Selection shapes survivors. On reading habits and decisions through biology, adaptation and environment.
Chapters
- We Live in the Wild. Not the Zoo.
- The 100x Comparison: Big City vs Small Town
- Proximity Is Power. Here’s the Math.
- How to Adapt to Change Fast Enough
- Why Comfort Will Ruin Your Life: The Turkey Problem
- Your Habit List Is a Single Point of Failure
- Chase Risk Before It Chases You
- The Same Loop That Killed Sears Runs Your Nights
- Revenge Bedtime Procrastination Isn’t About Sleep. Ask Hermès.
- What a Mastermind Group Actually Does
- Don’t Believe Everything You Think. Test It.
- No One Owes You Sh*t
- Madam C.J. Walker: $1.25 to 20,000 Agents
- Warren Buffett’s Ovarian Lottery: Are You Born Lucky?
- The 3% Mortgage Debate Is Really About Sleep
- The Tardigrade Test: How to Build Habits That Last
- Why Some Habits Stick: 12 Tardigrade Traits
- The Minimalist Philosophy of a Jellyfish
- The 200-Million-Year Test for Any Habit
- Neil Gaiman’s Two-Draft Rule
- 190,000 Taste Tests Said Yes. Customers Said No.
- You Stopped Feeling It. It Didn’t Stop Working.
- Your Cold Shower Is an Exposure Therapy Rep
- Stop Trading Your Habits Like Stocks
- Why Mormons Get Rich and Adventists Live to 100
- I Optimized My Habits Until They Broke
- Centralize or Decentralize: How to Actually Decide
- Consistency Over Intensity: What Pushing Harder Costs
- What an AI Playing Breakout Taught Me About Reality
- The Nobel Prize Got Loss Aversion Wrong
- Why Achieving Goals Doesn’t Make You Happy
- Warren Buffett vs Y Combinator: Two Strategies, One Rule
- Why 1% Better Isn’t Enough
- You’re in a Status Game Whether You Entered or Not
- Friction is the Feature
- How to Attract the Right Clients With Your Price
- The Carry-Forward
- Why I Rewrite My Principles by Hand
- Think on Paper to Keep Your Principles Sharp
- From Self Taught Programmer to Senior in Under 2 Years