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

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

About the name: A closing kick is the final drive a runner makes to try to win the race. To have a strong closing kick, a runner develops timing and pacing, mental toughness and endurance, confidence and risk assessment, along with preparation through training.

An example of a closing kick: Nikki Hiltz breaks MEET RECORD in 1500m at Trials; punches ticket to Paris | NBC Sports

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. I highly recommend Annie Duke’s course on Maven and Shane Parrish’s Farnam Street course.