The 360 · keys for the mind
Three hundred sixty keys. Each in its place.
The best ideas people have found for living well, each placed in the part of your life where it helps most. Your coach brings them to you, one at a time.
The first key · Day 1
Choose your life.
Og Mandino wrote it as a vow, said out loud every morning until it was true. The 360 begins there: one decision, made this morning and again tomorrow.
01It arrives
A two-minute lesson from your coach each morning, from the chamber you're in.
02You use it
One thing to do today: a practice, a call, a conversation, a walk.
03You log it
One line: what you did and what it did.
04It turns
When it becomes a habit, the key turns and the gate swings open.
The Vault Approach
360 keys. Eleven rooms.
Start with you. The keys open the gates.
The keys, chamber by chamber
Every key has a room.
Eleven chambers, one part of your life at a time.
01You by BeingGetting to know myself30 keys
Know yourself first.
Ideas your coach draws on
Og MandinoEmerson and ThoreauStephen Covey's 7 HabitsDale CarnegieWilliam JamesFrederick DouglassWayne DyerNapoleon HillNorman Vincent PealeMaxwell MaltzJim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Brian TracyLouise HayIyanla VanzantJack CanfieldMel RobbinsErich FrommEarl NightingaleJames AllenJordan PetersonTony RobbinsBig Five / OCEANCliftonStrengthsVIA Character StrengthsThe EnneagramMyers-Briggs and its descendantsDISCHuman Design and the Gene KeysWorkplace assessmentsWealth Dynamics, Fascination, SparketypeWorking Genius
02Body by BreathingComing into my body28 keys
Change enters through the body, not the argument.
Ideas your coach draws on
Caroline MyssResmaa MenakemTai Chi and QigongPranayamaHatha YogaSpiritismPsychedelic-assisted therapyNew ThoughtThe Relaxation ResponseLaw of AttractionPilatesWim Hof MethodReikiNeuro-Linguistic ProgrammingTapping (EFT)Alexander TechniquePlant-medicine ceremonyPolyvagal TheoryJoe DispenzaBioenergeticsFeldenkraisButeyko breathingRolfingTREHeartMathHerman, van der Kolk, MatéBreathwork and 5RhythmsConsciousness maps
03Awareness by AttendingPaying attention42 keys
What you attend to grows.
Ideas your coach draws on
A Course in MiraclesMarianne WilliamsonLoving-kindnessIgnatian ExercisesZenVipassanaMBSRMBCTSelf-compassionModern StoicismPema ChödrönTranscendental MeditationThe Work (Byron Katie)Tara BrachCentering PrayerInsight MeditationGratitude practiceThe Power of NowSelf-inquiry (Advaita)The Untethered SoulThe Bhagavad GitaAyurvedaConfucian self-cultivationYoga SutrasKriya YogaThich Nhat HanhThe Art of WarTao Te ChingThe UpanishadsThe Bardo teachingsLojong and TonglenMusashi and BushidoDzogchenTummoMorita therapyNaikanMenciusZhuangziAnandamayi MaWang YangmingIntegral YogaCharvaka
04Meaning by MakingFinding my why34 keys
A reason you can say out loud, in your own words.
Ideas your coach draws on
MontessoriWaldorfKolb and BloomDesign thinkingJohn DeweyPiagetVygotskyErikson's stagesPaulo FreireBandura and self-efficacybell hooksKübler-RossThe Artist's Way and The War of ArtDesigning Your LifeLife reviewExpressive writingThe legacy letterMaslowThe Hero's JourneyThinking, Fast and SlowW. E. B. Du BoisMultiple intelligencesTransformative learningRobert KeganNigrescenceCarol GilliganGloria AnzaldúaJournalingIkigaiReggio EmiliaAndragogyJames HollisMartin Luther King Jr.Malcolm X
05Healing by HonoringSaying the unsaid31 keys
Name what is hidden. The unspoken runs you until it is spoken.
Ideas your coach draws on
John BradshawTwelve StepsCBTFreudJungCarl RogersViktor FranklPositive psychologyInternal Family SystemsACTMotivational interviewingDBTEMDRPsychodramaGestaltREBTEricksonian hypnotherapyStructural family therapyStress inoculationAttachment theoryTransactional analysisCodependent No MoreAlfred AdlerKaren HorneyExistential therapyNarrative therapyEmotionally Focused TherapySolution-focused therapySchema therapySomatic ExperiencingHakomi
Integration a pause, not a chamberAfter the first five chambers we stop adding keys. Rest, restore and let the first five settle in before the next six.
