Building the Plane

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Building better worlds for learning math.

I help people think more clearly about relationships, agency, and creativity. I hang with our kids. We live on a windswept island in the Baltic Sea.

Synthesizing science, philosophy, and observations from my practice to serve the unmet needs of ambitious builders.

743 corporate keynotes, 3000 comedy shows, 1 year of panic attacks, 2 marriages, 3 kids, 36 home addresses, 12,000 hrs of meditation, 1 day as Santa Claus, 5 authored books & 50 yrs on nobody's payroll. Plus a few other stories.