Mastering Cause and Effect
A curated collection of articles, stories, and exercises to deepen your understanding of Guidepost One: The Power of Cause and Effect.
What’s New
Your Whackadoodle Weekly Nudge: Not Karma. Not Magic. Just Cause and Effect.
This week’s Navigating a Whackadoodle World Weekly Nudge unpacks Guidepost One: The Power of Cause and Effect. It’s not karma, punishment, or magic—it’s the quiet force behind everything that happens. Learn how focusing on the causes—rather than just struggling with the effects—can help you change your life’s story. This post also includes practical exercises to put Guidepost One into action.
The Journey so Far
Navigating a Whackadoodle World: Episode One
Episode One of Navigating a Whackadoodle World unpacks Guidepost One: The Power of Cause and Effect through a candid conversation between the girl and her tutor. While exploring how political and economic shifts since the 1980s shaped today’s challenges, the episode’s real value lies in teaching you a powerful tool: to keep asking “What caused that?” until you reach the root of any problem. By learning to identify and change the causes—rather than just struggling with the effects—you gain a practical way to start shifting your life’s story and making meaningful change.
Navigating a Whackadoodle World: Episode 15, or What Causes People to be Resistant to Change?
After cycling through the Fourteen Guideposts, our traveler puts Cause and Effect into action—discovering how it shapes everything, even persuasion. Through their conversation, you’ll learn to ask “What caused that?” until you reach the root, so you can shift the causes and truly change the story—not just fight its effects. This article offers a practical look at why people behave as they do and how real influence works beyond threats and manipulation.
Navigating a Whackadoodle World: Episode 30, or Why is Everything so Dysfunctional?
What causes Congress to break down? The girl uses Guidepost One to ask hard questions about dysfunction, compromise, and the loss of trust. Through a waterfront walk and some well-aimed rocks, she and her tutor explore how cause and effect explains political gridlock—and what part we all might play in the mess (or the solution).
Guidepost One: The Power of Cause and Effect (Aka Episode 44)
The girl kicks off a new Fourteen Guideposts cycle with the Year of the Dragon—and a surprising story about nagging, socks, and cause and effect. What begins as a funny anecdote turns into a deeper look at why we resist growth, even when we say we want change. Together, she and her tutor explore why repeating the same ineffective action never works, and why looking in the mirror—maybe with a little help from Michael Jackson—might be the most powerful step we can take.
Navigating a Whackadoodle World: Episode 58, or A Simple Reminder That Cause and Effect Affects Everything
Cupcakes, Cause and Effect, and a Candle Shaped Like a Five. It’s our fifth trip through the Fourteen Guideposts, and the girl arrives with cupcakes—and unexpected wisdom. What begins as a sugary celebration quickly turns into a reflection on how much can change when we shift how we think rather than who we are. This week, Guidepost One: The Power of Cause and Effect gets a twist: what if we used it not just to solve problems, but to marvel at the wonder of connection? Amazement, frosting, and emotional intelligence—it's all in here.
Your Whackadoodle Weekly Nudge: Not Karma. Not Magic. Just Cause and Effect.
Cause and Effect is the sneaky, always-working force behind pretty much everything. Think of it like life’s version of gravity, quietly pulling strings whether you notice or not. This post shows you how to stop wrestling with the effects and start tweaking the causes instead—because that’s where the real change happens. Plus, you’ll get some no-nonsense exercises to actually use this idea in your day-to-day. Worth a read if you want to stop feeling stuck and start seeing how all the pieces connect.