The Cabrera Lab Podcast
By Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera
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Episodes: 112
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Join Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera from Cornell University as they inspire you to approach life's challenges with a fresh perspective. Witness their use of GOAT-level thinking to enhance your problem-solving skills. Discover new possibilities, approaches, and solutions you never knew existed. Elevate your thinking and get better every day with their entertaining guidance.
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#119: You’re Not Responsible for Everyone’s Feelings
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May 13, 2026 |
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#118: How to Think Clearly in a Crisis
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May 06, 2026 |
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#117: The Psychology of Motivation, Emotion, and Thought
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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#116: Why Better Thinking Makes You a Better Person
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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#115: How to Learn When Words Don’t Work for You
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Episode #114: How to Raise Better Thinkers
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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#113: Why Nothing in Your Life Is Changing
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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#112: Think It Through: How to Break Big Changes Into Manageable Parts
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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#111: Stress Is a Systems Problem (Not Just an Emotional One)
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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#110: How to Train Your Brain to Think Systemically
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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#109: Think It Through: When Reality Isn’t What You Want It to Be
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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#108: Stop Believing Frameworks That Haven’t Been Tested
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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#107: Love Is a Behavior, Not a Feeling
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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#106: Passive-Aggression Isn’t Passive—It’s Just Dishonest
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#105: Think It Through: Helping Others See What They’re Missing
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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#104: It’s Not Too Much Information—It’s Too Little Organization
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#103: Think It Through: When You Know What to Do—but Don’t Do It
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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#102: Mental Fitness Explained: Why Intelligence Is More Than IQ
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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#101: Think It Through: The Negative Inner Voice That’s Holding You Back
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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#100: The Top 10 Systems Thinking Lessons from 100 Episodes
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Episode #99: How to Reflect the Right Way Using Systems Thinking
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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#98: Think It Through: Why Having the “Perfect Holiday” Is the Fastest Way to Ruin It
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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#97: What Can Systems Thinkers Do That Others Can’t?
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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#96: Think It Through: The Hidden Cost of Always Doing What You’re Told
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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#95: Think It Through: Teaching Your Kids to Love Reality
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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#94: Fast. Right. Adaptive. The Power of Practicing Is/Is Not List
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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#93: O-Based Education: How to Build Smarter, Freer, More Adaptive Humans
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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#92: Think It Through: The Feedback You Don’t Want Is the Feedback You Need
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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#91: From Deming to Donella: Rating the Top Systems Thinking Quotes
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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#90: Think it Through: Stop Arguing Perspectives, Start Solving Systems
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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#89: Think It Through: Boundaries, Guilt, and Getting Your Time Back
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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#88: Think It Through: Parenting, Culture, and Mental Models
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#87: Snake Oil, Swamps, and Systems Thinking
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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#86: Teach Your Kids to Think: The Most Important Parenting Skill
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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#85: Love, Marriage, and Mental Models: Systems Thinking in Relationships
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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#84: Why Our Schools are Failing (And How to Fix Them with Systems Thinking)
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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#83: The Science of Thinking Fast, Right, and On Purpose
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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#82: Discipline, Ownership, and Doing It Right (Even When No One’s Watching)
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#81: Systems Thinking for Character, Capacity, and Culture
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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#80: The Culture Code Continued—Hard Truths That Build Strong People
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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#79: The Culture Code: What We Practice, Why It Works
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode #78: Systems Thinking IRL - Parenting in a Processed World
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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#77: Why the World Needs 8 Billion Systems Thinkers (Above the Standard)
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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#76: Why You Keep Attracting the Same People, Jobs, and Problems
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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#74: The 12 Gets: Simple, Scientific Rules for a Life That Works
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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#73: Earn Your Own Trust—The Real Power of Integrity
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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#72: How High Performers Really Manage Their Time, Energy & Minds
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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#71: Think Better, Live Better—Why Systems Thinking Isn’t Just for Work
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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#69: Overthinking, Adaptability, and the Fast-and-Right Mindset
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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#68: The Grammar of Reality
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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#67: The Beginner’s Guide to Systems Thinking (In Under 20 Minutes)
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May 28, 2025 |
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#66: There's Nothing More Practical Than a Good Theory
