Shane Parrish on Clear Thinking, Emotional Mastery & Decision-Making That Matters

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A VTEX Live podcast featuring Shane Parrish, Founder of Farnam Street and author of Clear Thinking, who has helped millions think better and live better. Access this and more episodes of VTEX Live on Apple Podcast or YouTube . What if the real advantage in business isn’t more information, but better thinking? In this episode of VTEX Live, Shane Parrish joins Mariano Gomide in São Paulo for a conversation about emotional mastery, decision-making, and why slowing down might be the fastest move you can make. Drawing on lessons from his career in Canada’s intelligence community and his best-selling book, Shane explains how to separate emotional reactions from rational decisions, when to pause and reassess, and how to create decision-making systems that don’t just work for you, but for your whole team. You’ll also hear why Clear Thinking took three rewrites to become the book leaders around the world now rely on, why expertise requires getting into the details instead of just skimming, and how companies like Capital One are using his frameworks to grow leaders from within.