Find your shape.

A short, honest quiz to point you toward the model that fits where you are right now. Answer for the version of you in the next twelve months — not the one you wish you were.

What do you most want from the relationship?

To think more rigorously about ideas — politics, philosophy, art, the world. One person who will challenge my thinking, week after week, for years. Peers who hold me to the work I keep saying I'll do. Honest counsel on the shape of my life — not just my work.

How often can you realistically show up?

Every two weeks — a real, recurring conversation. Every two weeks, with the discipline of commitments between. Once a month, with preparation in between. Once a year — but properly, with a written document.

How uncomfortable are you willing to be?

I want intellectual friction — disagreement that leaves a mark. I want to be visibly accountable for what I say I'll do. I want one person who will tell me when I'm wrong, often. I want to be asked the questions I've been avoiding asking myself.

Who, in your life, is the obvious starting point?

One specific person whose mind I most want to be in conversation with. Four to eight curious people from different fields I'd love in one room. Three to five peers in motion — actively building, writing, leading. A handful of people whose judgment I trust more than I trust my own.

What are you trying to change?

How I think — the quality and range of my mind. How I think, but with one person, for the rest of my life. What I actually do — closing the gap between intention and action. The trajectory of my whole life — and whether I'm on it on purpose.

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