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R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness — 1460 episodes
Lonely Careers: Does Anyone Really Understand How Lonely Research Feels?
AI Is More Capable Than Most Humans. Education Isn’t Ready.
You Are Underestimating How Fast Innovation Is Moving
Why Grad School Feels So Empty (Even When You’re Doing Everything Right)
Why ‘Trying Harder’ Won’t Always Make You Better
I Was Lied To About Entrepreneurship
Artificial Intelligence Mirrors Human Self-Deception
Professor Life Is a Constant Focus on Trying to Get Ahead
How to Stop Being Burned by Other People
Just Go Be Awesome
You’re Not Lazy: You’re Just Trained to Fear Imperfection
Everyone Loves Disruption… Until You Start Disrupting
Why Academia Feels So Competitive (And How to Escape It)
Is Academic Life Worth It? Here’s What Keeps Me Going.
Why Grades and Pedigree Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Why We’re So Wrong About Who Will Succeed
PhD Culture Is Obsessed With Productivity (And It’s Toxic)
Successful Careers Is the Most Overrated Idea in Academia
10 Years of Rejection: What Nobody Tells You About Building Something New
Why You Can Only Talk About the Weather (And Even That’s Risky)
Why Academia Says It Wants Entrepreneurship But Punishes It
A Boring Barber Made Me Wealthy (I’m Not Joking)
Why Life Hacks Don’t Work (and What Actually Does)
Innovation Isn’t Fun. It’s Lonely.
I Used to Be in Special Ed. Now I Teach PhDs.
Why Being “Not That Good” Is Actually Your Superpower
Academia’s Big Lie: More Output ≠ Better Work
Why Talking About Money in Academia Feels Like Betrayal
Repetition Is the Only Real Advice That Works.
The 2% Rule Explains Almost Everything About Human Behavior
Why Going Back for a PhD Makes Successful People Feel Stupid
Why You’ll Never Be Recognized for the Work You Actually Do
The 4 Words I Heard at Age 7 That Still Drive Me: ‘You Can Do This’
Happiness Isn’t a Feeling—It’s Mental Work
How Do You Tell Who’s Actually Serious?
Self Forgiveness Is the Only Real Productivity Hack for Parents
Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid: Why Skepticism Saves You
The Only Thing That Works
Everyone Thinks They’re Better Than You — They’re Wrong
When You Stop Caring About the Research Game
Why Buying Houses Often Underperforms Boring Index Funds
Why “Work Harder” Is Terrible Advice for PhDs
Why Economic Logic Fails in Real Life — and What Works Instead
The Real Win Is Staying in the Game
Why Do Most Adults Stop Exercising After 30?
My Biggest Career Flaw Is That I’m Too Public & Honest
Why Almost Nobody Has a Long-Term Vision Anymore
Most Money Problems Are Actually Hope Problems
Innovation’s Dirty Secret: It’s Boring, Lonely, and (Maybe Not) Worth It
The 7-Year Rule That Saved My Career
The Quiet Drivers of Success Most People Completely Miss
I Started With One Follower. It Was the Developer.
Science Doesn’t Advance by Persuasion
I Don’t Believe In Research Career Success
How Do You Keep Going When Your Family Thinks You’re Wasting Time?
I’m Happy Being the Screw-Up: My Mom Gets To Knows Really Know Who I Am
I Finally Understood Why So Many PhDs Feel Like They’re Failing
Why Becoming a Researcher in 2026 Is Better Than in 2005
That Moment When the Cold Winter Air Hits Your Skin After A Intense Workout
Academia Taught Me to Compete. I Fought Back With Kindness.
Software Development Is Just a Sequence of Embarrassing Bugs
PhD Life Runs on Shame. Here’s How I Finally Broke Free.
Hustle Culture Lied to You
I Research Innovation With Medical Device Failure: A Boring Research Topic, Then The World Caught Up
I Found a 1940s Newspaper and It Scared Me About “Doing Things Right”
The 40,000-to-1 Rule of Being Different
No, You’re Not Lazy. You’re Just Doing Real Learning—and It Hurts
Why Doing the Right Thing When No One’s Watching Still Matters
What If Your PhD Advisor Isn’t Supposed to ‘Extract Value’ from You?
I’m Just So Glad There Are Wonderful People in This World
Worst PhD Academic Job Market Ever In 2026. Here’s What You Need.
The Path to Impact No Longer Runs Solely Through Tenure
I Posted 6,200 Videos and Still Feel Uncomfortable Every Time
Why Charitable Giving Feels So Hard (Even When You Care Deeply)
I Talk About the Parts of Life Most People Edit Out
The Most Frustrating Part of Academia: You Can Do Everything Right and Still Be Discounted
What Growing Up With an Alcoholic Grandfather Taught Me About Failure
How Agreeableness Without Boundaries Leads to Burnout in Academia
The Real Puzzle No One Talks About in Researc
“Why do I feel weird, unusual, or out of place?” A Business Professor Reflects
Academia Is Full of Strategic Behavior—But You Can Still Win Without Playing Their Game
Why Academia Is Just Another Creator Platform—But With More Suffering (and More Meaning)
PhD Depression and Loneliness: The Truth Behind the PhD Experience
Why “Lessons That Benefit You” Never Feel Entertaining
Why You Should End Relationships Fast
Why AI Will Win: It Doesn’t Need Instant Gratification Like You Do
The PhD System Runs on Shame. Here’s How to Break It
Data Is Exposing Academic Power—And It’s Making Everyone Uncomfortable
The Psychology of Busyness (And Why It Breaks So Many of Us)
Why Original Thinkers Rarely ‘Make It’
Why Doing a PhD Feels Like Losing Your Mind
Every Team Breaks the Moment ROI Becomes the Excuse
Academia Is Panicking About AI—And That’s Why I’m Excited
You Will Never Feel Like You Have Enough Time When You Are Building Something
Why Do Smart, Kind PhDs Struggle in Academia? And, Startups?
Why Academia Might Be the Hardest Career in the World
I Still Feel Like a Failure—Even After Doing Everything Right
Why Mental Health at Work Feels So New (But Isn’t)
Behind Every Startup: Anxiety, Doubt, and Doing It Anyway
From PhD to Playground: Reimagining Innovation as Fun
I Feel Like I’m Failing at Everything. But I Keep Showing Up.
School Never Worked for Me. But I Kept Going Anyway & Became a Professor
Stop Waiting for the Answer. You Must Push Against the World
I Didn’t Understand Innovation As A Professor Until I Spent My Own Money and Felt the Shame
I Accidentally Built the TikTok of Science
What If Academia Is Dying? (Rethinking the Collapse Narrative)
Why I Don’t Trust Sensational Headlines (Even When They’re Right)
Why Most People Should Not Innovate — From an Innovation Professor Who Tried.
The Big Misperceptions About What We Actually Do in Science
Is Business Strategy Just Luck, Privilege, and Repetition?
The Real Reason Science Feels Broken (And It’s Not “Bad Apples”)
I Was Told to Fit In—But Being Weird Saved My Career
Assistant Professors: Live With As Much Joy As You Possibly Can
What Makes You Strange Might Be What Makes You Brilliant
Doing Work You Love Still Makes You Miserable Sometimes.
Most University Innovation Fails. That’s Exactly the Point
The Hardest Part Isn’t Building the Thing—It’s Getting People to Believe in It
Why Research Careers Are So Psychologically Difficult
A Researcher’s Doubt: Wrestling with the Strengths and Limits of Peer Review
Why Choose Research? Olav Sorenson on Loving the Climb
The Only Advantage I Had? I Didn’t Give Up
Retirement Is a Lie: Why We Don’t Have to Fade Away
The More I Study the World, the Less I Understand It
PhD Students: The World Won’t Tell You This, But I Will
What Happens When Wealth Becomes Immortal?”
How I Have Learned to Sit With Scientific Uncertainty
How to Build Software When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing (Most Days, You Won’t)
Unconditional Love Belongs in the Workplace
Why the boring, ordinary investment wins—and entrepreneurship often fails
What if Science Isn’t About Truth After All?
The Myth of Motivation: Why Most People Don’t Care About Big Change
PhD-Level Science Isn’t About Efficiency Hacks — It’s About Kindergarten-Level Guidance
Can a Non-Top-Tier PhD Still Land a Top-Tier Career?
Why “Just Being Normal” Might Be the Most Radical Strategy Online
That LinkedIn Title Isn’t Fooling Anyone. Especially Not Academics
Ignore Their Success Stories. The Truth Is Much Slower—and More Painful.
People Laughed. I Built the Platform Anyway.
