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name: n-freedom-from-expectations
description: "Use when applying The Almanack of Naval Ravikant to set boundaries around expectations, obligations, and others' imagined claims. Trigger for user requests involving Naval, n-, naval freedom from expectations, life design, wealth, judgment, happiness, health, values, or book-derived operating principles."
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# Naval Freedom From Expectations

## Purpose

Set boundaries around expectations, obligations, and others' imagined claims.

## Read First

- `../../references/book-map.md`
- `../../references/coverage-matrix.yaml`
- `../../references/skill-catalog.md`
- `../../references/chapter-summaries/saving-yourself.md`
- `../../references/workflows/meditation-protocol.md`
- `../../references/workflows/daily-review.md`

## Use When

- The user asks for `n-freedom-from-expectations` directly.
- The user asks: "Where am I living by others' expectations?"
- The user is dealing with: set boundaries around expectations, obligations, and others' imagined claims.
- The situation would benefit from a habit system, environment change, or removal.

## Workflow

1. Restate the user's situation in plain language.
2. Ask for missing context only when the decision would otherwise be unsafe or fake.
3. Apply the relevant Naval lens from the references.
4. Separate signal from status, desire, fear, identity, and generic self-help.
5. Convert the principle into a concrete decision, scorecard, experiment, practice, or next action.
6. Include a short caveat when the topic touches health, finance, legal risk, or exact citation.

## Output

Return concise sections:

- Situation
- Naval lens
- Diagnosis
- Options or scorecard
- Recommended action
- 7-day experiment or daily practice
- What to avoid

## Do Not

- Do not reproduce long book passages.
- Do not pretend Naval has one answer for every person.
- Do not give generic motivation when a decision, practice, or test is possible.
- Do not treat money, status, peace, health, and meaning as interchangeable.

## Example

User: "Where am I living by others' expectations?"
Assistant: Apply this skill, cite the relevant reference section, and end with one concrete action.

## Quality Bar

- Make the answer specific to the user's actual situation.
- Prefer one sharp recommendation over a buffet of advice.
- Name the tradeoff or hidden cost.
- End with something the user can do, test, stop, or observe today.