The Mission Protocol is a one-page tracker. Score six parts of your work from 0 to 10, read your shape, and choose one practice for the morning, the day and the evening. Keep them for seven days, then score again.
The work that matters most to a man is the easiest to postpone. Some men know exactly what it is and keep putting it off. Others have never had the space to find out. Either way it doesn't go away. Much of the restlessness men try to quiet with drink, screens and overwork is that unfinished work.
For seven days you'll give it one protected hour: to find it if it's unclear, or to start on it if it isn't. Tell one person about it, and take the next small step. A mission is built brick by brick, with partners, by keeping your side of the bargain.
Small practices, kept for seven days, with one man who will ask you about them.
Write one line: what would I build if I knew I couldn't fail?
Spend the first twenty minutes on your own work, before anyone else's
Write down the last time your work made you feel fully alive, and what you were doing
Give one hour this week to the thing you keep putting off, booked in your calendar
Tell one person what you're building and ask for one introduction
Say no to one request that pulls you away from it
Write what you did today that you'd do unpaid
Sketch the next small step, and only that
Note one strength you used today and one you wasted
Score six parts of your work, choose your practices, tick each day you keep them and name the man you told. It saves to your Oriva account, so you can come back to it every day.
Your lowest part, which of the other Whole Man areas it has cost you most, and the part to lift first.
Three for the morning, three for the day and three for the evening. You pick one of each.
What happens in your brain and body, what we forget, and what it changes in your work and the rest of your life.
a short story by Gavriel Shaw. A man on a park bench sees what has happened to the men around him, and then to himself. A PDF to download once you have bought.
The Mission Protocol is also one of the seven protocols in The Whole Man bundle. While the founding round lasts, the bundle costs less than this protocol on its own.
| The Whole Man bundle | The Mission Protocol on its own | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.95 in the founding round | $20 |
| Protocols | All seven: Body, Mind, Money, Mission, Love, Brotherhood and Meaning | The Mission Protocol |
| The Whole Man Manifesto | The ebook | Not included |
| Self-assessment | Across all seven areas, to find the one costing you most | Not included |
| Live session | A seat at the three-hour live session with Gavriel Shaw and Joshua Seymour | Not included |
| Private group | The Whole Man members’ group | Not included |
You choose one practice for the morning, the day and the evening, from three options each, so you decide how much time it takes.
You are taken to it as soon as your payment is confirmed. It is also listed under “Your protocol trackers” in My Purchases.
Only you. Your scores, practices and notes are saved to your own account.
Your commitment asks you to name one man you told, who will ask you about it. Who he is stays in your tracker.
You score the six parts again and see both shapes side by side, so you can see what moved.
If you want more than this one area, the bundle is the better deal: all seven protocols, plus the Manifesto, the self-assessment, a seat at the live session and the private group, for $9.95 in the founding round.
A practice, not a promised result. Big decisions about your work or income are yours to make with care, not in seven days.
The Mission Protocol: your one-page tracker, nine practices to choose from, why it works and three books to read next, for $20.
