After decades building software - and living with ADHD/dyslexia - I finally put language to a problem I kept running into personally and professionally:
Most tools assume humans operate at steady, peak capacity. We don’t.
Capacity (mental, emotional, physical bandwidth) fluctuates constantly. When it drops, predictable things happen:
thinking degrades decisions get harder tools that rely on reflection or discipline stop working.
That’s why meditation apps are useless at 3 a.m., and productivity systems fall apart by mid-afternoon.
I built a small system around this idea:
identify your current capacity state (Green / Yellow / Red / “Can’t-Even”) only use tools that match that state
don’t try to “think your way out” when capacity is low.
There’s an AI-guided, step-by-step reset protocol designed to help people restore capacity when they’re overloaded. The system adapts the sequence and pacing based on current capacity, rather than assuming people can reflect, plan, or power through.
~2,000 hours of content development so far, ~25 active beta users. It seems to help some people recover faster when they’re stuck, but I don’t yet know how broadly this generalizes across different roles or work contexts.
I’m looking for professionals willing to actually use this when they’re struggling and give blunt feedback on what works, what doesn’t, and where the framework breaks.
I’m not trying to build a unicorn. I’m trying to build something that works for the large number of people who report being under pressure work most days.
After decades building software - and living with ADHD/dyslexia - I finally put language to a problem I kept running into personally and professionally:
Most tools assume humans operate at steady, peak capacity. We don’t.
Capacity (mental, emotional, physical bandwidth) fluctuates constantly. When it drops, predictable things happen: thinking degrades decisions get harder tools that rely on reflection or discipline stop working.
That’s why meditation apps are useless at 3 a.m., and productivity systems fall apart by mid-afternoon.
I built a small system around this idea: identify your current capacity state (Green / Yellow / Red / “Can’t-Even”) only use tools that match that state don’t try to “think your way out” when capacity is low.
There’s an AI-guided, step-by-step reset protocol designed to help people restore capacity when they’re overloaded. The system adapts the sequence and pacing based on current capacity, rather than assuming people can reflect, plan, or power through.
~2,000 hours of content development so far, ~25 active beta users. It seems to help some people recover faster when they’re stuck, but I don’t yet know how broadly this generalizes across different roles or work contexts.
I’m looking for professionals willing to actually use this when they’re struggling and give blunt feedback on what works, what doesn’t, and where the framework breaks.
I’m not trying to build a unicorn. I’m trying to build something that works for the large number of people who report being under pressure work most days.
If you’re curious or skeptical and want to test it: https://app.emergentskills.com/
Happy to answer questions about the framework, what I’ve tried before, or why I’m still building at 70.