The Big Five personality model is different. It’s not trying to sort you. It’s trying to describe you – accurately, honestly, and with enough nuance that you might actually recognize yourself in the results. It’s the most scientifically validated personality framework in psychology, which sounds clinical and boring, but stick with me, because what it […]
What Is Executive Function – And Why Does It Explain So Much About You (and Your Teen)?
You know that feeling when you know what you’re supposed to do, you want to do it, and you still somehow… don’t? Or when your kid is clearly smart – you can see it – but they can’t seem to get out of their own way? Homework doesn’t get started. Emotions run hot over small […]
Introducing Bird Strike: The DOPE Reflex Game That Gets Harder the Better You Get
Tap the Dove. Dodge the storm. Don’t you dare hit that Eagle by accident.* If Bird Battle is the personality game you play to start an argument with your coworkers, Bird Strike is the one you play at midnight when you just want to tap things really fast and feel good about it. Maybe work […]
Introducing Bird Battle: The DOPE Personality Game You’ll Want to Share
Which bird handles a cancelled flight better – the Eagle who’s already rerouting, or the Dove who quietly apologizes to the gate agent? If you’ve taken the DOPE 4 Bird Personality Test, you already know the four types: the harmony-seeking Dove, the results-driven Eagle, the detail-obsessed Owl, and the charismatic Peacock. But knowing about the […]
The Printable Calendar That Does What You Actually Need It To Do
You know that moment where you just want to see four months at once – last month, this month, next month, and the one after that – and instead you’re clicking through some app, or squinting at a phone screen, or fighting with a PDF that printed sideways and cut off Saturday? Yeah. That’s why […]
DOPE Slots Is Here – Spin the Reels and Find Your Next Favorite Read
Okay, I’ll admit it. I built a slot machine. Not a real one – nobody’s losing their rent money here. But a personality-powered, bird-themed, genuinely-kind-of-addictive slot machine that lives right here on richardstep.com, and I am unreasonably proud of it. Say hello to DOPE Slots – the newest addition to the games corner of this […]
We Made Songs. Real Ones. And Now They Have a Home.
You ever have something playing in the background while you’re working, and fifteen minutes in you realize you’ve completely stopped working and you’re just… listening? That’s the goal. Something New Is Happening Over Here We just launched the RichardStep Audio Library, and I want to tell you what it is and why we built it […]
The Store Is Finally Open & Everything’s In One Place
You know how you find something useful on a website, and then spend the next ten minutes clicking around trying to find the rest of it? Yeah. I hate that too. That’s the whole reason we built this thing. What’s Actually Going On Here We just launched a brand-new store over at richardstep.com/products, and it’s […]
We Just Made Our Most Popular Tests Way Better (Here’s What Changed and Why)
You know that moment when you’re halfway through something online and you realize you have absolutely no idea how far along you are? No progress bar. No “question 12 of 84.” Just an endless scroll of dropdowns and a vague sense of existential dread. That was us. That was our tests. And we finally fixed […]