The Internet Trains Us to Avoid the Truth
The Robots Won’t Steal Your Job—They’ll Raise Your Kids (And Be Better at It)
Why the Most Successful People Avoid What Actually Works
Pursue Failure
Why Retired Engineers Are Starting the Coolest Companies
I Wanted to Be A Groundbreaking Scientist. My Dad Just Gave Away Carrots.
Education Didn’t Teach Me the Hardest Lesson: How to Keep Going When Life Stops Being Exciting
The Invisible Things That Actually Make You Rich
Most Big Ideas Don’t Start with Genius. They Start with Doubt and Silence.
Why I Talk About the Politics of PhD Research Life
Trusting Your Gut: Why Intuition Deserves More Respect in Science and Innovation
I’m Embarrassed. I’m Terrified. But I Do It Anyway.
Having Kids Makes No Economic Sense—So I Did It Anyway
You’re Wasting Your PhD by Playing It Safe
I’m Told I’m a Failure—But I Wouldn’t Change a Thing
Why I Still Feel Guilty Enjoying Life as a PhD — Even Now
Smart People Thinking About This Risk For AI
PhD Research Isn’t About Knowledge. It’s About Survival.
The Perfect Academic Doesn’t Exist — So Stop Trying to Be One
9 Years of Work—and the Algorithm Still Doesn’t Know I Exist
1-Minute Advice That Saved My Career: Persistence and Forgiveness
I’m Not Rich. I’m Not Connected. But I’m Still Building a Research Revolution.
They Think I’m a Loser. But I’m Quietly Changing the Research World.
Academic Prestige Is Real—But It’s Not Everything
The World Isn’t Lacking Talent — It’s Full of Fear
Is It Normal to Feel Sad After Doing Research? (I Think So)
Should I Quit Academia? I Ask Myself Every Day
Things Are Always More Complicated Than You Think
Why Can’t I See the Contribution Everyone Else Sees?
What If Your Dream Was Just a Marketing Campaign?
Why High Achievers Still Feel Unseen — and What to Do About It
Being Honest Made Me a Pariah in Academia: On Isolation and the Hidden Cost of Academic Life
Doing a PhD Has Nothing to Do With Better Knowledge
I’m Terrified I’m Screwing Everything Up — Every Single Day
Don’t Ban ChatGPT. Teach People to Handle Complexity.
What If No One Reads What You Built?
Why You Need Both Arrogance and Humility to Succeed
Academia Doesn’t Leave Room for Being Human
What If You Picked the Wrong Career—and Can’t Fix It?
I’m Still Not Over My PhD — 15 Years Later
The Rise of the Normal Nerd: Why ‘Solid 7s’ Will Win the New Information War
What If You Peaked in High School?
I’m Ashamed of How Much I Want Recognition In Academia
If You Say You ‘Outwork Everyone,’ I Know I Can’t Trust You
What Business Schools Don’t Teach: Empathy Changes Everything
You Can Only Climb If They Let You—So Learn to Love the Ground Beneath You
Nobody Knows How Hard It Really Is — Just Get Going
Ignore the Noise. Reinvest. Repeat.
Why Do PhDs Act Like They’re Better Than You?
Academia Taught Me to Conform—Entrepreneurship Taught Me to Walk Away
Caring Too Much: Aging, Parents, and Learning to Let Go
Why So Few Stay in Research Long-Term
If You Want to Collaborate, Go Deeper First
You Don’t Have to Be On All the Time
To the Future Me Who’s Struggling Again…
You Have to Be Willing to Look Ugly
If It Promises $10K a Week and a Free Mattress, It’s a Scam
Experience Means A Part Of Your Hope For The World Disappears
From ‘Not Good Enough’ to Chair: Jen Heemstra on Redefining Leadership in Science
I Don’t Work With Clever People Anymore
There’s no white horse coming. No secret strategy. No magical person to save your research career.
I Went to University to Feel Smart… That Didn’t Happen
950 Won’t Care, 20 Will Hate You, 1 Might Help
The Biggest Barrier to Innovation? Feeling Foolish.
The Hidden Advantage I Had Growing Up: Learning Love First
You Don’t Save Because You Don’t Respect Your Future Self
What If Success Is Mostly Just Dumb Butt Luck?
The Leadership Secrets Inside the Prayer of Saint Francis
I Stopped Pretending I Knew What I Was Doing
I Don’t Believe What People Say Anymore… I’m finally free
Boring Careers Are Often the Smartest Bet
Doing The Right Actions Does Not Guarantee Right Outcomes
Cheap Talk, Humble Pie, and the Truth About Control
Can You Become a Professor Without Formal Education?
To Survive Academia, You Have to Dissociate Every Day a Little Bit
Don’t Let Fear Steal Your Power: How to Walk Forward When the World Feels Overwhelming
Caught Between Two Worlds: Working-Class Roots and Academic Life
You’re NOT Weak for Struggling In Academia
The Decline of Blogging and the Rise of AI: What It Means for Researchers
The Painful Truth About Deep Work: Nobody Sees It
Why Smart People Feel So Alone in Academia—and What To Do About It
Is a Professional Doctorate Worth It? Be Wary of the Hype
You Won’t Find Your People Until You’ve Been Alone First
The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Success: Why Simple is Almost Always Better
Redefine Success: PhD Without Traditional Career Expectations
The Hardest Part Is When Someone Close to You Tells You to Quit
The Secret to Winning? Be Boring.
For Those Who Feel Lost in Research—Welcome to the Club
Is Academia an Industry?
Can You Be a Successful Researcher If You Do Not Like Reading and Writing?
Stop Cheering for Winners—Start Cheering for Those Who Show Up
How Do You Deal with Hiring Freezes in Academia?
How do I talk about my research in a way that non-academics understand?
Away Will Never Be Your Home
The Only Thing That Actually Works
Real Productivity Is Letting Go of Productivity
Why I Keep Going Even When It Feels Futile
Turning Research Into a Fun, Silly Game: Why Gamification Changes Everything For Scientific Research
The Hidden Fight Against Change: Why Systems Resist Fairness
I Stopped Expecting Quick Wins in Research—And It Changed Everything
There’s Not Even Really a Choice—Just a Giant Mess
I Used to Overthink Everything In My Career—Here’s What Fixed It
The Best Investing Advice? Don’t Trust Yourself
The One Thing You Need to Know: You’re Doing Better Than You Think
There’s No Perfect Choice—Just a Leap of Faith
The World Isn’t Falling Apart—We’re Just Hearing More of It
I’m Tired of Lying—Getting Rich Is Boring and You Won’t Like It
I Often Don’t Believe Research Now That I See How The Sausage Is Made
Not Everyone Wants To Learn
Why Going Back to School for Something “Irrelevant” Is the Smartest Move You’ll Make
I Teach Entrepreneurship—But I Teach People You Are A Fool If You Do It
The Productivity Killer: Caring Too Much About What Others Think
The Productivity Trap: Why You Should Focus on This Instead
What You Perceive As Negative Is A Gift
The Cruelty of “Anyone Can Do Anything,” the Flywheel That Won’t Turn, and the Frustration of Getting Selection All Wrong
Do You Exist Outside Academia? Every Scholar’s Crisis
Get the Salary You Deserve—Negotiation Without the Sleaze
Your Anxiety Is Engineered—Here’s How to Take Back Control
Stop Buying Into Fear—Take One Step Forward Every Day
How to Protect Yourself in PhD Life and Research
Why PhDs Fear Looking Stupid—And Why That’s a Problem
Skating on Thin Ice: My Journey Through the Highs and Lows of Scientific Influence
The Hidden Gift of Growing Up with Less: Why Not Keeping Up with the Joneses Made Me Stronger
Why We Struggle to Predict the Future (And What to Do About It)
Why PhD Research Feels Miserable (And Why It’s Still a Privilege)
Ch 20: Leaning Into The Nothingness—At Least You Tried
The Flashy Hustle Guru Myth: Why You Don’t Want Their Life
Ch 19: Leaning Into The Nothingness—The Romance of Venturing
The Hidden Role of Dumb Luck in Success (and Why We Misunderstand It)
Ch 18: Leaning Into The Nothingness—Recognition Comes from having a Story to Tell
Ch. 17: Leaning Into The Nothingness—This Might Seem Defeatist, But It’s Not
Stop Avoiding Struggle: It’s the Shortcut to Real Success
Ch 16: Leaning Into The Nothingness—You’re Not in Control Anyway
Ch. 15: Leaning Into The Nothingness—The Myth of Perfection
Ch. 14: Leaning Into The Nothingness—Embracing Embarrassment
Ch.13: Leaning into the Nothingness—The Isolation of Innovation: Why Venturing Feels Lonely and How to Embrace It
Why PhD Researchers & Innovators Waste Their Time on ‘Useless’ Ideas (And Why You Should Too)
Ch. 12 : Leaning Into The Nothingness—Loving the Invisible
Ch. 11: Leaning Into The Nothingness—Certifications Are Just the Beginning
Ch. 10: Leaning Into The Nothingness—You’ll Never Feel Like You Have Enough Time
Ch. 9: Leaning Into The Nothingness—The Seduction of the Easy Path
Ch 8: Leaning Into The Nothingness - Sooner or Later, You’re Going to Want to Quit
Ch. 7: Leaning Into The Nothingness: The Mirage of the Ideal Future
Being Serious Will Prevent You From Trying
Ch.6 Leaning Into the Nothingness: Isolation Vs Courage
Ch.3: Leaning Into The Nothingness - Building in the Void
Ch. 5 - Leaning Into Nothingness - Emotional Exhaustion: Learning to Play
The Importance Of Psychological Safety In Academia - Amy Edmondson
Ch 4 - Leaning Into Nothingness: You Never Know, and You Never Will
Chapter 2: Leaning Into Nothingness - The Glamour and the Grind: The Mundane Reality of Bold Choices
Chapter 1: Leaning Into Nothingness: The Emotional Truth of Creating - The Weight of Today
From Humble Beginnings to Research Impact: Why I Won’t Quit
Why People Don’t Understand You—And Why It Doesn’t Matter
How to Create Change: Turning Rough Rocks into Smooth Stones
The Surprising Wealth Advantage of Growing Up Without Money
Why Do We Keep Falling for These Cartoon Versions of Success?
