References
Sources & Influences
Curated references that informed the systems lens of the book and companion.
Systems & Thinking
- Donella Meadows— Thinking in Systems
- Peter Senge— The Fifth Discipline
- Herbert A. Simon— writings on bounded rationality and attention
- W. Edwards Deming— systems thinking in quality and variation
Attention, Focus, Deep Work
- Cal Newport— Deep Work (and related essays on attention)
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi— Flow
- Gloria Mark— research on attention, interruption, and focus
Cognitive Load, Working Memory, Learning
- John Sweller— cognitive load theory
- Daniel Kahneman— Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein— Nudge (choice architecture)
Habits, Behavior, Environment Design
- James Clear— Atomic Habits (behavior + environment)
- BJ Fogg— Tiny Habits
- Kurt Lewin— foundational framing: behavior as function of person + environment
Stress, Regulation, and Recovery
- Robert Sapolsky— Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
- Kelly McGonigal— work on stress and perception
- Bruce McEwen— allostatic load research
Executive Function & Variability
- Russell Barkley— executive function and self-regulation frameworks
- Thomas E. Brown— attention/executive function models (Listed for conceptual background; this project is intentionally non-diagnostic.)
Meaning, Identity, and Practical Philosophy
- Viktor Frankl— Man's Search for Meaning
- William James— psychology of experience and attention
- Stoic tradition (Epictetus / Marcus Aurelius)— practical orientation and agency
Note: These sources are included as intellectual roots and lenses—not as claims of authority or diagnosis.
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Self-Engineering: Designing a Life That Works With Your Mind
Richard Leo Hunt, EdD
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