Most people don’t need more advice. They need clearer concepts.

For the past three years, I’ve been doing 1:1 sessions with people I met through the philosophy meetups I ran—usually monthly or fortnightly calls, 1–2 hours each. The work is simple in method and demanding in result: I listen carefully, identify the underlying ideas shaping the person’s situation, and help them name what is real, what is optional, and what is self-created.

This is not therapy. It is not coaching. It is not affirmation.

It is philosophical guidance: the disciplined practice of turning confusion into clarity, and clarity into action.

What These Sessions Are Like

The style is uncompromising.

That’s not posturing—it’s a filter. Some people want comfort, permission, or a new narrative to hide inside. This work will frustrate them.

Other people want radical self-awareness and real change. For them, the sessions feel like traction. Once the fog lifts, progress becomes straightforward.

When someone is aligned, growth can happen quickly and without drama—because the problem was never effort. The problem was misidentification.

The Goal

The goal is not dependence.

The end point is independence: you become able to think clearly without me, to self-correct, to choose deliberately, and to sustain intrinsic motivation without external pushing.

A reasonable target for most people is 12 or 24 meetings over one year, assuming you also do the work between sessions.

This is not self-improvement as an endless hobby. It is change with an endpoint.

Framework (Without Preaching)

I operate from an Objectivist framework, but I don’t sermonize philosophy.

I use only what is relevant and actionable:

• Happiness as a rational aim
• Self-destruction as immoral
• Your whole life as the proper context for decisions
• Reality as the standard—never feelings, never consensus

If an idea is true, it will prove itself in application. If it can’t survive application, it doesn’t belong in your life.

Book Prescriptions

Progress requires continuity between sessions.

One of the most effective tools I use is Book Prescriptions—targeted reading chosen to keep you in the right mental framework between calls.

Books work because they don’t merely give information. They create a sustained mindframe while you read.

Examples: Shifting a “malevolent universe premise” toward rational optimism with Factfulness (Hans Rosling)

Reducing recurring nightmares or sleep-related instability with Why We Sleep (Matthew Walker)

Developing self-respect and earned pride with The 6 Pillars of Self-Esteem (Nathaniel Branden)

The right book, at the right time, can do months of work—because it keeps your mind oriented when motivation is not naturally present.

Metaphors That Make Abstract Ideas Usable

I also use personally developed theories and metaphors to make principles concrete and applicable.

One system I use in daily life is on how it feels to actually achieve happiness:

• Climate = Happiness (your long-range emotional atmosphere)
• Season = Focus (your current period of life and priorities)
• Weather = Joy (short-term emotional events and pleasures)

This helps people stop chasing feelings and start building conditions.

You don’t control the weather directly. You build the climate by choosing values and living them.

Topics I Commonly Work On

• Philosophy and worldview
• Relationships and romantic dynamics
• Career direction and meaningful productivity
• Personal finance and long-range planning
• Health and vitality
• Virtuous Masculinity
• Media addiction
• Parenting values and the long-range project of creating and sustaining a family

The common denominator is not the topic. It is the method: clarity → hierarchy of values → action → feedback → course correction.

My Sense of Life

I am passionately optimistic about life, reality, and achievement.

Not in a motivational-poster way—optimistic in the literal sense that I regard the world as intelligible, workable, and worth engaging. For the right person, that orientation is contagious.

If you’re exhausted from drift, confusion, or cycles you can’t explain, this kind of optimism isn’t cheerleading. It’s fuel—because it’s grounded in reality.

My Stake in Your Success

I’m rationally self-interested. Money matters, but my real payment is spiritual: the earned pride of seeing you gain clarity, take action, and improve your life in an objective way.

If nothing changes, no value is created—for you or for me.

How to Start

If you’re interested, send a message with:

• What you want to work on
• What you’ve already tried
• Whether you want monthly or fortnightly sessions
• Any constraints (time, energy, current commitments)

We’ll decide quickly whether this is a fit.

This work is not for everyone.

But for the right person, it can change the trajectory of your life.