The Law of Unintended Consequences

What are emotions? Why do we feel anything at all? And more importantly — can we actually get better at feeling?In this episode, Drew and I dive headfirst into what might be the hardest question in all of psychology: what the actual f**k are emotions? We break down the biology, n ... Show More

In this second episode of Solved, Drew and I go deep into the psychology, history, and science of procrastination. From Plato and Aristotle to Freud and modern research, we break down why we delay the things that matter most—and how to actually stop.This isn't a “just set a timer ... Show More

Nearly every culture around the world encourages sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. So why is delayed gratification so hard? 

In this episode I share with you something that I became more aware of lately. I feel that the more you attain yourself and focus on what you do or don’t do; the better chance you had at fixing the mistakes or bad behaviors. No one is perfect and that fact itself reassures us tha ... Show More

13 "Timeless Wisdom", Chapter 1.5: The Reality: You Only Have One Problem. What if all the challenges and problems in your life were just symptoms of one 'real' problem. And what if, once you see what that 'real' problem is, it automatically resolves itself...? In this episode, y ... Show More

The problems with conformity and group-think. 

How many times have you let all the problems of your day get to you? As hard as I is to imagine, success won't stop you from having problems. So You need to adjust the way you think about them. When you get to a level of success that you start to realize what problems you can fix ... Show More

The problem and the solution.  

Do you know that some problems are simple, while others are complicated, complex, or chaotic? Do you know the difference between them? Today I want to talk about how understanding the different types problems can help you face up to your challenges more effectively."We must not l ... Show More

In this week's episode, Ricardo talks about the Problem Statement. He explains that we often receive a problem with a solution from our customers. The given solution is not always the correct one; before thinking about how to implement the solution, we need to be clearer about wh ... Show More

It's bad enough to get punished by someone else when you make a mistake, but to compound the suffering by punishing yourself can make things so much worse. Sure, we can beat ourselves up for our own actions, but when we make a habit of it, our quality of life decreases and it's h ... Show More

[video available on Spotify] i feel like the automatic response to a problem or conflict is to blame everyone and everything other than ourselves. it's not very automatic to run into a problem and immediately ask, did this problem arise or did this conflict happen because i did s ... Show More