MASTER Risk Model - Learning Resources - Situation

Operations

Identify one recurring task that could be automated or simplified this week—free up time for deeper work.

Check your daily study routine—what’s one unnecessary step you can remove to save time?

Revisit your current checklist or study plan—update or shorten one that’s outdated or complex.

Ask a peer: “What’s one process that slows you down more than it should?”

Time one routine activity (e.g., citing sources)—can you complete it faster with a template or tool?

Review your backlog of tasks—delete anything older than 30 days that no longer adds value.

Decision-making

Identify one decision you’ve been delaying—write down the risk of not deciding, then make a call.

Use a simple “Yes / No / Later” framework to quickly triage your current pending tasks.

Revisit a recent small choice—was it made with clarity, or by default? What would you do differently?

Write out three criteria that define a “good decision” in your student role.

Ask a peer to sanity-check one choice you’re overthinking—get quick external input.

Block 15 minutes to review a past mistake—what decision could have changed the outcome?

Structure

Sketch a quick map of your current program or project roles—are responsibilities crystal clear?

Identify one unclear role in your project—clarify who owns what by end of day.

Review your project’s goal-setting format—does it match how accountability actually works?

Update one project task list to reflect what it actually involves today.

Check whether everyone knows who to report to in your group—ask one direct question.

Define in one sentence the core purpose of your program—does it match your daily work?

MASTER Risk Hub