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The Cornered Dragon Practitioner Toolkit
The tools the book points to, in one place. Built from the book text. Edition 1, 2026.
How to get it: sign up free with your email below and confirm your email address, and the Counterparty Chain Audit workbook, the Three-Step Audit Matrix, the Friction Index scorecard, the Signal Watch reference, and the SME Light audit are emailed to you as digital files (PDF, plus Excel versions of the workbook and the matrix). All five tools come by email only.
What is in the toolkit
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Counterparty Chain Audit Workbook
The full four-dimension audit in Excel, with the scoring arithmetic the book defines, plus a printable PDF version.
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Three-Step Audit Matrix
Map exposure, discount reliability and read the Friction Index on one page for the risk committee.
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Friction Index Scorecard
Six lights, Green, Amber or Red, with the Decision Rules on the back.
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SME Light Audit
Three steps, one weekend, one page. For firms of 15 to 200 people.
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Signal Watch Reference
The nine categories, how to score them and when to escalate. A blank reference template, not a current reading.
How to start
- Pick one live counterparty.
- Answer the three Step One questions for each critical input.
- Take every Yes or Unknown to Step Two.
- Read the six Friction Index lights.
- Put the result on one page for your committee.
Get the toolkit by email
Enter your email and click the confirm button in the email Kit sends you from contact@lifetimeguides.com. Once you confirm, the Counterparty Chain Audit workbook, the Three-Step Audit Matrix, the Friction Index scorecard, the Signal Watch reference, and the SME Light audit are emailed to you as digital files (PDF, plus Excel versions of the workbook and the matrix). After that, only occasional notes when a tool is updated. No daily drip.
Use note: each tool is for structured assessment. It records your own judgments and is not advice.
Found an error in a tool? Contact us. Published fixes go on the Errata page.