Most of us are doing our best inside systems that don’t quite work.
We chase goals, build habits, fight friction and wonder why real progress still feels so hard. The truth is, it's not just about effort. It's about the loops we're caught in, the incentives we don’t see, and the structures we’ve inherited but never designed.
Stacked Rift is my attempt to make sense of all that for myself and help you do the same along the way.
Every week, I explore how systems shape behavior, progress, and decision-making. Not only as theory, but with a focus on practical tools and strategies you can actually use.
I am a father, lifelong gamer, economist, and successful management consultant... and I am lost. I built Stacked Rift to un-krangle what’s broken and to make my own hidden loops visible. Therefore all the above will influence my writing.
You'll see recurring themes:
- The Human Loop: why we do what we do (and how to do it better)
- The Incentive Stack: how systems shape choices and outcomes
- The Progress Rift: what makes growth stall or accelerate
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Let's bridge the rift and close the loop.