Most of us try to change unwanted aspects of our lives by modifying our actions. However, changing actions without first changing your self-concept is hard and rarely lasts. Adopting new behaviors while remaining the same person demands persistent willpower. Unfortunately, willpower often runs

You want to launch a new product or service, but the built-in negativity bias which has kept humanity alive for millennia sounds the alarm in your mind. You think, “I don’t know how to do this. Where do I start? I need more

The methods used by humans and AI to solve problems are not the same. An AI may fail a thousand times in an hour and it means nothing. Each failure is neutral data that brings it closer to the solution. A person might

You have the ability to create any future you want. The reason it doesn’t seem that way is because of the process we learned in childhood. We were told to start with the present, then think of the steps to create the future.

Let’s challenge a common belief – the idea that success is synonymous with struggle. It’s easy to fall into the trap of equating pain and hardship with progress. Where does this idea stem from? Perhaps it’s the deep-seated belief that success only comes

The primary job of your mind is to make meaning. It categorizes things as good or bad, safe or dangerous, right or wrong, generally based on past experience. We don’t see circumstances as neutral, we interpret them. We mix up what happened with

Beliefs start out as thoughts which over time you accept as “true.” Your brain uses those beliefs as a filter. It looks for evidence to support what you believe. It deletes and distorts everything else. This is called confirmation bias. This meaning-making strategy

We have a bias for action because, on the surface, it appears that results are created by what we do. But action can work against us if we don’t believe the outcome we want is possible. Or if we believe it has to

How do you forecast your business growth? Like when you’re projecting revenue and profit for this year, next year, and 3 years out? The easy thing to do is calculate a reasonable % increase based on what you’ve done in the past, or