Julian Q. Vale
Author · Founder, OPEN VARIABLE
Julian Q. Vale is the author of Before the Decision Reaches You: How the Terms Get Set — and What Remains Yours, and the founder of OPEN VARIABLE.
He writes case-driven nonfiction about what people can rely on when the terms around them change. His book follows seventeen inquiries across work, business, medicine, markets and housing, then turns the question back on the book itself.
Before the Decision Reaches You
How the Terms Get Set — and What Remains Yours
Seventeen real-world cases about money, work and the difference between owning something and being able to use it.
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Julian Q. Vale is the author of Before the Decision Reaches You and the founder of OPEN VARIABLE. He writes case-driven nonfiction about what people can rely on when the terms around them change.
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