Your Only Challenge Is To Focus
If you can't focus, you are paralyzed. Everything you do in your career and life will be served better with clear and continuous focus. We revisit this topic after nearly seven years because it is pro...
30 Dec 202113min
Taking Back Ownership Over Your Priorities
It's hard to remember sometimes, but our priorities are our own. We have agency over our time. Even our obligations are more often determined by our chosen values than they are by actual survival.When...
28 Dec 202117min
3 Cognitive Pitfalls of Mental Models
Mental models are very useful, and we tap into them even without knowing it. But just like any cognitive tool, our brain can play tricks on us when using mental models. In this episode we'll talk abou...
23 Dec 202120min
Using Proactive Decision Tools To Reduce Reactive Decision Error
Make your decisions easier by anticipating them. Determine systems for making decisions in advance, so you don't get caught making them on the spot. Determine models of opportunities so you can quickl...
20 Dec 202119min
Two Perspective-Sharpening Tools For Your New Year's Resolution Making
In today's episode, we'll talk about two ways to improve your perception and perspective when making your new year's resolutions, or any other big decisions or changes in your life.These two tools wil...
17 Dec 202115min
Two Tools for Improving Your Closest Relationships
In today's episode, we discuss two tools that I believe will change your closest relationships forever.It can be awkward to intentionally work on communication with your closest relationships. But if ...
15 Dec 202120min
Welcome Back Interview with Ernie Miller, Head of Engineering at Monograph, Part One (Fixed Audio)
We had some gremlins in the audio processing of the first part of the interview with Ernie Miller. They've been banished! Sorry about the trouble, and thank you for listening.Today I talk with Ernie M...
14 Dec 202139min
Input Quadrant - A Tool for Better Retrospectives
We have an illusion of control when things go our way, and a bias to shift the blame when things don't go our way. In retrospectives, we also believe we know all of the variables at play.In today's ep...
13 Dec 202121min
