R3ciprocity: Research Life, Innovation, Business Growth, & Strive Towards Being Happy
988 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 13 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingProfessor David Maslach talks about graduate school, research, science, Innovation, and entrepreneurship. The R3ciprocity project is my way to give back as much as I possibly can. I seek to provide insights and tools to change how we understand science, and make it more democratic.
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On The Naivety Of Theorizing
April 25, 2024 16:13 - 7 minutes - 7.17 MBThere is a dramatic difference between theory and the practical environment and the key issue is because the practical environment contains context that is unique to each individual participating in that context.
Thank You Sir.
April 24, 2024 21:32 - 4 minutes - 1.77 MBI just want to say thank you to the good Samaritan in my life.
Learn Acceptance, Not To Convince
April 24, 2024 11:57 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MBYou often need to accept people as they are. Despite clear evidence, not everyone is open to accepting it. There are many reasons why people may feel uncomfortable with evidence, and it's important to recognize these factors. Your role is to connect meaningfully with a few individuals and hope that those who don't accept the evidence still lead long and healthy lives.
Keep ON Moving Even into Your 100s
April 23, 2024 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.96 MBKeep moving I’m feeling good about yourself well into your 100s. If you don’t make it there, at least you spent a lifetime smiling and playing.
I Don’t Know How To Say “No”
April 22, 2024 11:41 - 10 minutes - 10 MB"I don't know how to say no," often stems from fear and judgment about their past decisions. You may feel shame about how things turned out. Remember, you can't control all the outcomes in your life; many factors are beyond your control. From my experience, it's better to focus on how you felt when you made the decision, rather than the outcome. Often, making the decision was a positive moment in your life. Consider ways to assert yourself or find compromises where you can be more proactiv...
Don’t Lose Faith In Yourself. One More Day
April 18, 2024 12:17 - 7 minutes - 6.71 MBPersistency is key—just keep moving forward, one step at a time, day after day. Often, the difference between those you complete their goals and others is simply the ability to rise each day and persist. BLOCK OUT distractions and stay focused. Progress might seem slow; most days can be frustrating, and it often feels like nothing is changing. However, it's the cumulative effort, consistently applied, that eventually transforms your endeavors.
Having A Career Outside Of Your Career
April 17, 2024 12:15 - 9 minutes - 9.09 MBhaving a career outside of your career is healthy, and it allows you to continue to grow as a person. It allows you to continue to do great things for yourself, while other people are standing on the sidelines.
Building Your Venture Is A Slow Grind For Everybody
April 16, 2024 11:32 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBStarting and growing a #business, doing #phd research, or any idea is a challenging journey for everyone. It begins with a simple step, acknowledging that the path ahead will often make you feel inadequate and filled with self-doubt. Doubt is a natural part of the process. You may never feel fully prepared or confident. You to feel like a failure. You’re never gonna feel good enough. Self-doubt is common, and external criticism can exacerbate these feelings. Remember, if someone look...
Why Productivity Techniques Don’t Work.
April 15, 2024 10:18 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBI used to wonder why people often give up on tough tasks. It's not about their productivity. In fact, focusing too much on productivity can actually backfire. The real issue is how they see themselves. If people feel good about themselves, they're more likely to keep trying day after day. Simple solutions like getting up early, rewarding productivity, or using productivity hacks might actually make things worse.
Older Couples That Do Things Together
April 13, 2024 13:21 - 4 minutes - 3.73 MBIt truly is amazing to see older people that do things together as a couple. It’s important to have somebody to share your life with, and to get out of the house as much as he possibly can.
Meet The Entrepreneur: David Maslach & Vishal Gupta @ U Alabama On Changing Research
April 12, 2024 20:32 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBwe talk about how to change research with the R3ciprocity Project, and what might that look like.
The Naive Belief That People Would Rally.
