Alexander Crespo writes The Short Version series. Each book takes a subject, keeps the practical ideas that hold up to scrutiny, and distils each one into two pages that end with something to do.
The first book covers personal development: habits, attention, emotions, energy, relationships, work and meaning. The second, Focus with ADHD, looks at everyday life with ADHD, from starting tasks to making time visible and building systems that are easier to return to.
A format built around use
There is no required reading order. A map at the front connects a problem to a subject. The left page gives the gist; the right page offers exercises and a worked example. The aim is to make a useful idea easier to try, rather than add another unfinished book to a shelf.
The ideas, with their limits
The books and articles distinguish the research behind an idea from the exercises proposed around it. Where the evidence is tentative, drawn from a different population, or less impressive than the popular claim, that distinction matters.
The articles here develop selected subjects from both books. They offer more context, source links and small experiments for readers who want to go further.