Hey everyone,
I'm Piyush, a solo indie publisher from India. For the past few months I've been building Social Intelligence Co. — a site about practical psychology: reading people, understanding yourself, thinking clearer. No academic jargon, no guru fluff.
Everything below is live right now:
FREE (email signup, that's it):
Why You Feel Behind in Life — on comparison, ambition, and timelines. Progress is never a straight line; this is about why it feels like everyone else got the map.
The Art of Disappointing People — for people-pleasers. How to say no without guilt and stop trading your evenings for other people's comfort.
Nobody Is Thinking About You — the spotlight effect. Experiments show people notice you about a quarter as much as you think. Genuinely freeing once it lands.
Not Financial Advice — the psychology of money: status, scarcity, envy, and why "enough" is a direction, not a number.
The Ordinary Strange — my newest. Twelve everyday mysteries (déjà vu, dreams, contagious yawning, earworms, blushing...) explained with real research, every finding credited to the researcher.
PAID (what keeps the lights on):
The Meridian Files — a psychological thriller trilogy (The Errata Protocol, Rule Fourteen, The First Chair) following forensic psychologist Dr. Mara Voss.
The Art of Reading People and The Mind Palace Method — non-fiction, deeper dives.
INTERACTIVE (also free):
Mind Games — interactive case files where you play detective and work the evidence (The Empty Chair, The Glass Confessional), plus BLUFF, a 60-second deception-detection sprint.
Book IQ — a quiz game built on the 100 most-read books.
Plus free essays on the site if you just want to read something.
The free shelf is the point — I'm not here to hard-sell. If any of this sounds like your thing: socialintelligenceco.vercel.app. And I'd genuinely love blunt feedback — what should I write next?