Evolution

Selection shapes survivors. On reading habits and decisions through biology, adaptation and environment.

Chapters

  1. We Live in the Wild. Not the Zoo.
  2. The 100x Comparison: Big City vs Small Town
  3. Proximity Is Power. Here’s the Math.
  4. How to Adapt to Change Fast Enough
  5. I Love Biking. So Why Do I Run Instead?
  6. Why Comfort Will Ruin Your Life: The Turkey Problem
  7. I Use Evolution to Predict Which Markets Survive AI
  8. Why Polar Bears Pace and Rich Men Dive to the Titanic
  9. Your Habit List Is a Single Point of Failure
  10. Chase Risk Before It Chases You
  11. The Same Loop That Killed Sears Runs Your Nights
  12. Revenge Bedtime Procrastination Isn’t About Sleep. Ask Hermès.
  13. What a Mastermind Group Actually Does
  14. Don’t Believe Everything You Think. Test It.
  15. No One Owes You Sh*t
  16. Madam C.J. Walker: $1.25 to 20,000 Agents
  17. Warren Buffett’s Ovarian Lottery: Are You Born Lucky?
  18. The 3% Mortgage Debate Is Really About Sleep
  19. The Tardigrade Test: How to Build Habits That Last
  20. Ron Hill’s 52-Year Daily Running Streak
  21. Why Some Habits Stick: 12 Tardigrade Traits
  22. The Minimalist Philosophy of a Jellyfish
  23. Why Rich People and Dying Spacecraft Follow the Same Rule
  24. The 200-Million-Year Test for Any Habit
  25. You’re Not Undisciplined. Your Habit Is Too Big.
  26. The 150-Year Art of Delayed Gratification
  27. The 10,000 Hour Rule Counts the Wrong Thing
  28. Neil Gaiman’s Two-Draft Rule
  29. How I Got My First Customer With 8 Notion Docs
  30. 190,000 Taste Tests Said Yes. Customers Said No.
  31. You Stopped Feeling It. It Didn’t Stop Working.
  32. Your Cold Shower Is an Exposure Therapy Rep
  33. Cold Water Beats a Pep Talk
  34. You’re Not Overthinking. You’re Under-Moving.
  35. Stop Trading Your Habits Like Stocks
  36. Why Mormons Get Rich and Adventists Live to 100
  37. I Optimized My Habits Until They Broke
  38. Centralize or Decentralize: How to Actually Decide
  39. Consistency Over Intensity: What Pushing Harder Costs
  40. What an AI Playing Breakout Taught Me About Reality
  41. The Nobel Prize Got Loss Aversion Wrong
  42. Why Achieving Goals Doesn’t Make You Happy
  43. A Day on the Moon. A Decade of Depression.
  44. Warren Buffett vs Y Combinator: Two Strategies, One Rule
  45. Why 1% Better Isn’t Enough
  46. What Everyone Gets Wrong About Continuous Improvement
  47. You’re in a Status Game Whether You Entered or Not
  48. Friction is the Feature
  49. How to Attract the Right Clients With Your Price
  50. The Carry-Forward
  51. Why I Rewrite My Principles by Hand
  52. Think on Paper to Keep Your Principles Sharp
  53. From Self Taught Programmer to Senior in Under 2 Years