5 stops · 30 items to explore
Find my direction
A description of a life you would like to live, and one small experiment that tests it.
Follow the guide: Find my direction →A place to start. A path to follow.
Guides through the archive, organised around what you’re working on. Find a reading and watching order, make a little time, and take something useful into your own life.
20 collections · 20 suggested paths
What are you working on?
Each guide connects five pieces of material in a deliberate order, explains why each comes next, and gives you something to try along the way. Follow the path at your own pace, then explore the wider collection.
I haven’t read or watched everything here yet. These are suggested routes based on source text, excerpts and descriptions, rather than personal ratings.
Life
5 stops · 23 items to explore
Get unstuck & start
A small piece of finished work and a clear next action.
Follow the guide: Get unstuck & start →5 stops · 14 items to explore
Protect my time & attention
One protected block of time, with a clear purpose and fewer avoidable interruptions.
Follow the guide: Protect my time & attention →5 stops · 11 items to explore
Feel less wound up
A simple account of when you tense up and one small change to your daily surroundings.
Follow the guide: Feel less wound up →5 stops · 22 items to explore
Find a way through setbacks
A realistic next attempt, with support, limits and a reason to continue.
Follow the guide: Find a way through setbacks →People
5 stops · 27 items to explore
Build deeper connections
One act of reconnection and a repeatable way to make room for people.
Follow the guide: Build deeper connections →5 stops · 22 items to explore
Stop living for approval
One choice you can explain in your own terms, with a clear distinction between useful feedback and approval seeking.
Follow the guide: Stop living for approval →Making & learning
5 stops · 29 items to explore
Learn & get better
A small practice task, a source of feedback and a schedule for trying again.
Follow the guide: Learn & get better →5 stops · 38 items to explore
Make better decisions
A one-page decision note with alternatives, evidence, risks and a review date.
Follow the guide: Make better decisions →5 stops · 33 items to explore
Find original ideas
Three distinct directions and one small version worth developing.
Follow the guide: Find original ideas →5 stops · 35 items to explore
Make work I’m proud of
A revised piece of work and three specific standards you can use again.
Follow the guide: Make work I’m proud of →5 stops · 27 items to explore
Explain & tell better stories
A clearer message that a real reader can explain back to you.
Follow the guide: Explain & tell better stories →Work & money
5 stops · 18 items to explore
Shape my working life
A comparison of two working futures and one practical conversation or experiment.
Follow the guide: Shape my working life →5 stops · 35 items to explore
Build something people want
A short customer hypothesis and a small test that could prove it wrong.
Follow the guide: Build something people want →5 stops · 41 items to explore
Lead a team well
One operating change, a named owner and a check on unintended consequences.
Follow the guide: Lead a team well →5 stops · 16 items to explore
Put money in perspective
A statement of what ‘enough’ would make possible and one grounded question about your working income.
Follow the guide: Put money in perspective →A wider world
5 stops · 26 items to explore
Recognise power & manipulation
A short analysis separating a public claim, the incentives behind it and the people affected.
Follow the guide: Recognise power & manipulation →5 stops · 16 items to explore
Understand a changing world
A small map of how one technological change could affect your work, including uncertainties and counterexamples.
Follow the guide: Understand a changing world →5 stops · 12 items to explore
Live beyond my routine
A modest adventure with a reason to go, sensible boundaries and room for surprise.
Follow the guide: Live beyond my routine →5 stops · 18 items to explore
See life from further out
A fuller description of a current concern and one different way to meet it tomorrow.
Follow the guide: See life from further out →Templates & tools
Reading
Book Notes Collection
My personal notes and key takeaways from impactful books across business, psychology, and philosophy.
Tell me you want thisProductivity
Weekly Review Template
The template I use every Sunday to reflect on the week and plan ahead with intention.
Open TemplateFinance
Personal Finance Tracker
A simple spreadsheet for tracking income, expenses, savings rate, and net worth over time.
Tell me you want thisMental Models
Decision Making Framework
A checklist of questions and frameworks I use when facing important decisions.
Tell me you want thisReading
Reading Operating System
A future downloadable template for turning books into durable notes, decisions, and action.
Tell me you want thisMental Models
First Principles Decision Template
A future worksheet for breaking decisions down to assumptions, truths, options, and next actions.
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