The Realist Checkpoint

The book came first.

A complete working manuscript across five parts and closing notes. The method was on paper before the website or app existed.

Publishing, rights, media and partnership enquiries are welcome. Proposal and sample material are available on request.

mark@therealistcheckpoint.com

The reading arc

IThe Wake-Up

The honest look — the personal checkpoint, why self-help fails without one, and the interference (bias, chatter, procrastination) that keeps capable people circling.

IIThe Framework

Builds the Blueprint: Mind, Body and Soul, the beliefs, standards and values at their core, and choices, changes and commitment as the way they move.

IIIThe Interference

Goes deeper into what fights you — triggers, thought loops, overkill and the modern drift.

IVThe Reset

Where the 300-Day ME Project lives, alongside patience, secrecy and running the course.

VThe Living System

Life after the reset — upgraded beliefs, standards and values, and keeping an even keel. Closing notes complete the arc.

Selected contents

  • The Personal Checkpoint
  • Zoom Out for Perspective
  • Cognitive Mind Bias and Fallacies
  • Hardheaded, Not Hardwired
  • The TRC Blueprint
  • Attention Is the Battlefield
  • Dopamine, Escapology and the Modern Drift
  • The 300-Day ME Project
  • The Magic Pill Nobody Wants to Hear About
  • Work in Secrecy — Protect the Build
  • Life on an Even Keel
  • Save Your New Settings

Working Cover / Concept — Not a Published Edition

Working book mockup — The Realist Checkpoint by Mark Garrahy, front and back covers. Not a final printed edition.
Working Cover — Concept only. Not a final printed edition.

Part I — The Wake-Up is being prepared as the free written and read-aloud starting point.

Publishing and media

Publishing, rights, media and partnership enquiries are welcome. Proposal and sample material are available on request.

mark@therealistcheckpoint.com