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Tuesday, July 28, 2026 · Vol. 1
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Pacing a reader out of your book is a craft error with concrete mechanics. On 21.30: Chapter Breaks Soon, the hosts diagnose the problem: chapter breaks engineered as natural stopping points make a book "very easy to abandon." The fix runs opposite to instinct—end chapters mid-tension, not at resting places. For decisions under pressure, TEA 254: The 3-Step Decision Framework for When Life Hits the Fan draws a sharp line between incremental movement in a good direction versus a bad one. Small steps in the wrong direction go unnoticed "until it's too late," and tying your response to how you feel in the moment produces hazy decisions. The argument for separating circumstance from emotional reaction is plain and useful, whether the crisis is a business problem or something else entirely.
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