Cognitive Performance

Working memory, cognitive load, and sustainable performance — not through optimization, but through understanding your brain's actual architecture.

9 articles

Core Science

Rhythm vs. Stability

Stability is a flat line; dead things are stable. Living things have rhythm. Stop trying to be consistent like a machine and start being consistent like a heart

7 min read

Friction & Ease: The Core Practice

The paradox at the heart of Brainjet: growth through measured tension, integration through ease.

8 min read

Working Memory & Cognitive Load

Your brain's working memory is like a small workbench with only a few slots for information. Understanding its limits is the key to feeling less overwhelmed.

9 min read

Applied Essay

The Myth of Optimization

The relentless pursuit of the 'best' way often leads to cognitive overtraining. The antidote is 'sufficiently good.'

6 min read

The Learning Paradox

Struggle as a sign of adaptation, not failure.

6 min read

Guide

The Attention Budget Method

You treat money as finite; treat attention the same way. A guide to spending your focus like currency.

5 min read

Neuro-Friendly Workspace

Design your physical space to offload executive function.

5 min read

Reflection

On Being Useful to Yourself

We are so good at being useful to others. What does it mean to serve your own life?

3 min read

Tool

Dual n-Back

Working memory exertion.

Start with the Brainjet Starter Kit — 5 days of core ideas, then one essay per week.