Most of the time, you think your thoughts are facts, so you don’t question them. This is fine when your thoughts make you feel good. But the built-in negativity bias that evolution embedded in the human brain for survival can lead you to

It’s a natural human desire to be liked and accepted. But if you say things you don’t really mean in order to get that acceptance, you’re paying a high price. I’m not talking about basic politeness. It’s more about being inauthentic when you’re

Holding people accountable is the most mature thing you can do. It requires you to have an adult conversation. The reason it feels hard when it comes to your team is: 1. You worry they might quit. 2. You don’t want to hurt

One of the mistakes entrepreneurs make is we say, “Here’s this thing I need done, please figure out how to do it.”Sometimes we aren’t sure how to do it ourselves, but secretly think we should know and feel a little inadequate about that.Sometimes

In every situation there are things you know and things you don’t. When you’re doing something new, there are lots of things you don’t know. By default your brain goes on high alert to amplify the importance of these unknown things in order

Your past did not cause you to be where you are in your life. Where you are in your life caused your past to exist. This is because it is always now. The past is like the wake of a ship. When a

When you’re creating something brand new, like a product, a marketing strategy, or a team structure, don’t look to the past for evidence that you’ll succeed. You won’t find evidence if it’s new for you. But neuroscience can help. fMRI scans show the

What are you thinking when you’re in a hurry? That if you don’t hurry something bad will happen, like: It won’t work. It’ll never get done. Someone else will do it first. The urge to hurry contains the seed of doubt. You think

The intention behind what you say is more important than the precision of the words. It seems like it’s what you say that creates the response. This is why you’ll spend hours wordsmithing. It slows you down and depletes your energy. Thinking it