Love Ando — The Recaps (MIC · QCA · ASR)

The art of asking better questions — on a cadence. Monthly, quarterly, yearly. Same questions, asked forever.

This is the systematic-recap engine referenced in Love Ando — “the questions asked every month, quarter, and year.” Three review rhythms plus the daily mantras.

The cadence rhythm is borrowed from Goliath’s Revenge (17 touchpoints a year: 12 monthly + 4 quarterly + 1 annual). The codes are Ando’s own — the same GCCO cadence State·Mint runs on a company, here pointed inward at the self: MIC = Monthly Initiative Checkpoint, QCA = Quarterly Capability Assessment, ASR = Annual Strategy Review.

Code	Cadence	Count/yr	Source	What it does
MIC	Monthly	12	The Motivation Manifesto — Brendon Burchard	Re-aim. 10 questions on who you’re becoming.
QCA	Quarterly	4	Think and Grow Rich — Napoleon Hill	Self-audit. 62 questions on your state.
ASR	Annual	1	Think and Grow Rich (workbook pg. 71–72)	Year in review. 28 questions on the year rendered.

How to run it: read the questions, answer honestly in writing, compare against the last time you answered. The point isn’t the answers — it’s watching them change.

MIC — Monthly Initiative Checkpoint (The Motivation Manifesto)

Brendon Burchard’s 10 questions for personal inventory. Ask them once a month.

What am I really after in life?
What do I truly want to create and contribute?
What kind of person do I want to show the world each day?
With what types of people shall I love and enjoy life?
What great cause will keep me going when I feel weak or distracted?
What shall be my ultimate legacy?
How am I really working toward my dreams?
How can I unlock the potential of those around me to do more good?
Am I doing what I must to prepare my mind, body, and soul for victory?
Am I proud of who I am and the person that I’m becoming?

QCA — Quarterly Capability Assessment (Think and Grow Rich self-analysis)

Napoleon Hill’s 62-question self-analysis. Ask them at the close of each quarter.

Do you complain often of “feeling bad,” and if so, what is the cause?
Do you find fault with other people at the slightest provocation?
Do you frequently make mistakes in your work, and if so, why?
Are you sarcastic and offensive in your conversation?
Do you deliberately avoid the association of anyone, and if so, why?
Do you suffer frequently with indigestion? If so, what is the cause?
Does life seem futile and the future hopeless to you? If so, why?
Do you like your occupation? If not, why?
Do you often feel self-pity, and if so, why?
Are you envious of those who excel you?
To which do you devote most time — thinking of success, or of failure?
Are you gaining, or losing, self-confidence as you grow older?
Do you learn something of value from all mistakes?
Are you permitting some relative or acquaintance to worry you? If so, why?
Are you sometimes “in the clouds” and at other times in the depths of despondency?
Who has the most inspiring influence upon you? What is the cause?
Do you tolerate negative or discouraging influences which you can avoid?
Are you careless of your personal appearance? If so, when and why?
Have you learned how to “drown your troubles” by being too busy to be annoyed by them?
Would you call yourself a “spineless weakling” if you permitted others to do your thinking for you?
Do you neglect internal bathing until auto-intoxication makes you ill-tempered and irritable?
How many preventable disturbances annoy you, and why do you tolerate them?
Do you resort to liquor, narcotics, or cigarettes to “quiet your nerves”? If so, why not try will-power instead?
Does anyone “nag” you, and if so, for what reason?
Do you have a definite major purpose, and if so, what is it, and what plan have you for achieving it?
Do you suffer from any of the Six Basic Fears? If so, which ones? (Poverty / Criticism / Ill Health / Loss of Love of Someone / Old Age / Death)
Have you a method by which you can shield yourself against the negative influence of others?
Do you make deliberate use of auto-suggestion to make your mind positive?
Which do you value most — your material possessions, or your privilege of controlling your own thoughts?
Are you easily influenced by others, against your own judgement?
Has today added anything of value to your stock of knowledge or state of mind?
Do you face squarely the circumstances which make you unhappy, or sidestep the responsibility?
Do you analyze all mistakes and failures and try to profit by them, or do you take the attitude that this is not your duty?
Can you name three of your most damaging weaknesses? What are you doing to correct them?
Do you encourage other people to bring their worries to you for sympathy?
Do you choose, from your daily experiences, lessons or influences which aid in your personal advancement?
Does your presence have a negative influence on other people, as a rule?
What habits of other people annoy you most?
Do you form your own opinions, or permit yourself to be influenced by other people?
Have you learned how to create a mental state of mind with which you can shield yourself against all discouraging influences?
Does your occupation inspire you with faith and hope?
Are you conscious of possessing spiritual forces of sufficient power to enable you to keep your mind free from all forms of fear?
Does your religion help you to keep your own mind positive?
Do you feel it your duty to share other people’s worries? If so, why?
If you believe that “birds of a feather flock together,” what have you learned about yourself by studying the friends whom you attract?
What connection, if any, do you see between the people with whom you associate most closely and any unhappiness you may experience?
Could it be possible that some person whom you consider to be a friend is, in reality, your worst enemy because of his negative influence on your mind?
By what rules do you judge who is helpful and who is damaging to you?
Are your intimate associates mentally superior, or inferior, to you?
How much time out of every twenty-four hours do you devote to:
- a. your occupation
- b. sleep
- c. play and relaxation
- d. acquiring useful knowledge
- e. plain waste
Who among your acquaintances:
- a. encourages you most
- b. cautions you most
- c. discourages you most
- d. helps you most in other ways
What is your greatest worry? Why do you tolerate it?
When others offer you free, unsolicited advice, do you accept it without question, or analyze their motive?
What, above all else, do you most desire? Do you intend to acquire it? Are you willing to subordinate all other desires for this one?
How much time daily do you devote to acquiring it?
Do you change your mind often? If so, why?
Do you usually finish everything you begin?
Are you easily impressed by other people’s business or professional titles, college degrees, or wealth?
Are you easily influenced by what other people think or say of you?
Do you cater to people because of their social or financial status?
Whom do you believe to be the greatest person living? In what respect is this person superior to yourself?
How much time have you devoted to studying and answering these questions?