April 12, 2024 12:50 - 6 minutes - 2.97 MBThe #1 lesson I learned from creating the #R3ciprocity Project: YOU DON’T CARE. What you must understand with all things in your life is this: Ultimately, you are on your own. It is solely up to you to rise again and persevere. When I embarked on the R3ciprocity Project, I naively believed that rallying support would be straightforward. Given the project’s significance—creating a platform to help create non-rejectable #research papers and grants, I assumed diverse groups would eagerly c...
What Is More Important Is That You Show Up And Be Humble
April 11, 2024 12:07 - 8 minutes - 3.69 MBMaking sure that you always win at all costs can lead to problematic behaviors. It is very easy to want to impress other people as there is often a lot of benefits that come from these positive impressions. However, it often leads to challenges in the long run where you do not match with what is expected of you. Keep being you, my friends!
What Does Success Even Mean In Academia?
April 10, 2024 20:01 - 6 minutes - 2.98 MBHelp me thank a #PhD today by rethinking what success means in academia. Traditionally, we view success through a narrow lens, often defining it in ways that favor our personal achievements. This perspective can lead to significant biases, particularly when we choose benchmarks of success that highlight our strengths and ignore the broader spectrum of academic contributions. Furthermore, we often base our evaluations on the actions of individuals whose circumstances or attributes differ mar...
You Don’t Have To Impress Anyone
April 10, 2024 11:42 - 8 minutes - 3.95 MB#Educators: Live Authentically To Be Happy in #Academia. Stop Listening To The Metrics & Criticisms! One critical lesson that has profoundly influenced my approach to personal and professional life is the realization that you don't need to prove your “worth” to anyone. This mindset, grounded in the pursuit of authentic living, emphasizes the importance of prioritizing one's happiness and health over the validation of others. When I was younger, I had the profound sense of wanting to be like...
But, Is There Money In It?
April 09, 2024 12:00 - 8 minutes - 3.84 MBWe almost always default the thinking that our time is actually worth something. The truth is is that it’s only worth some thing when you reach out and begin something that makes no financial sense in the first place.
We Are All Peacocking Together
April 08, 2024 11:32 - 12 minutes - 5.39 MBThink about the things in your life that you’re just doing because of impression management. Is it OK to do impression management? Absolutely. But, you have to learn to control it so it doesn’t get away from you. It’s easy to get caught up in the competition of life, and we all struggle with it.
You May Never Improve.
April 05, 2024 12:50 - 7 minutes - 3.32 MBIt’s OK to realize that many things in life actually do not improve with experience. Not everything is malleable and not everything can be learnt That’s where you have to learn to love yourself regardless of the fact that known everything can be learnt, or that you will change.
Have A Healthy Dose Of “Stick It To Them.”
April 04, 2024 21:06 - 5 minutes - 2.69 MBHave a healthy dose of walking past people that do not want to support you in the first place. They know that they can support you, but they choose not to. Remember that. You just smile and nod as you walk past in your journey in life. You can accomplish a lot, with a wink and a smile.
Just Have Humility In life - You Will Mess Up.
April 04, 2024 13:51 - 10 minutes - 4.78 MBYou will mess up, and things will not work out as planned. If you assume this is the case, you will be a lot more humbler about the future. Always bet on the fact it’s not gonna work out, but work towards the fact that it might.
Do Irrational And Strange Things
April 03, 2024 11:30 - 8 minutes - 4.03 MBdo things in your life that other people won’t understand and have no economic value in other peoples lives. Most things that matter in our lives would not be considered rational to anybody else. Those are the little things and big things that allow you to get up every morning to do the rational things in your life.
2024 Features That We Are Developing On R3ciprocity
April 02, 2024 22:26 - 6 minutes - 2.91 MBI’m excited to talk about some of the interesting features that we are currently working on with the R3ciprocity platform for 2024.
How To Deal With A Career That Is Unfair?
