Smart IT Certification Playbook

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All 11 printable worksheets from the book, from the Paradox Ledger to the Career Compass - free PDFs, ready to fill in.

  • The Paradox Ledger

    Chapter 1

    Four boxes and a verdict line, completed before any vendor is named. Ever.

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  • The Four Lenses Grid

    Chapter 2

    Run every serious job posting through this grid before you spend a dollar chasing its requirements.

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  • The Domain Fit Filter

    Chapter 4

    Ten questions about how you like to work, tallied to your two domains worth investigating.

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  • The Local Demand Scan

    Chapter 6

    Twenty postings from your own market, tallied into the employer-demand evidence for Chapter 7.

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  • The Certification ROI Scorecard

    Chapter 7

    Five honest questions, a 5-25 total, a banded verdict, and the veto rule that protects it.

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  • The True Cost Calculator

    Chapter 8

    The all-in bill on five lines - with cash cost and full cost side by side, and the who-pays-what decision line.

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  • The Sequence Builder

    Chapter 10

    Your next eighteen months on one page: two dated lines at most, every line paired with an artifact, and an expiry date.

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  • The Lab Log

    Chapter 15

    Six lines, once a week. Line 4 - what I tried that failed - is the one hiring managers read twice.

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  • The Story Matrix

    Chapter 17

    Three interview stories, five columns, two checks - so no resume claim stands unguarded.

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  • The Annual Portfolio Review

    Chapter 18

    The one-hour yearly ritual: inventory at carrying cost, re-score, the backward CSD doors, and three verdicts.

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  • The Career Compass

    Chapter 19

    Forty minutes, twice a year, one page - ending in exactly one learning commitment.

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One page each, US Letter, print-and-fill. The worksheets carry the book's exact wording - no prices, vendors, or exam codes, so they never go stale.

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