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Make Two Threats With One Move | Daily Essay

October 31, 2026·3 min
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Sleepy drivers who drank coffee and then took a nap of under 15 minutes cut driving incidents by 91%. Caffeine alone cut them by about two-thirds. Some pieces unlock an ability none of them has alone, on the chessboard and in habits, money and teams. Featuring: Louise Reyner, Jim Horne, Katy Milkman, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Lorenz Hart Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) A chess opening that makes two threats (00:24) The coffee nap (00:56) Audiobooks you can only hear at the gym (01:19) The barbell (01:37) Costco's membership (01:57) Stockton and Malone's pick-and-roll (02:28) Rodgers and Hammerstein flip the order Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.

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