Weekly posts on decision-making and how it underpins everything. Short, informative, and useful.

Starting in July 2025, after completing the initial eight posts as a trial run. ✌🏻

About the name: A “closing kick” is the final burst of speed a runner uses at the end of a race to overtake competitors or create distance to win.

An example of a closing kick: American Cole Hocker pulls off a STUNNER in men's 1500m Olympic final | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports

The substack is inspired by the insightful work of many, particularly Annie Duke and her book Thinking in Bets, I’ve come to see why studying decision-making is so valuable. That book helped me connect decades of reading, including Seeing What Others Don’t by Gary Klein and Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan M. Gardner.