How to Build a Tech Startup as a Solopreneur (When No One Thinks You Can)
Why the Conventional Path in Your Career Won’t Make You Happy: The Value of Hard, Underrewarded Work
Business Professors Reflection On The Fall Of Syria & The Ability To Make Choices
The Implausible Can Become Plausible
Why So Many People Quit Their PhD & Academic Research: The Seductive Struggle of Research
Why We Don’t Do Allowances: Teaching Kids to Work for Money
Why I Stopped Believing in Strategy Research as A Strategy Professor.
What Drives Us to Tackle Painful and Miserable Tasks?
Why Focusing on Performance Alone Will Break You
But, The Market Is Supposed To Crash By Now!
Learning How To Define Your Identity As A Dual Career Professional
Building Online Communities vs. Making Sales: Why the Strategies Are Worlds Apart
I Don’t Understand Our History
How to Stay Generous in a World That Isn't Always Kind
Why Today Is Going to Be a Good Day
Why Are We Still Stuck with Noisy Diesel Generators? A Call for Bold Innovation
They Think I'm Wasting My Time—Here's Why They're Wrong
What is the secret to writing a good research paper?
The Hidden Benefits of Boundaries: Enhancing Health and Happiness
Learn How To Disregard The Outside World To Change Your World
How to Survive Institutionalized Self-Enhancement in Academia
Choosing Authenticity Over Displays of Confidence: My Approach to Building Trust
Creating Space for Myself: The Impact of Boundaries on My Well-Being
Pollyanna No More: The Flaw in Our Understanding of Business Strategies
The One Investment Strategy We All Avoid: Embracing Patience
Why I Reject Conventional Economics for True Innovation
When I Feel Like Quitting: Remembering That One Opinion Doesn't Define Me
Setting Boundaries: How Two Simple Principles Transformed My Life
Why Being a High Performer Made Me Miserable: Balancing Conflicting Identities
The Privilege of Today: Reflecting on Our Extraordinary Era
Everyone Thinks I'm Wrong, But I Keep Going: Self-Doubt in Science & Innovation
Why I'll Never Be a Research Superstar—and I'm Okay with That
Patience Over Profit: The Real Path to Building Wealth
Is Tenure Good For Academic Researchers? Maybe. Maybe Not.
Accepting What I Can't Change: How I Learned to Move Forward by Changing Myself
The Paradox of Free Markets: Dependence on Regulation and Institutions
Embracing Discomfort: Overcoming Fear of Failure in Academia and Innovation
Make a serious effort not to be so serious
An Innovation Professor's Take on Y Combinator's Startup School: 80% There but Room to Grow
The Balance Between Sanity and Insanity in Entrepreneurial Decision-Making
Why Producing Research Is Harder Than You Think—and How We’re Fixing It
How Viewing Your Research Career as Your Only Option Can Lead to Major Mistakes
Be Careful What You Embrace: When What We Measure Crowds Out What Truly Matters
Why I Refuse to Let Academia Define My Worth: I Tell Myself Every Day ‘I Am Freaking Remarkable’
Why HopDoddy Burger Bar Is My Go-To Spot for Juicy Burgers and Unique Fresh Fries
Just Be Goofy
Stop Avoiding Mistakes: How to Teach People to Learn and Grow from Failure
How Researchers Are Losing to Pseudoscience – And What Needs to Change
Keep Being Weird
Why It’s Okay to Be Boring: A Message from a Business Professor Going Through It Too
You will never have your life together, so stop listening to those say you need to
How I Found Excitement and Purpose After Feeling Isolated in Academia
The Constant Battle of Leadership: Balancing Empathy with Toughness
If You Innovate, Get Used To Being Patronized.
I Struggle to Do Good Research Without Seeking Status My Academic Career
Why I Embrace the Dirt and Doubt in the Misery of my Research Journey
When Are You Too Old To Pursue Your Dream?
Why You’ll Never Be a ‘Winner’ in Academia—But You Can Smile
Why Life Isn’t Black and White: Embracing Complexity Over Exhausting Extremes
Why I’m Not Ruthless Enough for Academia: 20 Years of Feeling Behind
You’re On Your Own: Why Taking Action Is the Only Way Forward (Even When No One’s Cheering You On)
Why Being Too Productive in Academia Scares Me: The Hidden Costs Behind the Numbers
If Not You, Then Who? My Journey from Academia to Academic Entrepreneur
Why Everyone Misunderstands What It’s Really Like to Be an Academic Researcher (Including Me)
Researchers Aren’t Paid to Think, They’re Paid to Write
Why Our Humanity Holds Us Back from Becoming Billionaires (And Why That’s Okay)
Learning to Accept the World as It Is: A Hard Lesson I Face as a Business Professor
I Don't Know What I'm Doing in Scientific Research—And That's the Point
You're Afraid of Judgment—I Stopped Caring and Transformed My Life
Why a Narrow Business & Economics Education Makes Me Nervous as a Business Professor
Leading Through Uncertainty: Why Intentions Matter More Than Validation
Misplaced Focus: When Local Issues Stem from Market Dynamics
What Every First-Year PhD Student Needs to Hear: Embrace Patience and Self-Forgiveness
Realizing I Was a First-Generation Student Changed Everything
Why Your Greatest Achievements Are Yet to Come – Even After 25
Free Government Grants for Academic Entrepreneurs: The Delusion of Grant-Funded Academic Startups
Reinventing Design: Embracing Modular Cars and Homes for Greater Efficiency
Dear Venture Capital Partners Over 50: The Perfect Pitch Does Not Exist
How Can We Level The Playing Field In Entrepreneurship?
The Truth About Executive Peer Groups: Are They Worth Your Time? | With Bob Carrothers
Entrepreneurship @Ivey, Cleaning The Dryden Roman Catholic Church, & Why You Don’t Quit
Case For Optimism: How Irreversible Problems Spark New Beginnings
My PhD Research Area Is Boring As $&@!
Wishing You Never Began: The Academic Side of Building a Business
Your Education Is Not One And Done
Letting Go of Self-Importance: Realizing the World Revolves Without Me
The Shift from Impressing to Becoming: Rediscovering Purpose in PhD Life
The Paradox of Perfection: Admitting My Mess to Find We're All the Same
Stop Blaming Others: Why Blame Holds Us Back.
Do We Have An Epidemic of Jerks in Academia? Combating Negativity With The Swiss Cheese Model
The Ultimate Trade-Off: Simplicity vs. Complexity in New Product Design
Self-Awareness Matters: Why Having A Hobby Or Mission Will Change How You Are
What Would My Kids Think?
Why Innovation Is Humiliating: My Truth as a Professor
What Does Missing My Mom’s Egg Salad Sandwiches Have To Do With Technological Change?
Forget the Dream: Growth Happens Through Struggles, Not Miracles
I’m Not There Yet, and That’s OK
In Academia, Everyone Wants Credit, But Few Do the Work: Why I Choose a Different Path
Why the Unknown Changemakers Will Shape Our Future, Not Today’s Leaders
Innovation Means Looking Weird—But That’s Exactly Why You’ll Succeed
Scientific Incentives: How Do We Change Them?
Let’s Be Financially Responsible? Business Professor Says Be Financially Irresponsible… Strategically.
