Traction Heroes - Harry Max & Jorge Arango

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Unprecedented

Episode 2

Sunday, January 26, 2025 • Duration 35:01

Harry shares an extreme personal experience in service to exploring the question: How can we act skillfully in unfamiliar circumstances?

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An introduction to Ambient Music by Jon Dale
Spinning Away by John Cale & Brian Eno
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone (YouTube)
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Dunning–Kruger effect
Robert Montoye - LinkedIn
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Extreme Ownership Academy
The Informed Life episode 75: Hans Krueger on the Cycle of Emotions
Waking Up app

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Self-Deception

Episode 1

Sunday, January 12, 2025 • Duration 25:10

Exploring the balance between self-deception and reality in goal setting and navigating chaos in professional settings.

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MIT Professional Education
Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition) by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
Alvin Toffler
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
John Cutler (LinkedIn)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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Framing

Episode 18

Sunday, September 7, 2025 • Duration 29:23

Jorge and Harry discuss how to proactively shift your mental models to get unstuck.

Framers by Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, and Francis de Véricourt
Breakneck by Dan Wang
Precision questioning
Iceberg model

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The Inner Game

Episode 17

Sunday, August 24, 2025 • Duration 27:00

Jorge and Harry discuss a classic book about how to avoid getting in your own way through overthinking.

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The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey
Stick (Apple TV show)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Esther Dyson

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Quagmires

Episode 8

Sunday, April 20, 2025 • Duration 26:12

A discussion about the deep underlying causes of the turbulence we're experiencing, and how to think about our agency in the situation.

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Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows
Harry’s TEDx San Antonio presentation
Cynefin framework
Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
Rich Diviney
Jocko Willink
Leif Babin
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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Better Questions

Episode 7

Sunday, April 6, 2025 • Duration 20:52

How do you act effectively in times of uncertainty? One way is by asking yourself better questions. In this conversation, Harry shares a framework to do just that.

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- Masters of Uncertainty by Rich Diviney
- 8 1/2
- Cascading Choices Framework by Roger Martin

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Chesterton's Fence

Episode 6

Sunday, March 23, 2025 • Duration 23:52

Implementing changes – especially irreversible and potentially catastrophic changes – requires humility and understanding. In this conversation, we discuss Chesterton's fence and the art of mindful change-making.

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Strategic Priorities

Episode 5

Sunday, March 9, 2025 • Duration 21:52

Acting skillfully entails choosing the right thing to do at any given moment. But these actions must also serve higher-level goals. In this conversation, we explore the relationship between both levels of priorities.

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On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
The New How by Nilofer Merchant
Playing to Win by A.G. Lafley and Roger Martin
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Innovation Games by Luke Hohmann

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Mental Models

Episode 4

Sunday, February 23, 2025 • Duration 28:34

Mental models are key to thinking and acting skillfully. But the phrase "mental models" itself has several meanings. In this conversation, we explore models of mental models – and land on one with practical implications for your life.

The Power of Impossible Thinking by Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Colin Crook and Robert Gunther
Indi Young
The Informed Life ep. 82: Indi Young on Time to Listen
Mental Models by Indi Young
Farnam Street
The Great Mental Models Series by Shane Parrish
Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
Charlie Munger
Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey
Diagnosing Your Own Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey (pdf)
Minds At Work
Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray

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Beyond Data

Episode 3

Sunday, February 9, 2025 • Duration 35:58

Relying solely on data for decisions is limiting; integrating intuition and diverse insights enhances judgment and outcomes.

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Libby
Alchemy The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
How to Measure Anything by Douglas Hubbard
Drift into Failure From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems by Sidney Dekker
Embracing the Unexpected: Creative Transformation Amid Rapid Change
Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition) by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
Toyota Production System

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