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Get Things Done
For the gap between deciding and doing. 6 guides, 187 pages between them, 96 citations.
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All 6 guides, as a set. Sold separately they come to $99.
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Executive Functioning for the ADHD Brain
A Systems-First Life Guide
You have not failed at productivity. You have been handed tools built for a brain that isn't yours. Seven executive-function domains, each rebuilt into systems engineered to need less willpower rather than more - and designed to survive being abandoned and picked back up, because they will be.
Written for: Adults with ADHD (diagnosed or suspected) who have repeatedly failed with neurotypical productivity tools
- 9 design laws
- 7 system domains
- 5 printable templates
- restart protocol
- quick-reference card
- graded source list p41-43
$19 · 43 pages · 10 citations · Ebook (printable templates) · on the Get Things Done shelf
Inside the book — 4 pages. Tap one to read it.
How to Make Yourself Do Hard Things
Task aversion, implementation intentions, and the training of effort tolerance
The task is not hard. Starting it is. This pre-decides the exact moment you act, so beginning stops requiring a decision you keep losing - then slowly trains down the felt cost of effort itself. 129 fillable fields; you do the work inside the file.
Written for: People whose avoidance is task-specific rather than global; explicitly routes clinical-level avoidance to a professional
- 16 chapters in parts I-III
- 6 live audits
- if-then forge
- WOOP sheet
- effort ladder
- ch14 on what the literature does NOT support
- troubleshooting index
$24 · 34 pages · 42 citations · Interactive workbook (fillable) · on the Get Things Done shelf
Inside the book — 3 pages. Tap one to read it.
The Habit Architecture Workbook
Why your habits never stick - and the research-backed system to diagnose the broken part of your habit loop and rebuild it
Your routines die in week three and you've concluded you lack discipline. You don't. A habit is a machine with eight parts. Find the part that actually broke, rebuild that one, and stop replacing the whole engine every January.
Written for: People whose routines repeatedly die within a few weeks and who have concluded the problem is their own discipline
- 32-question, 8-dimension assessment
- scoring table
- habit blueprint radar map
- 3 named failure profiles
- 8 rebuild techniques with sources
- 14-day builder grid
- source list p22
$14 · 22 pages · 15 citations · Ebook (print-and-write assessment + 14-day builder) · on the Get Things Done shelf
Inside the book — 2 pages. Tap one to read it.
The Focus Sprint
90 Minutes of Deep Work
You sat down at nine with a clear plan. It's eleven, you were busy the whole time, and the one thing that mattered is untouched. Focus is a leaky bucket, not a character trait - find your specific leaks in a 20-item audit, then spend one protected 90-minute block on the plugged version.
Written for: Knowledge workers who sat down at nine with a clear plan, were busy the entire time, and at eleven have fourteen tabs open and the one thing that mattered untouched
- 20-item focus leak audit across 4 categories (environment, digital, mind & intention, body & energy)
- 0-20 scoring bands
- 3-phase protocol (5-min launch ritual, 90-min sprint, 15-20 min recovery)
- flow-trigger stack
- fillable Sprint Blueprint with pre-flight checklist and signature
- Distraction Parking Lot
- 4-way rescue troubleshooting
- 5-day sprint tracker
$14 · 10 pages · 8 citations · Interactive workbook (fillable) · on the Get Things Done shelf
Inside the book — 2 pages. Tap one to read it.
The Identity Shift
A Guide to Becoming the Person Who Reaches the Goal
You've started before. You meant it. You watched it dissolve, and someone told you the missing ingredient was discipline. It wasn't. Move the unit of change from the outcome to the person doing it, and let accumulated evidence do what willpower could not.
Written for: People who have started before, meant it, and watched the change dissolve - and who have been told the missing ingredient was discipline
- 11 chapters in 3 parts plus an opening
- three-layer model (outcomes / processes / identity)
- current-identity audit
- target-identity converter and three tests
- 4-step act-as-if protocol
- casting-votes model and the dip
- environment design
- daily identity rituals
- day-by-day 30-day runway
- 4 print-and-write worksheets p50-52
- closing word
$19 · 56 pages · 8 citations · Ebook (print-and-write worksheets) · on the Get Things Done shelf
Inside the book — 5 pages. Tap one to read it.
The Morning Method
Assess your morning. Map your patterns. Rebuild it on evidence.
Not someone else's 5am routine - yours, rebuilt on physiology. Score eight evidence-based dimensions, turn them into a map whose shape names your next fix, and walk away with a protocol for the two or three that are actually broken.
Written for: People who want the first hour rebuilt on physiology rather than on someone else's routine - explicitly asked to answer for the morning they actually have this month, not the one they wish they had
- 8 dimensions x 3 questions (0-3 each, 9 per dimension, 72 total)
- a science note and a reflect prompt per dimension
- score summary table
- Morning Routine Map radar
- 4 interpretation bands plus a shape-beats-score note
- per-dimension protocol (4 actions each)
- build-your-morning design page
- 7-day habit tracker
- further reading p20
$9 · 22 pages · 13 citations · Workbook (print-and-write assessment + tracker) · on the Get Things Done shelf
Inside the book — 2 pages. Tap one to read it.