The Obsession with Short-Term Gains: How We Sacrifice Long-Term Success
The Myth of Productivity: Real Self-Improvement Tips to Set Yourself Up for Success
Why Glamorous Success Stories Are a Lie—The Real Work is Done in Silence
Why We Forget How Lucky We Are: A Routine Doctor’s Visit Changed My Perspective
My Priority Is Always My Family And Friends
I Am Chronically Late & Underprepared
Look Beyond The Surface
The Value & Importance Of Questioning In Life: Education, Careers, & The Nature Of Learning
The Paradox of Choice: Why Every Decision is Both Right and Wrong
PhD Pressure and Loneliness: The Conversations Academia Tries to Silence
The Myth of 110%: Why Slowing Down Will Actually Make You More Successful
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
The Hidden Genius Behind Everyday Tech: Digital Clocks
Why I’ll Never Fit In Academia: Embracing My True Path
The True Sign of Product-Market Fit: When Your Story Becomes the Conversation
Why Hard Things Matter: The Challenges You’ll Appreciate When You’re 80
Why Your Career Plans Don’t Matter: Embrace the Chaos of Your Innovation
Why I Chose to Build Instead of Beg: The Lone Innovator’s Gamble Until They Can’t Ignore You
Don’t Expect Immediate Rewards. Business Professor Explains.
When Is Competition Not Always Healthy?
I Am A Grumpy Grump At The End Of The Workday
I Was Wronged By The System
Why Great Leaders Let Others Fail: The Secret to True Support
What Key Process Is Necessary For Making Your Innovation Scalable? The Counterintuitive Approach.
Practical Tips For Every Academic Researcher Needs For Good Health & Wellbeing
Why Not Fitting In With Culture Is Good
When You Feel Like A Failure In Your Career
Why You're Wasting Time Chasing Short-Term Success
Why Embracing The Ordinary Is The Magic To Your Happiness
Are You Willing To Take Steroids At Your Productivity Plateau?
The Answer Is Always Unanswered
You Never Know The Answers Or Questions
Thriving When You're Seen As Below Market Expectations: A Researcher's Journey
Success Is Not About Outcomes: Finding Joy In The Process
Give Out Your Own Kind Of Knitted Socks
Insane or Visionary? The Confusing Reality of Being an Entrepreneur
Should I Quit A Building An Innovation?
Sponsor The R3ciprocity Project?
Build Your Tribe. Ignore The Rest Of The World That Wants To Tear It Down.
The art in science of being in the real world
My Life Is Not Perfect And It Will Never Be
Something I Have Learned As I Got Older
Your Life Is Not Over At 30.
The Hypocrisy of Academia: Why Researchers Ignore Their Own Advice
Choosing Longevity Over Peak Performance: A Different Path
Why Finding Meaning Matters More Than Success in Academia
Why Contentment is Your Secret Weapon for Long-Term Financial Success
Why I Won't Make It Easy For You: The Tough Love You Need to Succeed
Why Chasing Career Passion is Overrated: Focus on What Truly Matters
Why I Won’t Just Help You Get a Job: Transforming How You See the World Through Business Education
Why Failing to Be #1 Made Me a Champion: The Upside of Losing
Do You Play The Credit Card Points Game?
Most People Overthink Money
Success is manufactured
Coming Across As Unassertive On Email & Digital Communications
Why does the journey to success always seem so grueling?
The Power of Detachment: Thriving Without Immediate Validation
The Risk of Wealth: Working Hard Without Immediate Results
Stop Looking for Shortcuts: True Success Requires Unwavering Commitment
Career Choices Aren't Real Until You Experiment: Stop Speculating, Start Exploring
Parenting Isn't About Perfection—It's About Personal Growth and Self-Forgiveness
Digital Revolution: How Your Voice Can Change the World
Tips For Juggling A PhD And Family Life: Advice From Sean Donohue, Family Coach
Successful but Stuck? Time to Embrace the Unreasonable
I Don’t Have The Time, You Don’t Have The Time. Let’s Innovate Together
The Power of Persistence: Why Bothering Matters
The Truth About Online Mentors: Embrace Your Messy, Real Life
Why Do PhDs Feel 'Not Good Enough'? Changing the Conversation in Science
Why Your Work Ethic is Holding You Back: The Shocking Truth About Time and Performance
The Power of Openness: Unlocking Innovation Through Brief Moments
From Ignored to Iconic: The Hidden Journey of Every Major Discovery in Academia
I Am Proud Of You Are Magical Works
Transforming Negativity: Seize Control and Focus on the Positive
Cultivating Your Tribe: Building a Supportive Community During Your PhD Journey
Boundaries: The Secret to a Happy, Healthy, and Long Life
Beyond Perfection: Embracing the Power of 80% Efficiency
Chasing Dreams or Dollars? The Real Cost of Entrepreneurship Explained.
Seek To Embarrass Yourself Every Day
Embrace the Trade-Offs: Finding Joy in the Sacrifices of Youth for a Brighter Future
Your First Job Isn't Your Last: The Power of Starting Small and Reinvesting in Your Career
The Sensibility Of Business
From Academia to Billions: The Untold Stories of PhD Billionaires
Will AI Replace Our Jobs? Unpacking the Reality of Automation in Industry
Is 'Me Time' Just as Crucial as Work? The Surprising Truth About Balancing Life!
How Education Does Not Work.
Why I Tell Academics They're Remarkable: Unmasking My Quest for Validation!
When The Neighbors Starts Paying Attention
You Will Not Listen To This Because It’s About Money
There Is Reason To Be Optimistic
Economists, Opportunities, & Innovation
On The Naivety Of Theorizing
Thank You Sir.
Learn Acceptance, Not To Convince
Keep ON Moving Even into Your 100s
I Don’t Know How To Say “No”
Don’t Lose Faith In Yourself. One More Day
Having A Career Outside Of Your Career
Building Your Venture Is A Slow Grind For Everybody
Why Productivity Techniques Don’t Work.
Older Couples That Do Things Together
Meet The Entrepreneur: David Maslach & Vishal Gupta @ U Alabama On Changing Research
The Naive Belief That People Would Rally.
What Is More Important Is That You Show Up And Be Humble
What Does Success Even Mean In Academia?
You Don’t Have To Impress Anyone
But, Is There Money In It?
We Are All Peacocking Together
You May Never Improve.
Have A Healthy Dose Of “Stick It To Them.”
Just Have Humility In life - You Will Mess Up.
Do Irrational And Strange Things
2024 Features That We Are Developing On R3ciprocity
How To Deal With A Career That Is Unfair?
Change Requires Effort If You Want It
What Does It Mean To Be A Good Student?
Do You Believe In Education?
Things Just Take Time
Be You. Be Awesome.
Practice Not Taking Yourself So Seriously
You Need Support Groups & Positive Self Talk For Success
How to Find Supportive People
You Cannot Control The Unfairness Of Life, But You Can Control Your Actions
I’m Tired. Building a Platform Is Hard.
Are We Comparing Apples To Oranges?
You Can Accomplish A Lot In 3 Decades
There is Never One Cause
What Can You Actually Do About It?
When You Know Your Work Will NOT Be Rewarded
Start As Small As Possible For Entrepreneurship
Sometimes You Have To Work Within The Constraints You Are Given
Don’t Miss Out On The Digital Economy
Analyzing Data Is Just Damn Hard
When You Explore Life Expect Inconsistencies In Your Identity
Living Below What You Make Always Hurts
Most Things Are Slow and You Cannot Change That
How Many People Can I Get To Feel Happy Or Good Inside?
Every Project That Is Important Will Test Your Faith
I Worry About The Lack Of Interest In The Day To Day
Practicing Self Forgiveness Helps Me Do Better Everyday
Strategy Plays A Much Smaller Role Than Action & Your Endowments
Our Predictions Are Often Poor
Focus On Efforts, Not Outcomes
Where Are The Plumbers & Babysitters In Business Case Studies?
Why Can’t You?
Do Cringey Things
Careerism In Academia: Zero Correlation Between Work and Outcomes
The World Is Going To Hell… Actually We Are Blessed.
Fragile Nature Of Data: Let’s Just Be Honest
Empowering Scientists: Lottery-based Funding System! | Karim Lakhani | Harvard Business Professsor
Many Days You Are Not Going To Feel Good
Are You Serious? Are You Serious About Research?
Learn How To Detach From The Want Of Things
Have Patience And Slow Down Your Pace
You Have Excuses
Puppy Bowl: Genius Marketing
Communicate Your Message In A Sideways Way
We All Have Our Thing. Everyone Sucks
Financial Stability During Your PhD Gives You Walk Away Power
Why Having Purpose In Science Is Important - Christopher Redding - Senior Scientist @ Woods Hole
Financial planning is an important part of success
Be At Peace. Accept Who You Are
I Need To Go Where I Am Going Too Quickly
I Was Never Meant To Do This
Neoclassical Economics & Strategic Thinking Is Likely Wrong
Slow Down To Speed Up
You Don’t Need To Define Yourself As The Best
What Do You Choose To Fill Your Tank?
