Two Variations of Confirmation Bias
Our brain wants beliefs to stay the same. We don't want to change, and yet progress is dependent on change.That doesn't mean your beliefs are all wrong if you have had them for some amount of time. Bu...
25 Elo 202113min
How You Shape Your World With Macro and Micro Stories
We see the world through stories. We communicate about the world through stories. So, the stories we tell turn out to be incredibly important to the way we operate in the world.✨ Sponsor: Gun.ioEver ...
23 Elo 202116min
Friday Refill: Always Keep Your Tank Full
If you wait until your tank is empty, you've created an urgent situation you could have avoided. Keep your tank full, early and often. This applies to almost everything in our lives, but so often we s...
20 Elo 20216min
The Most Critical Career Mistake You Can Make
The most critical career mistake you can make isn't a secret. Are you in control? If you aren't driving your career, who is?What if the best thing you could do was nothing?Not indefinitely, of course ...
18 Elo 202111min
Failure is an Opportunity for Responsibility
The romance of endless success is a broken picture of reality.Instead, focus on inviting failure and taking advantage of the opportunity it brings: the opportunity to take responsibility.✨ Sponsor: G...
16 Elo 202111min
Friday Refill: What Are Your Ideals?
What are your ideals? For many people, ideals are fragile. The moment we see a hero fall, our own lives are immediately thrown into a state of confusion. Instead of having fragile ideals, we should ex...
13 Elo 20217min
4 Questions To Understand Your Long Term Career Trajectory
Great questions trigger thought and further questions. In this episode, I pose 4 questions (and a bit of homework) to help you get a handle on where your career is headed.Whether you are in a transiti...
11 Elo 202112min
Joel Beasley from Modern CTO, Part Two
Joel Beasley is the host of Modern CTO, a podcast with guests coming from IBM, Microsoft, Nasa, Reddit, and hundreds of others. Joel and I have wanted to have this discussion for a long time, and we f...
9 Elo 202128min