ASR — Annual Strategy Review (Think and Grow Rich, workbook pg. 71–72)

Napoleon Hill’s 28-question year-end inventory. Run it Dec 30–31: take a monthly inventory of the year’s events and lessons, then answer.

Have I attained the goal which I established as my objective for this year?
Have I delivered service of the best possible quality of which I was capable, or could I have improved any part of this service?
Have I delivered service in the greatest possible quantity of which I was capable?
Has the spirit of my conduct been harmonious and cooperative at all times?
Have I permitted the habit of procrastination to decrease my efficiency, and if so, to what extent?
Have I improved my personality, and if so, in what ways?
Have I been persistent in following my plans through to completion?
Have I reached decisions promptly and definitely on all occasions?
Have I permitted any one or more of the Six Basic Fears to decrease my efficiency? (Poverty / Criticism / Ill Health / Loss of Love of Someone / Old Age / Death)
Have I been either over-cautious, or under-cautious?
Has my relationship with my associates at work been pleasant, or unpleasant? If unpleasant, has the fault been partly or wholly mine?
Have I dissipated any of my energy through lack of concentration of effort?
Have I been open-minded and tolerant in connection with all subjects?
In what way have I improved my ability to render service?
Have I been intemperate in any of my habits?
Have I expressed, either openly or secretly, any form of egotism?
Has my conduct toward my associates been such that it has induced them to respect me?
Have my opinions and decisions been based upon guesswork, or on accuracy of analysis and thought?
Have I followed the habit of budgeting my time, my expenses, and my income, and have I been conservative in these budgets?
How much time have I devoted to unprofitable effort which I might have used to better advantage?
How may I rebudget my time, and change my habits, so I will be more efficient during the coming year?
Have I been guilty of any conduct which was not approved by my conscience?
In what ways have I rendered more service and better service than I was paid to render?
Have I been unfair to anyone, and if so, in what way?
If I had been the purchaser of my own services for the year, would I be satisfied with my purchase?
Am I in the right vocation, and if not, why not?
Has the purchaser of my services been satisfied with the service I have rendered, and if not, why not?
What is my present rating on the fundamental principles of success?

Mantras — the daily creeds

The bedrock texts, read aloud. These are the words the whole system adheres to (see Love Ando → Foundational texts).

The Ten Scrolls — The Greatest Salesman in the World, Og Mandino

One scroll per month, in order:

Today I begin a new life. [Jan]
I will greet this day with love in my heart. [Feb]
I will persist until I succeed. [Mar]
I am nature’s greatest miracle. [Apr]
I will live this day as if it is my last. [May]
Today I will be master of my emotions. [Jun]
I will laugh at the world. [Jul]
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold. [Aug]
I will act now. [Sep]
I will pray for guidance. [Oct]

The Self-Confidence Formula — Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill

I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite chief aim in life, therefore I will demand persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.
I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward physical action and gradually transform into physical reality, therefore I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 minutes daily upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.
I know through the principle of autosuggestion any desire I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it, therefore I will devote 10 minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self-confidence.
I have clearly written down a description of my definite chief aim in life, and I will never stop trying until I have developed sufficient self-confidence toward its attainment.
I fully realize no wealth or position can long endure unless built upon truth and justice, therefore I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism by developing love for all humanity, because I know a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them and in myself.
I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it out loud once a day with full faith that it will gradually influence my thoughts and actions so that I will become a self-reliant and successful person.

The Five Laws of Gold — The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason

Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family.
Gold laboreth diligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds for it profitable employment, multiplying even as the flocks of the field.
Gold clingeth to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of men wise in its handling.
Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar, or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep.
Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings, or who followeth the alluring advice of tricksters and schemers, or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investment.

The Big Leap creed — The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks

I expand in abundance, success, and love every day, as I inspire those around me to do the same.
I commit to living in my zone of genius now and forever.

Sources

Brendon Burchard — The Motivation Manifesto (MIC)
Napoleon Hill — Think and Grow Rich (QCA, ASR, Self-Confidence Formula)
Og Mandino — The Greatest Salesman in the World (Ten Scrolls)
George Clason — The Richest Man in Babylon (Five Laws of Gold)
Gay Hendricks — The Big Leap (creed)
Todd Hewlin & Scott Snyder — Goliath’s Revenge (the MIC / QCA / ASR cadence)

Read them. Buy the books. This file is the working index, not a substitute for the originals.