For founders, leaders, and people building deliberately
Practical decision tools for building a life, business, and legacy that matter.
One problem. One framework. One experiment.
You can work harder and still build the wrong thing.
Jordan explores the books, biographies, and defining decisions of founders and thinkers, then tests those ideas against his own experience. Each episode gives you a practical way to think about ambition, work, relationships, and what deserves your time.
Start with the problem you are facing. Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Episode titles may differ slightly across platforms.
AI & THE HUMAN MOAT
As intelligence gets cheaper, what becomes more valuable? Explore trust, taste, judgment, steering, and agency through Kasparov, Deep Blue, and the decisions in your own life.
Choose one part of your human moat to strengthen this week.
SUBTRACTION & BETTER SYSTEMS
Before you make a process faster, ask whether it should exist. Apply Musk's five-step algorithm to meetings, approvals, reports, and AI automation, with people and trust in view.
Question one requirement before adding another tool or process.
DECISIONS & REGRET
Would you still respect your decision if it failed? Bezos's regret minimization framework, Darwin's marriage notes, and Steve Jobs's daily question offer ways to see beyond today's pressure.
Picture your options at 80. Which choice would you still respect if it failed?
Find your next listen, explore how Frameworks fits, and try a practical decision tool.
PODCAST DISCOVERY
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A practical guide for Tim Ferriss listeners: compare Frameworks, The Knowledge Project, Founders, and Modern Wisdom by what you want to learn next.
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Read the guide →Start with one friction point that keeps showing up in real life.
Find the mental model that makes the problem easier to see and navigate.
Turn the idea into one concrete action you can test this week.
Founder. Operator. Relentless student.
Founder. Father of four. Still figuring out what is worth building.
Jordan West is the founder of Social Commerce Club, which was acquired by Podean, where he serves as EVP of Growth. An entrepreneur and father of four, he hosts Frameworks, a show that explores the decision rules behind consequential lives. Drawing on books, biographies, and his own experience building businesses, navigating bankruptcy, and rebuilding, Jordan turns big ideas into practical experiments for life, business, and legacy.
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