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The Water Glass Effect
I recently came across an old video of a professor sharing a powerful lesson with his classroom of students.He holds up a glass of water and asks the students how he...
The Public Speaking Guide: 7 Strategies for Success
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak at Google Zeitgeist, an extraordinary annual event hosted by Google for their top customers and partners.Just before I ...
A Scene From Yellowstone That Changed How I Think About Success
Last week, I had the chance to sit down with University of Missouri head football coach Eliah Drinkwitz on a visit to their incredible facilities in Columbia, Missouri...
Chesterton's Fence: The Importance of the Origin
There was once a village surrounded by a tall wooden fence that had been there as long as anyone could remember. One day, a traveler convinced the villagers to tear it...
The Logical Fallacy Field Guide
In this piece, I walk through 20 common logical fallacies—errors in reasoning that destroy the quality of an argument.If you spot any of these in a debate, online or i...
The "Rules" That Hold You Back In Life
There is a concept in cognitive science called the Illusory Truth Effect:It's the tendency to believe false information after consistent, repeated exposures. In other ...
A Reflection On The Little Things
You're going to see your parents 15 more times before they die.In 2021, that simple statement, which later became the opening line of my book, changed my life.My wife ...
The Antelope Principle: How to Chase the Right Things
Imagine yourself as a lion. Every single day, you have a choice.You can:Chase field mice; orHunt antelopeThe choice is an important one because the way you choose to d...
The Abilene Paradox: The Silent Danger of False Agreement
There’s an old Danish fairy tale about an emperor who loved fine clothes.Two swindlers promised him a suit so magnificent that it would be invisible to anyone unfit fo...
Amor Fati: An Ancient Idea That Will Change Your Life
I spent most of my life trying to control the uncontrollable. Running from the uncertainty that life inevitably brings.But in running from the uncontrollable, the only...
The Odysseus Trap: A Clear Path to Lesser Goals
In Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, Odysseus and his men faced a long, arduous journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.Early in the voyage, a series of fierce storms...
Are You Ready For Your Favorable Wind?
I stumbled across a great post recently:When fisherman cannot go to sea, they repair nets. When the sea is too rough to sail, the smart ones don’t wait—they get to w...
The Most Important Choice of Life
Last week, I had a beautiful conversation with a young mother who reached out wanting to talk to me about her son.The young boy, just four years old, has shown signs o...
What Are You Tolerating That’s Holding You Back?
I've often mused that there are (broadly) two ways to improve your life:Add a Positive: A good habit, behavior, person, etc.Remove a Negative: A bad habit, behavior, p...
The Seasons of Your Life
Here’s something I find myself thinking about a lot lately:Your life is not a singular, static experience.Your life has seasons.These seasons create a natural flow to ...
Want a Better Life? Be Boring.
Here’s an underrated life hack:Be boring in the right ways.Why is being boring so powerful? Well, simply because so few people are willing to do it...•••Andrew Huberma...
The Victim Mentality: A Silent Killer of Growth
The Dartmouth Scar Experiment is an interesting case study on the impact of the so-called Victim Mentality on our lives.In today’s piece, I’d like to talk about Victim...
What Will Your Next Note Be?
I recently read a quote from legendary musician Miles Davis that stopped me in my tracks…“It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note—it’s the note you play after...
34 Short Lessons on Money
Money is a funny thing.It consumes an enormous amount of our energy and attention in adulthood, but very few of us learn anything about it in childhood or adolescence....
How to Make the Ordinary Come Alive
I don't read poetry often, but there are a few poems I come back to regularly because of their impact on my life.This beautiful piece by William Martin is on that lis...