashing. It’s about shaping.
Picture this: You’re holding a rough stone in your hands. It’s heavy, irregular, a little awkward. Now imagine trying to build something lasting with it—a temple, a home, a self. You can’t—not until you knock away the excess.
That’s where the Gavel comes in. Not to destroy, but to define.
A man once told us he was always adding—more habits, more goals, more strategies. But his life felt crowded and brittle, like a wall stacked with stones that didn’t fit together. He kept slipping. Kept patching things up. And then, during a moment of clarity (and exhaustion), he asked:
“What am I willing to remove to make space for what I want to become?” That’s when the Gavel started to make sense.
It’s not a hammer of judgment. It’s a chisel of refinement. Every strike says, Not this. Not this behavior. Not this belief. Not this story I’ve told myself that no longer serves who I’m becoming.
The work of self-improvement isn’t just about adding—it’s also about divesting. And the Gavel teaches us that subtraction can be sacred.
Related Diagnostic Questions:
- What behavior, habit, or belief is dulling your edge?
- What’s weighing you down that once helped you stand up?
- Where in your life do you feel the friction of misfit or misalignment?
- What would you look like if you removed what no longer belongs?
Use it now:
Draw a silhouette of a stone figure—just an outline. Inside it, write down the behaviors, habits, or beliefs that are shaping you today.
Now circle one that feels jagged, misaligned, or outdated.
Draw a clean chisel line through it.
What would your next strike with the Gavel be?
Then take it. Not out of anger—but out of care for what you’re becoming.
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