On reading less and understanding more

Most interview questions are one of six tests wearing different clothes: can you do the job, will you stay, will you fit, how do you handle pressure, what will you cost, and do you actually want this. Learn the six and you can answer questions you've never seen before.

Most productivity advice fails because it assumes a perfect week. A system that survives interruptions, bad sleep, and a full inbox has three properties: it fits on one card, it caps what you commit to, and it degrades gracefully instead of collapsing.

Confidence isn't a feeling you summon before acting — it's the record left behind by acting. That's why affirmations fade and small completed actions don't. The work is fixing how you record evidence, not how you talk to yourself.

The gap between people whose work gets easier and people whose work gets harder isn't effort — it's structure. Linear work sells hours once. Compounding work builds something that keeps earning after you stop touching it.