Conciseness

The body is lean with terse steps and no padding of concepts Claude already knows; the only minor redundancy is the Overview restating the frontmatter description.

Actionability

Steps give concrete behavioral instructions (e.g. 'Place a bitter object (gall bladder) in living space', 'Ask yourself: "Have you forgotten the shame of [your defeat]"'), with the placeholder making it adaptable; 'gall bladder' is anachronistic for modern use, a minor gap.

Workflow Clarity

Six numbered steps give a clear sequence and the Verification section adds explicit checkpoints, though there is no feedback/retry loop (appropriate for a non-destructive behavioral practice).

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with no need for external references, organized into clearly labeled sections (Overview, Steps, Core Principle, Expected Outcomes, Verification) — meeting the simple-skill exception for a 5.

Specificity

Lists several concrete actions — 'physical reminders, daily verbal affirmations of past shame, personal austerity, and sharing hardships' — but 'build loyalty for eventual recovery' reads as an outcome rather than an action, leaving minor coverage gaps.

Completeness

Both 'what' (the four practices) and 'when' ('Use when maintaining long-term motivation after humiliation or defeat') are present, though the 'when' covers a single scenario and could be more specific.

Trigger Term Quality

The phrase 'maintaining long-term motivation after humiliation or defeat' supplies some natural terms, but common synonyms a user might actually say (e.g. 'staying motivated', 'bouncing back', 'after a setback') are missing.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The Goujian 'tasting gall' framing and the humiliation/defeat trigger carve out a clear niche with minimal overlap against other skills.