Interviews
Conversations worth keeping.
Conversations with people whose choices changed how I think.
The People surface carries the humans behind this work.
Why it exists
Most of what I know came from a conversation, not a book.
This page keeps the ones worth passing on.
Core idea
A good interview follows the person's actual decisions, not their positioning.
The useful question is usually the second one.
Evidence
The people:
How I think about it
I would rather hear about the year someone nearly quit than the year they raised.
Interviews go wrong when the host is performing for a third audience.
How it works
Nothing is published without the person's agreement.
Quotes stay in their words.
Projects and examples
Related:
Questions and tensions
Fact: The case studies on this site are published with the person's consent.
Interpretation: Long conversations have taught me more than any course.
Experiment: Publishing case studies rather than conventional interviews.
Ambition: A library of honest accounts of how people actually changed.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
Invitation
If you know someone whose story should be here, introduce us.