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Taylor-Made Thoughts is where I share my personal reflections on books, mental models, and frameworks that shape how I think and live. Whether you’re here for practical insights or to spark your own thinking, these episodes are crafted with care—just for you.
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English
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14 episodes
since May 25, 2026
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I started a residential cleaning business hoping to build a scalable company with recurring revenue. A few months later, I shut it down.
In this episode, I give an honest postmortem of why the business failed—and why the reasons were more complicated than simply not working hard enough or executing…
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The 4 C’s Formula:
Commitment → Courage → Capability → Confidence
In this episode, I explore Dan Sullivan’s 4 C’s Formula and why confidence doesn’t come before taking action—it comes after.
When you commit to a goal that’s bigger than anything you’ve done before, you’re almost guaranteed to face …
I’m trying something new.
It’s called Opaque — a snail mail subscription built around one idea: How do you make good decisions when you don’t know how things will turn out?
Each issue puts you inside a real decision faced by an entrepreneur, leader, investor, or historical figure. You’ll get the in…
What if staying calm in an uncertain world came down to three simple rules?
In this episode, I explore Dan Sullivan’s “Geometry” for staying cool and calm—a simple framework built around three ideas:
Everything is made up.
Nobody’s in charge.
Life isn’t fair.
At first, these might sound funny. But…
What if the path to becoming a millionaire isn’t the same for everyone?
In this episode of Taylor Made Thoughts, I explore Roger James Hamilton’s The Millionaire Master Plan and its central idea: building wealth isn’t just about working harder or following someone else’s formula—it’s about understa…
In this episode, I discuss How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon—a book that takes the management theories Christensen taught at Harvard Business School and applies them to one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves: What makes for a …
We tend to think that more freedom, more options, and more resources naturally lead to better outcomes. In Inside the Box, bestselling author David Epstein (author of Range) argues the opposite: the right constraints don't limit us—they unlock our best thinking.
In this episode, we explore why boun…
In this episode, I dive into Working Backwards: Inside Stories and Secrets from Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr, focusing on two of Amazon's most influential management ideas.
First, I explore the Working Backwards process—Amazon's practice of starting with a future press release and FAQ before…
We all know how hard it is to change our own behavior—and even harder to convince someone else to change theirs. In this episode, I explore two surprisingly effective ways to work around the ego, reduce resistance, and create real behavioral change.
Along the way, I compare two competing models of …
Episode Description
I recently challenged myself to make 100 cold calls in 3 days—targeting dental offices, gyms, physical therapy clinics, and veterinary practices. In this episode, I share what actually happened, what surprised me, and what I learned.
If you're starting a business, I make the cas…
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