Fight Against The Negativity In Your Life
Dear International Students: Try This Method To Get Into Research Careers
Don’t be Shy: Change Your Life
But You Don’t Understand. I Need To Get This Done
My Parents Were Wonderful: My Default Is Love
Navigating Uncertainty In A Market
Market Feedback And Doing Everything Right
Don’t Let It Have Power Over You
Follow your passion
Management By Fear Vs. Management By Understanding
Strategy Professor is an ironic oxymoron
Striving, Even In Your 70s
On the messiness of data in research
My Life As An Outsider In Academia
Work Together As Team In A Family
The Humble Professor
Are Academic Tenure Track Jobs Dying?
When you believe that people are talking behind your back
Is There A Single Best Answer To Business Success?
Are You Helping Too Much In Your Organization?
The financial returns of podcasting
Good luck to You!
Do We Really Have A Choice?
How We Are All Measured
2024: You Can’t Drown Out Optimism
Should Investors Care About Who They Give Their Money To?
My Faith In Scientific Process Is Very Low
Be Able To Detach
Learning how to be assertive in science and research
Jack Goncalo: Professor Of Creativity
Just As Long As You Work At It
Make It Happen
How To Get To Millions? Start Small.
New Feature On R3ciprocity: Clustering Of Papers For Conferences And Classrooms
Age, Wisdom, & Beauty
Much Needed Inspiration
How Performance Mindset Harms You
How Do You Live A Good Life?
How To Fix The Competitive Culture Of Academia?
Do You Want To Build Longterm Wealth?
Dealing with rejection by disassociating
Is Prestige In The Academic Job Market Harmful?
Entrepreneurs & Innovators As Heroes
I Want A Sparkle In My Eye
What Does A Multimillionaire Look Like?
Why Don’t More People Want To Become Billionaires?
Academic Research Is Unfair, But You Don’t Give Up
Is Higher Education Dying?
The Mistakes We Make
Entrepreneurship is never legitimate
Paradox Of Being Top & Statistical Probability Of Life
Eriselda Danaj: Why I Choose To Do A PhD In Spain And Not The US
Comparing LinkedIn vs YouTube vs TikTok vs Facebook vs Podcasting vs X
You Have To Meet People Where They Are
I Post Content Everyday. It Makes Me Feel Okay
How are you gonna take advantage of the world you live in?
Rational Choices & Education
Collectively We All Have A Point
Conversion Rate Optimization May Not Work For You
Figure Out How To Make Activities Ebb & Flow With Your Life
Dana Cohen: How Do You Stay Grounded In A Research Career?
Social Media Marketing For New Product Development
Is Networking Dead?
Disregard Advice That Don’t Match Yours
Wanting to curl up and cry, and organizational design
When you feel behind in a competitive market
It’s Easy For You To Say
New Product Development: How To Make It Not Fail
Hacks And Tips Do Very Little
I Am Driven By My Good Fortune
The reluctant entrepreneur
How Did R3ciprocity Get It’s Name?
The Good Old Days
The Real Story: You Don’t Know
Changing The Standard Story in Academic Research
Don’t Wake Up 25 Years Later Thinking What Did I Just Do
Tears In Their Eyes
That Is Just The Way It Is
You Will Not Get Support, But Does That Matter?
We Need To Redefine Academia
The Way I See It
Finding Product Market Fit
Spam Vs Getting The Word Out With Entrepreneurship
Pushing Away The Important Stuff
Sometimes You Just Have To Laugh
Learning How To Not Feel Like A Failure
The Fundamental Flaw In Research Life
How Can We Level The Playing Field In Science
Nice Guys Finish First, And If Not At Least You Know You Are Nice
11 Minute Love Story About Toast
Decisions and Who You Are
The Sum Of Scientific Failures > Research Stars
Entrepreneurship Lesson: No One Cares Until They Pay
Is Academia Toxic?
Amount Of Work That Goes Into Research Paper
Let’s Be Practical
Bandwagons in science
I Am Grateful For You
Getting Perspective In Your Life
I Am Wrong Most Of My Life
Open About Entrepreneurship
Popular Culture Against Higher Education
How To Think About Personal Investing
Your Life Is A Collection Of Activities
What Do You Do?
Exequiel Hernandez: From Uruguay To Wharton Business Professor
It Is Always The Same Story
There’s A Difference Between What You Are Told And What Actually Happens
Just Repeat
Focus On The Least Amount You Need
Robust Insights Are Important
My Career Is Not For Me. What Do I Do?
The Act Of Doing Research Sucks
What It Means To Pursue Truth
Nobody Will Care, But You Will
Brian Nosek On Courage & Creating The Open Science Foundation
Being happy and healthy requires management
The World Is Not Fair, But What How Can You Change It?
It Doesn’t Get Easier, But It Gets Better
Sure You Can
Wasted Scientific Resources
Why Are Some Humans More Successful Than Others?
How Do You Convince Someone Your Investment In Your Education Is Wise?
Longevity & Our Live Outcomes
Always Choose The Hard Path
Technology Startups and Leadership interview with Harvard Professor, Andy Wu
I Don’t Fit The Mould
Getting The Level Of Abstraction In Research
How do you Will something to happen?
Is There Money To Be Made…?
What Is The Supply And Demand Of Research Topics?
You Are Not Perfect. You Will Be Fine.
It Is Not About Motivation
We Emphasize Performance Too Much
Create Your Solid Ground
Is Private Education Better Than Public Education?
Go Ahead & Discount Me
Working On My Insecurities Of Those That I Perceive As Better As Me
Unspoken Myths In Academia
Screw The Outside World. I Am Good. What You Need To Say Everyday
You Will Get “Everyone” To Like You
What Is Serendipity? Interview With Christian Busch
My Podcast Only Has One Listener (Why No One Is Listening To My Podcast)
Should We Worry About Key Performance Indicators?
You Are Privileged From Your Relationships
Push Against The World
Should Academics And Researchers Get Side-Gigs?
Stop Overthinking Money
I Do Believe
What Actually Leads To Enduring Success
Brutal transparency in science is not easy
Balancing Who You Are
How Do You Situate Data In The Literature?
Starting Your Life From The Beginning
They Get Their Money Somehow
You can change your story
Why Do You Do Academic Research? Because Because.
I Can’t Read (As A Researcher & Professor)
Just Get Back Up And Do It Again
An Easy Problem: Why Aren’t There More Billionaires
Not Everyone Is Going To Be Pleased With You
I Am Grateful I Have A Boring Life
What You Perceive As Your Weaknesses May Be Due To Your Environment
Why Should You Actually Financially Invest A Lot Of Money Forever
Reflecting On The Things You Do
It is never as easy as people think
Just Watch Me
Be Satisfied With Who You Are
The Fact That You Tried
This Week I SNAPPED
I Am Going To Change The Academic World For The Better
How to deal with failure with academia and your life
The difference between novice and expert
How to stay healthy on social media
Why Bother?!
Just Do The Work Everyday
Learning Italian As An Academic And Global Citizen
Chapter 15: Conclusion of The Bumbling Idiot Theory Of Creating Something From Nothing
Chapter 14: Implications For Research On Innovation
Chapter 13: Implications For Research On Entrepreneurship
Chapter 12: Implications For Research On Strategy
Chapter 11: Process - How This Book Was Made
Chapter 10: Emotional Regulation And Entrepreneurship
Chapter 9: Financial Stability And Entrepreneurship
Chapter 8: Luck & Randomness
Chapter 7: Entrepreneurship Is NOT About The Tools
Chapter 6: Waste Resources To Grow Community
Chapter 5: Norms Violations & Distancing From The Outside World In Entrepreneurship
Chapter 4: Gumption Matters
Chapter 3: The R3ciprocity Project — Just Mucking Around
Chapter 2: It All Seems So Easy: Organizational Theory & Decision-Making
Chapter 1: A Bumbling Idiot Theory of Creating Something From Nothing
Work hard to NOT be successful.
Think of the level of analysis in your decision making
Why Are You Not Starting?
Our world is not easy to explain with simple data analysis
The Electric Economy Transition Will Happen Quickly
Be A Representative Of Goodness
We emphasize statistics too much in grad school
There Is No Work-Life Balance
What Does Education Do?
The Dangers Of AI And ChatGPT
Is Higher Education Going To The Administrators?
What Is The Big Deal With Data Analysis?
Do Your Best! It Matters To Who You Are.
As A Strategy Professor, I Don’t Like Strategy.
