Evolution

What adapts, lasts.

Chapters

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