SME Development

A research track for practical frameworks that help SMEs scale sustainably.

2 modules
10 lessons
2 hr 12 min
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Part 1

Orientation: Understanding Where You Are

You need to know where you're starting from, before you can pretend to decide where you're going.

  1. The Landscape of Choice

    A practical map for navigating the illusion that you actually have any agency at all.

    14:36
  2. The Paradox of Agency

    Explore whether you're living your life or just reacting to everyone else's.

  3. Liberation from Regret

    If no alternative choice was ever possible, regret becomes logically unnecessary.

    15:47
  4. Recognizing Patterns

    Failures weren't freely chosen but were inevitable given your circumstances.

  5. Values and Goals

    Identify patterns in your interests and abilities that reveal your predetermined direction.

    22:08
Part 2

Destination: Arriving Where You Must

How to be content with the inconsequential destiny you've been given.

  1. Reframing Achievement and Failure

    Pride and regret are just psychological coping mechanisms.

  2. Surrendering to Success

    Achievements reveal capabilities that were always present rather than self development.

    20:47
  3. Giving Credit Where it's Due

    Recognize the broader system that produced your achievement.

    16:07
  4. Unburden Yourself from Accountability

    When things haven't gone your way, it literally couldn't have been your fault.

    18:43
  5. Exercise: Writing your autobiography

    A way to come to grips with your inconsequence.

    24:46