I've always liked this acronym H.A.L.T. which means.... If you're not in a good mood, you're either: • Hungry • Angry • Lonely • Tired This is a tactic developed for AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), but it's used for many different fields. It's used to prevent medical errors: It's used to prevent medical errors:   It's used for people in grief:   It's used to prevent over-eating: It's a neat framework to identify when you're about to make bad decisions.