06Circle by ConnectingFinding my people28 keys
You grow in a circle. No one changes alone.
Ideas your coach draws on
Tutu and MandelaNonviolent CommunicationGetting to YesThe Gottman MethodMalidoma SoméConscious parentingVirginia SatirRobert BlyClarissa Pinkola EstésMartin BuberBrené BrownHarriet LernerDan SiegelBowen family systemsAudre LordeMarion WoodmanJean Shinoda BolenMen's circlesImagoFamily ConstellationsBill PlotkinThe Five Love LanguagesEsther PerelGoddess spiritualityCrucial ConversationsWomen's circlesDavid DeidaCircling and Authentic Relating
07Rhythm by RepeatingKeeping a rhythm18 keys
Rhythm beats intensity. The small thing, repeated.
Ideas your coach draws on
The Inner GameTiny HabitsStages of ChangeFlowDeliberate practiceGrowth mindsetSelf-Determination TheoryGritOKRsGetting Things DoneAtomic HabitsWOOPThe Power of HabitDeep WorkPomodoroKonMariThe 4-Hour WorkweekEssentialism
08Freedom by ForgivingLetting go36 keys
Let go to move forward. Release before reach.
Ideas your coach draws on
est and LandmarkThe Dale Carnegie CourseOutward BoundNOLSToastmastersEsalenSilva MethodHoffman ProcessLifespring and the second waveRam DassRichard RohrGurdjieffKnow thyselfAristotleRumiVivekanandaKrishnamurtiThe Dalai LamaSadhguruSiddhartha, The Alchemist, The Four AgreementsAlan WattsIbn ArabiKabirInayat Khan and Idries ShahRabiaHoward ThurmanThe Christian mysticsThe ProphetMirabaiAttar and HafizThe RubaiyatThe StoicsPlato's caveMontaigneGandhiKierkegaard and Nietzsche
09Future by PlanningFacing the future39 keys
The horizon makes the day matter.
Ideas your coach draws on
I ChingTarotKaizenForest bathingMa'atAstrologyVedic astrologyThe Tree of LifeUbuntuRobin Wall KimmererCircadian rhythmMedicine WheelTe Whare Tapa WhāEpigeneticsNeuroplasticityThe Harvard happiness studyBlue ZonesVastuHermeticismMaya Tzolk'inAlchemyAyniNunchiSankofaThe Seven GrandfathersHózhóCore shamanismThe Work That ReconnectsTheosophyPsychoneuroimmunologyFeng shui and BaZiChakrasWabi-sabi and kintsugiHo'oponoponoHygge, lagom, sisuHow Emotions Are MadeNumerologyRunes and DruidryFreemasonry
10Service by ServingHanding it on: of service to others, and to yourself24 keys
Every key had a teacher. Now you are one.
Ideas your coach draws on
EOS / TractionThe GROW modelServant leadershipEmotional intelligencePsychological safetyThe Fifth DisciplineManaging OneselfSituational leadershipThe Five DysfunctionsWooden's PyramidCo-Active CoachingImmunity to ChangeGood to GreatRadical CandorMary Parker FollettOrganizational cultureAdaptive leadershipRosabeth Moss KanterConscious leadershipStart With WhySpiral DynamicsTheory UThe coaching professionAppreciative Inquiry
11Sharing by ShowingSharing it: with others, and of yourself50 keys
It ends in sharing: how the world's traditions hold and give.
Ideas your coach draws on
Norse religionPalestinian liberation theologyJudaismRoman CatholicismBaptist and MethodistSunni IslamShia IslamEastern OrthodoxyHasidic JudaismTheravadaMahayanaZenVajrayanaShaivaVaishnavaSikhismShintoPure LandAfrican traditional religionsSufismSecular HumanismOriental OrthodoxyQuakersBahá'íAhmadiyyaJainismNichirenShaktaReligious DaoismNorth American IndigenousRastafariZoroastrianismAncient Near EastAboriginal AustraliaAlevismWiccaTenrikyo and Cao DaiDruze and YazidiVodou, Candomblé, SanteríaLiberation theologyGreek religionMaya, Aztec, IncaLutheran, Reformed, AnglicanAmerican-born churchesModern JudaismThe GnosticsThe MysteriesConfucian ritesTengrismKorean shamanism
You never hunt for keys.
They come to you in order, one a morning, with a coach beside you.