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May 21, 2025 |
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#64: Stop Taking It Personally—Why Meaning Gets Lost in Translation
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May 14, 2025 |
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#63: The Simple Formula Behind Every Thought
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May 07, 2025 |
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#62: Echo Chambers, Fake News, and the Collapse of Credibility
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#61: From Outward Bound to AI—Lessons in Raising Thinkers, Not Robots
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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#60: Beyond the Couch: DSRP Therapy for a New Mental Model
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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#58: Stop Solving Problems—Start Understanding Systems
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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#57: Connect the Dots—Why Root Cause Thinking Isn’t Enough
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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#56: The Whole Is NOT Greater Than Its Parts (Here’s Why)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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#55: Don’t Trust, Verify—How to Separate Your Thoughts from Your Feelings
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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#53: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Exposing the Truth About Systems Thinking
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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#52: Critical Thinking is Biased Thinking
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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#51: The #1 Indicator of Real Intelligence (It’s Not What You Expect)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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#50: Slapping “Systems” on It Doesn’t work—How to Think Systemically for Real
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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#48: The Ultimate Playbook for Building a Winning Culture
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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#47: How to Build an Adaptive Learning Organization That Thinks and Grows
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode #46: Capacity is King: Build Systems That Actually Work
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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#45: Why Most Mission Statements Fail (And How to Do Yours Right)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#43: Why Your Organization’s Vision Sucks (and How to Fix It)
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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#42: Systems Leadership: The Secret to Thriving Organizations
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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#41: Start the New Year Like a Systems Thinker
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode #40: A Systems Thinker's Guide to a 'Perfect' Holiday
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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#39: Stop Guessing: The Secret to Measuring and Improving Your Thinking
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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#38: The 8 Biggest Mistakes In Systems Thinking
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#37: Rethinking Network Theory with DSRP
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode #36: Getting Started in Systems Thinking: Become A Better Thinker in Less Than 1 Minute
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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#35: Reclaiming Learning: Breaking Free from the Education System
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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#34: Hearing Beyond Words: Uncovering the Hidden Structure in Everyday Conversations
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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#33: Unlock Peak Performance: 5 Daily Moves to Become More Adaptive
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#32: Kick the Bucket
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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#31: Context is Lazy
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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#30: All About View-Point Perspectives
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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#29: All About Action-Reaction Relationships
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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#28: All About Part-Whole Systems
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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#27: All About Identity-Other Distinctions
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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#26: Lessons from the Mountains
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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#25: The Path to Bueno
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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#24: Avoid the Norm
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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#23: Do You Know What It Feels Like To Be Wrong?
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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#22: The Inner Battle of Masking
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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#21: Navigating the Paradox of Life
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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#20: Break Your Habits and Dig Deeper
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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#19: Coke vs Pepsi, the Two Party System, and Forced Choices
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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#18: Relationships Sponsored By The Number 3
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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#17: Are You In Charge Of Your Feelings?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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#16: Your Phone Is Using You
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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#15: July 4th Special: A More Perfect Union
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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#14: Neurodiversity: Disorder or Difference?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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#13: How Do We Know What Is Real?
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#12: The Myth(?) of Work/Life Balance
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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#11: Grit, Resilience, and Antifragility
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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#10: Mindsets, Ethics, and Lichens, Oh My!
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May 29, 2024 |
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#9: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking
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May 22, 2024 |
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#8: The War on Goop
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May 15, 2024 |
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#7: Overthinking: It's NOT a Thing
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May 08, 2024 |
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#6: Heal Your Self: How to get over something you can’t get over
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May 01, 2024 |
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#5: Rethinking Education
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#4: Practice Makes Progress
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#3: Is TQ The New IQ?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#2: Love Reality
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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#1: You Don't Have Time Not To Think!
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Mar 27, 2024 |