Everyone Wants To Collaborate Because No One Wants To Do The Work
Failure Is Overrated
PhD Life And Startup Life Are The Same Thing
ChatGPT Is Like A Research Assistant
The Power Of Hope
When You Are Feeling Behind
Reflect on where you came from rather than always looking forward
Overcoming Feeling Stupid In Your PhD
It’s Not About The Technology (Enhanced)
PhD life versus car sales: is there a difference?
What academia truly is
You need to hear this to grow
What if you were just honest with your start up story?
The Principle of Cautious Growth and Trust
Data is the most rewarding for discovery, but it has the least returns
We Don’t Know
Have the courage to repeat at some thing
Does the thing you’re purchasing add significant value given it cost?
Life is about you taking charge of it
Money and Being Detached by From The Outside World
The trade-off between short term hard work, and long-term perspective
Protect and put boundaries in place that make you who you are
The only person that can create change is yourself
Bad experiences, and it’s detrimental effects on business performance
You Always Feel Like An Outsider As An Immigrant
Self love is central to your ability to keep going
How Different Are We?
Do slow and tedious work every day
On the nature of being human
Embracing technological change in digital social media
The absurdity of being human in financial decisions
Thinking about the transition to a more efficient energy economy
Walking in the rain as an analog for life
Promise and perils of artificial intelligence
Exercise is my medication, and not everybody will be happy with that
Being An Adult is Boring
Just outlast everybody else
Think about where you can go rather than what you did wrong
We should be teaching about gumption, not with the right answers
Do we ever reach equilibrium?
Humans are remarkably snobbish when it comes to new technology
I have nothing else to say other than I appreciate you
How To Deal With Becoming An Associate Professor
A message to all of you who are afraid of starting
We Need To Embrace AI & GPT
Focus on the small steps, not the big reward
Towards empathetic scientific careers
You never have enough resources, I still get comfortable with making do
You Are Who Are
Employer expectations versus market expectations
Why are people the way they are?
Do your best, even if it’s not much
Should Tiktok be banned? Who will benefit?
Assume that all technology is adopted slowly and work backwards from that.
ChatGPT is a game changer for academic research
What if there is a better way in academia
What do you do when nobody cares about that venture that you’re passionate about? Get to work.
Getting up early and self-help
Every venture is difficult, don’t expect anything different
I Thank My Lucky Stars I Live Today
Scientific understanding is imperfect
People are not as nice as you believe
Efficiency is good, but sometimes inefficiency is better
I Appreciate You
Being able to delay is a powerful alternative
Outcomes that you observe today are the results of compounding that happened for a long time
The basic function of all work is to simply try when you don’t want to
Our general understanding of business in economics?
Most will not get it, but the odd one will
The only difference between you and somebody who’s made it, is that person actually made it
You are good enough
We need to change the academic peer review process
Be OK with creating workarounds and research and development
But you can move up
I wish I knew what I was doing, but it don’t
What Motivates Me To Keep Going With R3ciprocity?
You don’t always have to make rational choices and be efficient
The Angle Perspective Of Business Strategy
Do people inherently like to learn? No
Being entrepreneurial will mean that you stick out and you don’t conform
you have unique gifts that other people don’t
Use emotions as indicators
Just putting in the motions is better than when everybody else does
Everybody has something to say
Do you have more knowledge than you think?
Why I am a fan of diversity & inclusion
I keep getting ghosted in PhD interviews
Focus on the positive aspects of each generation
Why do you moments of grape thought disappear?
Don’t be greedy. Give openly to get more.
What is more important? Strategy or behavior?
How to process and think about disasters
Whether you eat lobster or spaghetti dinners, it doesn’t matter in the end anyways
Misunderstanding the tenure process
Thinking about failure, minimization, and modularity in purchasing decisions
Be careful generalizing from other peoples success
Incremental, Boring Work is where is that
Practice stoicism in your career
Integrity and doing your best every day matters
You just have to help one person
Vertigo Burger is the best burger place in Tallahassee
Most of us get by with very little understanding and that’s OK
We need to work on patience
Train yourself to look for opportunities
I told you so
Ideas are constructed and then turn into real physical things
Allow people to flourish on their own terms
Get comfortable learning uncomfortable things
Ambiguity in working effectively
Financial management matters in the long run
Is it the role or the person?
Keep taking those steps no matter if you feel that they’re below you
Planning to become empty-nesters
Just keep busy
Realizing that it’s not your problem
Documenting the emotions of academic research, and comparisons to the trucking industry
How do you deal with the social isolation that is caused from research?
You’re never too old to start
The world is made up, so why not start making it up yourself
How do I avoid scams by thinking about long run averages
Technology will change and futures will be different
Is it going to break? A simple question when you purchase products.
Think of percentages of a population, not the group
Build an audience to have options
Get back up again every day
Managing boredom in a research career
Researchers tend to be pessimistic
just pursue anything with all your heart
Multi factor, authentication does not solve the problem in the long run
Consistency of every day life is a gift
Work within the ebbs and flows of life
How do you deal with situations where others do not have a perspective of understanding
Come from her perspective of understanding
Invest in index funds as an insurance against yourself
social isolation in Productivity in Academia
What is it like to live with ADHD as an adult?
Keep working at it every day, despite what others say
If unconditional love is key, how do you create it?
Naturally endowed assets are a disadvantage
Should you always be fulfilled?
You’re simply average.
Waste resources to innovate
Long run progress may feel miserable in the short term
Hard Work Leads To Competitive Advantage
For Creating New Products & Entrepreneurship: Live Your Life & Let Entrepreneurship Fill The Spaces
Find the right consumption to savings ratio for you
Happy New Year’s, 2023
Be careful learning lessons from other people
The Power of Courageous Leadership: Making Difficult Decisions and Facing Critics
Uncovering the Reasons Why People Limit Their Potential
You can’t teach people that don’t want to learn.
negativity is never about you
Just be happy with who you are
Getting you a job is not the role of a professor
You Are Perfect
what is (real) new-product development and innovation actually about?
We do we continue to make the same mistakes as a society?
I’m doing OK (and you probably are you).
Be confident, but also be humble
The Semester Sprint: A Professor's Journey
Keep going and do good stuff
We have entered a brave New World with artificial intelligence
The Moment Of Robots Is Here
Academic Research Is Dead. Robots Won.
Feeling depleted with every day activities
I Have The Potential To Make Millions Of Dollars. I Choose Not To.
Are student teaching evaluations actually valid?
Negativities for creators works, but how do we deal with that?
Make A Little Wee Impact
Just Take Another Step
Enough with the instrumentalism in science
Academia is just not working
Academic life is not much different than real life
Advertising models are changing with the new digital environment
Why Anti-Woke Does Not Work For Business
Difference between research and real life
We project the uncertainty we face in academia
We need to be thinking about pursuing novelty in a different way
It’s the technology silly. Not you.
Learn to detach to figure out how to keep going
Why do people quit when things take a long time to mature
Balancing being a parent with being an academic researcher
On the culture of anti-education and income
Becoming an academic expert has made me less secure in who I am, rather than more secure
You can’t trust the process, because there’s no process
Have insurance to build wealth
Investing is a long slow grind overtime
Freedom is a complex construct
On the consequence sense of manly men on growing up
Can We Stop With The Manly Man Act
How do you get over burn out?
Is it possible to become a billionaire?
Academia, and the world, is full of problems. Heres how to deal with it
What would you do with $200 million? And how come you’re not pursuing it?
How to deal with loneliness
Make something of yourself
You just make it happen
Sophistication in empirical methods
Look for role models in your life
How to manage research projects given their switching costs?
How do you build community?
I believe in full information for decision making
Can you be a good researcher/scientist without publishing in scientific journals?
How to open up doors in front of you
What’s your alternative? Making progress in your life.
Be fiscally conservative. And plan for emergencies
Take one more consistent step
Don’t get a degree if you have to get student loans
Academic productivity measures: we can do better
Displays of wealth do not correlate with actual wealth
Should you do an innovation project as a researcher?
Figure it out. No one should be sitting around bored
Get Gumption And Go
Why are people so upset about cleaner energy?
Pay off your student loans as quickly as you can
What do you do when your entrepreneurial venture is failing?
Your world is constantly growing
Simple ideas require more work
Just try no matter how you feel.
Dealing with the fact that you’re not getting credit in your lifetime
Conflict of interest are inherent in all of our decisions
If Not You, Than Who?
Be humble and assertive at the same time
Everything I know about strategy seems wrong
Be your own self in academia
Don’t get pushed around
Spread joy during your grind today
Diversify all aspects of your life
Think about how to make your life more stable by having conversations
Change Your Life By Telling Stories
Test before you go big
Get More Sleep!
Watch out for financial gurus selling you systems to get rich
Social convention is often what keeps you from doing good things in your life.
