The Essence of ADHD
ADHD has mostly been understood by its name: an attentional deficit. These are my notes on what I think is actually going on — what ADHD is, how it works, and how to build a life working with it.
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Before You Advise: Nine Questions for More Effective Advising
Asking better questions enables you to give better advice. This book has the questions you should be asking — derived from studying where the most capable people in history got stuck — to lead higher value conversations with your clients. It's written for attorneys, financial advisors, coaches, therapists, consultants, family office managers, and anyone else whose work involves helping clients think through consequential choices.
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The Biases of the Biases
I spent the last year trying to figure out how to actually use the 200+ cognitive biases in my life. Ended up tracking down every classification system I could find, and refactoring them into a more useful framework.
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A first-principles approach to musical harmony — what harmony is, how it works, and why it moves us.
Download PDF →Foundational Skills for Advanced Mixed Martial Artists
That the skills are defined by an integrated set of choices that demonstrate positioning, technique, and presence.
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