Your Only Real Opponent
Published on: 03/09/2026
Issue 51: The fiercest competition happens inside your own head. What Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game teaches us about performing under pressure.
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The Return to Agency: How to Reclaim Your Power
Published on: 30/07/2025
Issue 33: Why what really matters is the incremental improvement of your position. Stop letting the world happen to you and start shaping it.
The Tension Between Who You Are and Who You Love
Published on: 06/03/2025
Issue 25: The internal conflict of growth within relationships, and how to treat your connections as levers to improve your position in the world.
Default to Optimism: Lessons from the Arena
Published on: 14/11/2024
Issue 19: Why Theodore Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" is the ultimate mindset, the return of Donald Trump, and the power of positive defaults.