New-product development is just trial and error
Slow And Steady Gains Always Work
Understand The Data Generating Process Behind The Outcomes You Observe
You have to have faith that you’re doing the right thing
How To manage an organizational crisis at the University
Reduce the number of things that cause Chaos in your life.
The Ideal Boots And Lunchpail Employee
Just don’t give up on yourself
Selective science: What is it and what are its impact?
What is the long run mandate of governmental organizations?
Morning rituals are not real.
Step Into Things That Make You Scared
Just got to keep trying. It will never happen by itself.
It is the mundane actions that actually matter, not the big decisions
Protect yourself from the outside world
Investing for long-term benefit and forgiveness
Making investment decisions with luck
Balancing challenge versus making it easy
Have A Reality Check. Look At Things For What They Are
The difference between real science and pop-culture science
When you feel out of sync with the world
Putting a bug in your ear
Evolution And Applications To Management
I Tried. That Is What Matters
We only have so many theories of the world
Nobody is coming to the rescue
Let’s move on from Crazy Town.
Pining for new things
There’s only so much you can do in a day
You Never Have To Feel Lonely And Isolated Again
You have opportunities just by showing up every day
How did I finish my PhD in with ADHD / ADD?
How to get a technology career as a non-technology person
Fitting in between multiply identities of yourself
My addiction to data analysis
It’s not about success, but about keeping yourself happy and healthy
How do you know if entrepreneurship is the right thing for you?
It is okay to not know what to do with your career
Take one more step every day
Having multiple identities is spice of life
Thinking about your consumption rate and ecological footprint
The good and bad stress of teaching
Get up and keep going every day
Profound naivety of starting a research career
Acknowledge your past to move ahead
The Hamburger Rule Of Being Successful
You Got This
I wish I knew what the right answer was. Thinking about decision making.
The critical issue with climate change
Have fun and enjoy the process
You’re awesome, and thanks so much for being you
Just Have A Good Day
Getting more done in the day
Think about the business and culture of comedy
Get Up And Keep Trying
Push back against the environment
Deadlines are problematic, and they often do not add much value in our lives
Elementary school science education should be story based
People don’t care as much as you think they do. So, why not be yourself?
20 years later I still haven’t learned how to publish academic journal articles
Be the person that’s willing to change and persist
Keep leveling up
Being kind, empathetic, and helpful are the drivers of competitive success
Innovation: You get up and you do it anyways everyday
There’s only so much you can do. Enjoy where you are in the moment.
Rejection says a lot more about them, than about you
Square your shoulders and say screw you the the world. Take a stand
People do not care about the technical details. They care about feeling more human
Being Open Is Hard, But Your Hero Story Starts With You
Poverty In Cities
Put in the work
Go pursue moonshots
Nuts To the Academic Game
you will never feel good enough. Chase healthy positive feelings instead.
Social commentary on gatherings and social capital
Create patterns in your life that are enjoyable
Take some extended time for yourself
Your content should be different on every platform
Impact factors in other metrics of scientific productivity don’t actually measure that much
What is the difference between innovation and research and development?
Organizational design and product design are key to startups
Nerding out is the gift of the gods
How do you create a new product from nothing?
Focus on what you do well, not on what others do well compared to you
It’s never a five-year journey
You’re not alone
Minimize the risk of something bad happening
How do you create a sustainable business that will persist for a long time?
How to deal with gatekeepers in your life.
You can block people on Facebook and that is OK
Conversations With Rahul Rathnakumar About Science
Entrepreneurship is the art of figuring out how to get self-interested people to care
Can you help build the R3ciprocity platform to make work easier?
How to find product market fit with a new innovation?
Don’t underestimate the opportunities that will go your way
Quit thinking about strategizing and how to get ahead
How to easily do new product development
Creating a revolution in writing, editing, and work
Everybody’s living their own life for the first time
How to deal with stress as an academic. Tell the outside world screw you.
Negative comments have disproportionally more impact and positive comments
When you start being positive and When you see opportunities around you, everything changes
Think about the political economy of the scientific effort
How are you making inferences about the world?
Take the romance out of the outcome
Slow decision making is where it’s at
You have the capabilities, you just have to repeat over and over.
Have more treats in your life
Keep taking steps forward. What is going on with the R3ciprocity project?
Kudos to all the folks that have constraints in academic life
Be grateful for what you have when you’re going through moments of adversity
PhD life, PhD schedule, and ambiguity in rules and schedule
If it was easy everybody would do it.
Entrepreneurship is like training for the Olympics
Just put in the work and smile as you do it
Keep trading off pleasure today for tomorrow to become wealthy
important lessons that you learn when you build software (as an academic)
How to deal with complex situations in management
Keep building your own life video game
Feel like a failure and repeatedly
On the emotions we feel about corporations
The afternoon low as a PhD
What the heck are you doing with your time?
Should we focus on unified theories, or should we just be silly and stupid?
You are privileged beyond most people at your same stage even just a few years ago
Slow down and push against the world
View yourself in the third-party when dealing with tough situations
What did I learn from my life as a researcher?
Just a little better
Use entrepreneurship and innovation to minimize your ecological impact
Everything else is golden and apple pie
Live the life that you want to live, and define your work around that life
Short term decisions about investments when the market is down
You’re not alone. Know that most likely you’re completely normal
Be more of yourself, don’t be more measured
Life is like boxing: You Bob and weave to get to someplace
It’s all just a slow grind
Screw the “whoa is me”
It’s not about the competition it’s about unconditional love
You really can do it if you want it too
You have to protect yourself first
Look for people that have a lot of love in their heart
For creating start ups and new ventures: it’s not the technology that matters.
Is college and university valuable?
Depreciating and appreciating assets
Balancing your portfolio of happiness
To quit having negative thoughts, just get busy
Motivational content is hokey, but that’s OK.
Think of the numbers: magnitude and frequency will allow you to win.
Natural state of life is a giant mess
The BS stories that we tell ourselves
Concise and dense writing is key
Change your thoughts about academic research
Adversity is the key. You don’t need much to do well.
You have opportunities. Simply just have to execute over and over again.
The pros and cons of labeling in science
Practice Being You
You can do it as well.
The Accidental Online Therapist For Innovators, Academics And Entrepreneurs
Focusing on scientific research productivity is just flat out wrong.
Dealing with the culture of PhD research: remember that you’re a good person and you are remarkable.
Influence and content creation
Why should you provide an abundant amount of content online?
How come business professors do not use their research for investment strategies?
Keep taking steps forward.
How To Make Money Quickly
Always finishing the exact right amount of work in a day
Why the R3ciprocity Project?: Because you need to remember that you are a good person
Just keep showing up.
What is the right amount of abstraction in a research paper?
Entrepreneurship Lesson: Exploit the fact that most people are self-centered
You have to learn to be less caring.
use your intuition a lot more.
Macroeconomics, blame, and consistency
Enough with the statistical techniques!
Don’t just stop when you get negative feedback
Be more humble and real
Career success doesn’t change who you are as a person
The Future Of Online Education
You’re never gonna know whether it’s gonna work
Short run and long run benefits of being nice and helpful
Mimicking best practices
Everybody has their own problems
The complete guide to personal finance and living a long and healthy happy life.
How to parent successful kids.
Why Assume All People Are Good?
Scientists are content creators.
Scientific Publications Require Simple Data Presentation
The biggest perk of research life.
Failure: should we be celebrating it?
Is Innovation Profitable?
How do you create organizations that you have an emotional attachment to?
Strategizing is often not helpful
Authority And Leadership
New Product Development: What You Need To Know
Our Own Little Worlds
Your every day life is inherently interesting.
Morning Encouragement
Calculating How Much You Made
Business Schools Are Wrong
The three moments of insight in writing research papers
Why I started the R3ciprocity Project
On the effectiveness of teaching evaluations
Upcoming features on the R3ciprocity.com platform
Science is an art, not a science.
The problem with academic productivity
The most profound realization with new product development
What real world data looks like
System effects have a massive performance impact.
Most people suck.
Create your own game of life and be the hero
What does grading and venture-capital have in common?
What does it mean to be an innovator?
What is the appropriate time to pull money out of your investments?
Scientific results are about storytelling
For parents that have young kids.
Should we be aspirational in education?
How to be a good editor in reviewer for an academic journal.
How to whittle away at the odds of becoming an astronaut
The vegan before for six diet
To build software you need to build it, people to know about it, and people to use it
On the importance of gossiping.
Practice forgiveness
Keep up your battles
Teach your kids the joy of manual labor
My life is pretty boring
A trouble with micro and macro debates in management
Management Scientists Assume The World Exists And Can Be Measured
Why did I become a professor?
Consistency in education is what matters.
The challenges of analyzing billions of data points.
When I have learned from building the R3ciprocity project: People are self interested.
Thinking about fossil fuels and alternative energy sources.
