The Ledger
Notes from the five houses. Some are about money. A surprising number are about potassium, temperature and what time you go to bed, which tells you most of what you need to know about how this place works.
The Four-Hour Silence
Everybody says they want deep work. Almost nobody will pay its actual price, which is boredom, and boredom is the part no productivity system will sell you.
Bandol in November
How to learn wine in eighteen months without becoming insufferable about it. Three rules, one price bracket, and a great deal of shutting up.
The Potassium Protocol
660 milligrams, twenty minutes before the first set, cold. Why cramp is an electrolyte problem long before it is a toughness problem.
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XCII
The £14–£30 Window
Where wine gets good and stops getting better fast enough to matter.
Vault / Terroir
XCI
Underwriting a Boring Business
The twelve questions, in order, and the two that actually kill deals.
Vault / Capital
XC
Training in a Hotel Room
Forty minutes, no equipment, no excuses, and no floor burpees.
Vault / Iron
LXXXIX
Saying No in One Sentence
Why the second sentence is always the one that gets you into trouble.
Vault / Presence
LXXXVIII
The Annual Review Nobody Does
Four hours, one document, once a year. The highest-leverage day on the calendar.
Vault / Craft
LXXXVII
Bloodwork: The Eleven Markers
What to test, what to ignore, and what your doctor will not order unless you ask.
Vault / Iron