Kindness and empathy matter
Just try to do it yourself and see what happens.
How To Measure Productivity In Organizations?
Jimmy Cliff, the White Otter Castle, and dedication.
Entrepreneurship and innovation is crazy making.
How to pay off your home by the time your 40.
Disillusionment with academia.
The two biggest irritations of having ADHD.
Metrics are almost always wrong.
How do you create a product that has raving fans?
A simple solution to improve the validity of science: Financial Incentives
Lessons About New Product Launches From An Innovation Professor
Scientists are actually writers, not scientists.
Scientific research publications have to be beyond simple
Try To Care, And Be You
Invest broadly and take your time.
It does not get any easier, but it gets better
Pursue your hobbies to become more entrepreneurial.
Rainy Days Are Good For The Soul.
Opportunities Or Problems
I am always going to be late, and that’s fine.
my philosophy on PhD program admissions.
Entrepreneurship always start small.
You fell for it hook line and sinker. The power of marketing.
Fast cars, body augmentation, and being rich.
Can you build more wealth?
Mastery Requires Mundanity
Just keep busy.
The world is always more complicated than you think it is.
Don’t get caught up in the details before you start.
Most people do not understand the complexity of many things in your life.
how to become an effective professor?
You’re going to look and feel silly no matter what happens.
You will get ghosted in Management.
Have a roast beef dinner for breakfast
How do you build wealth overtime?
Podcasting is very therapeutic for an academic.
What is the difference between economics and strategy?
Learning to realize that you can’t do it all yourself.
I do not get professional sports.
when you feel behind.
Opportunities for human potential are still great.
Say you’re just gonna do it, and do it.
people often just want encouragement and recognition.
You will become bitter if you focus on performance, but that is not what your end goal should be
Navigating the barriers to academic entrepreneurship.
I’m hopeful and positive about the day.
R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness (Trailer)
Don’t get duped in entrepreneurship.
Why don’t professors go work in industry?
Why don’t academic apply what they learn to their own life?
We have a lot to be hopeful for.
How do we deal with billionaires and ultra wealth?
Puppy training, learning, and Geopolitics.
Here’s to being too nice.
Why building new technologies feels like throwing money out the window.
Democracy and human ingenuity will always win.
Welllll Shit.
People will take advantage of you.
Important dad advice
Guilty pleasures should not be guilty.
You Need To Find The Time.
If you’re listening to this in 2750, nice to meet you.
Differences Between PhD, MBA/Masters, & Undergrad Classes
How to find good PhD students?
Why is Costco winning at Business?
Reviewers are ruthless in the scientific peer reviewed process.
How do you do business in a globally unstable environment?
Building a new business or a new product is a slow grind.
A little bit of paint goes a long ways
Why do companies innovate?
Your environment does hold you back.
What’s the alternative?
Causal identification in research
Investing in single stocks is foolish.
Keep being in the grind. Repeat.
Life happens and you have to be prepared
Focus on what you can improve, not your weaknesses relative to others.
You doing good today
Just take one more step.
What is the difference between a failure and an error?
You cannot beat the market.
When should you quit?
Thinking About Diversity And Inclusion In Strategy
How to do tech investing properly.
Get rich quick!
People generally misjudge risk.
Double edge sword of autonomy
Being exhausted at the end of a good days work.
On the nature of mansplaining.
Boring is good for investments and building wealth.
What is the cost benefit analysis of being open and transparent online in public?
The challenge of doing innovative things.
today is going to be a good day. Blue skies on a cold January day.
The gap between the practical and the theoretical building a new business.
Trying your best and then go home.
What’s the problem with efficiency and effectiveness?
We misperceive the short term and the long term.
No one cares is a hard pill to swallow
What do puppies and work have in common?
On multiple models of failure and disaster.
When you think people are taking advantage of you in academia.
How to address difficult societal questions in 2022
On strategic decision making and your moral philosophy.
Just create
It all starts small and you have to keep grinding at it.
One more day - The researchers mantra.
We need more guilty pleasures in bubblegum in our lives
Be easy on yourself. There’s only so much you can accomplish in a day.
Live your life.
Consistency is key to performance.
Ignore and push forward.
How to gain impact.
Being nice is the secret sauce in Management
Leadership requires nonconformity.
How do you build wealth?
The world is tippy.
The world has implicit biases, but you kick butt anyway.
What to expect with a new startup or new product development?
What Starting A Business Or Getting A Degree Is Actually About.
The only way you can change others is to live a healthy and good life.
How to deal with role ambiguity during the holidays.
Don’t get sold and live your life
Address the things that need to be addressed.
Have patience.
Making wise choices is about emotional regulation.
Academia, Research, & Inequality
Dealing with neurodiversity, impostor syndrome, and mental health in leadership positions
Should we think about the financial costs of Christmas lights?
Are shopping malls dead?
Why don’t people take advantage of online opportunities?
Why do entrepreneurs fail?
How do you build wealth over the longterm
Make wise choices and listen to experts
Be kind to yourself while you’re buying gifts in the holiday season
Learning, failure, and identity
Keep being an awesome person.
You can’t change academia. It’s not your problem.
How to measure your self worth in academia.
The challenge with not understanding academia.
The first step always starts with you.
Be A Failure Everyday. Rinse And Repeat.
How do you get work to feel like play?
The challenges of software development.
Just keep grinding in academia.
Should you worry about the finer things in life?
How to manage your multiple identities in life
What is the right amount of ‘cheese’ in self promotion?
How do we know if an asset is valuable?
How come we do not see any over 65+ social influencers?
Get used to doing things that take a lot of time and effort.
Can we invent a sock matching and folding robot?
Thank you and keep being awesome.
How is the scientific method changing Culture?
Is getting a PhD degree a job?
What is research and development and how can you apply it to your life?
Can academia change to become more accommodating to all styles of family?
Most people are A-holes
Why a professor of innovation will never invest in cryptocurrency.
How is parenting and management similar?
How do you ensure that you live a life worth living?
Today is gonna be your day
Go to where you feel uncomfortable and insecure
Provide more value than you take
Think about how fortunate we actually are
You have unlimited opportunities for business
How to get rich and wealthy - The non-sleazy way
Tell your parents to “stick it”
Thinking about history and context in organizational decision-making
Is information technology and social innovation taking over the world?
I am too busy.
It doesn’t have to be perfect. Keep plugging along
Don’t burn too hot to keep your motivation up
Is the great resignation good for business?
A call for a new form of organizational theory and strategy
Top performance, narratives, and humility.
Feeling anxious about working all the time.
The Game Of Academic Publishing, R3ciprocity, and Productivity.
Smiling Impacts How Successful You Are.
Inequality, Performance, And Learning In Businesses
How To Predict The Next Big Thing.
Most Popular Entrepreneurship Advice Is Horse-crap
Productivity Is A False Metric.
Business School Education Is Snobby.
Building A Business Is A Slow Grind Of Problem-Solving
It Is Not Going To Happen Tomorrow.
How To Pay Off Your Mortgage By The Time You Turn 40.
The front stage and backstage of social media
They Are Never Going To Proud Of You
What to expect with a new product launch in software
The R3ciprocity Project Is Going To Change PhD Research And Industry.
Who Am I? Thinking about your identity in business and your career
Education Versus Experience
What is the value of neckties?
Do Things For You. Glamour Fades
I don’t have any friends.
What’s Better? Brinner or Breakfast?
What Is Innovation? How Can You Innovate In Business More?
Parenting As A Professor: We Need To Support Diversity
What Feelings Do You Get When You Teach As An Educator?
How To Look For Opportunities In Entrepreneurship And Research
Outcomes Do Not Happen Overnight.
The Great Irony With Business Professors
How To Deal With Haters In You Life.
How To Avoid Being Scammed In Business & Startups
On The External Pressure To Innovate Often With Startups
The Long Slog To Success.
The importance of wasting time.
Get Your Head Out Of Your Azz
Most Novice Investors / Entrepreneurs Make This Mistake.
How Do You Know What You Should Do Next In Life?
Test All Of Your Assumptions And Worries
Swimming Is The Best Strength And Conditioning Sport
The Pros And Cons Of Autonomy In Creative Spaces
Quit Trying To Be A Perfectionist.
Be Thoughtful About Leading In Your Life
Probabilistic Understanding Needs To Be Embedded In Scientific Education
Lean Into Your Nervousness & Anxiety In Entrepreneurship & Innovation
How To Teach As A Professor.
Performance Metrics And The Search For Truth: Science, Education, and Business.
Decision-Making Expectations Are Always Off: Entrepreneurship & Business
You Are Part Of A Bigger System
How To Build An Entrepreneurial Venture: Community
You Have Options In Your Career
David Maslach - Building The R3ciprocity Project