April 02, 2024 11:49 - 11 minutes - 5.08 MBHow do you deal with an #academic #career that is unfair? How do you deal with a career where you will inevitably push a rolling stone uphill? You can either accept that you are a #failure, or you can either try to fight the system. I choose a third alternative. I choose to focus on how I can feel grateful for myself and other people near to me. I choose to encourage other people that are going through the same feelings of failure everyday. I choose to ignore outcomes as much. I never ...
Change Requires Effort If You Want It
April 01, 2024 11:37 - 9 minutes - 4.39 MBIf you want positive #change in your life, it often requires a great deal of effort. It requires collective agreement that you are going to put an effort to do the challenging thing that you’re thinking about. Change is not an easy thing, and it requires you to be uncomfortable with uncertainty. If you want to change to happen, you WILL have to make it happen. If you don’t, nothing will happen.
What Does It Mean To Be A Good Student?
March 30, 2024 11:21 - 3 minutes - 3.46 MBHow can I make others feel better inside?
Do You Believe In Education?
March 29, 2024 11:58 - 10 minutes - 4.5 MBIdentifying the effects of education is very difficult, and I would be skeptical, if anybody outlines that they can see a one-to-one relationship between education and performance. What does this mean? For many people education is going to be a bad idea, however, for some people it’s going to be immensely important. We will just never know who will actually benefit from education, and who will not. And, you’ll never know at what point education is actually gonna matter for you.
Things Just Take Time
March 27, 2024 11:35 - 10 minutes - 4.13 MBDoing things right takes an awful lot of time. Don’t worry about whether the external world things that you’re making progress, rather focus on doing things right. It’s one of the harder lessons I’ve learned, but doing things right is slow. The outside world will not appreciate or think about all of the small steps along the way. But, you do.
Be You. Be Awesome.
March 26, 2024 21:07 - 2 minutes - 1.13 MBYou are already #remarkable—You don’t need to “perfect” or improve anything. Rather than look for ways to be more productive, succeed, or any other performance metrics. Look for ways to leverage who “you” are and continue to be you. Despite what the outside world says, you are already remarkable.
Practice Not Taking Yourself So Seriously
March 26, 2024 11:22 - 8 minutes - 3.84 MBNegative events will happen in your life. The more that you disassociate and detached from these negative events, the more likely that you’re gonna laugh them off. Disassociate as much as you possibly can and don’t take yourself so seriously. I’ve learnt to better laugh off the seriousness that we assigned to ourselves. You are just not that important.
You Need Support Groups & Positive Self Talk For Success
March 25, 2024 11:49 - 10 minutes - 4.7 MBDon’t forget that you need a lot of positive self-talk and a supportive group to allow you to be successful. Doing well is not just about getting things done, but also feeling good about yourself and others. You will surprised how much it matters.
How to Find Supportive People
March 23, 2024 13:23 - 10 minutes - 4.7 MBFinding support is often challenging.
You Cannot Control The Unfairness Of Life, But You Can Control Your Actions
March 22, 2024 11:57 - 8 minutes - 3.8 MBLife's unfairness doesn't ask for permission; it just shows up, throwing obstacles in our path that seem insurmountable. The world of #academia is no stranger to this reality, with its own unique set of challenges and inequities. But here's where your power lies: in your response. You might not have control over the injustices that come your way, but you do have control over how you stand up to them. The resilience to get back up, the determination to keep putting in the work—that's enti...
I’m Tired. Building a Platform Is Hard.
March 21, 2024 23:58 - 8 minutes - 3.71 MBDespite the fact that I don’t want to get up and do this yet again, I will try. It’s one more time that I put something out that only a few people are going listen to. I’m going to get back up and do it again. It’s about telling the story some day that you lived life to the fullest. Nothing that matters is ever easy. From relationships, to wealth, to losing weight, it’s the same process every day. It’s getting back up and doing again, despite the fact that you don’t want to. You can do ...
Are We Comparing Apples To Oranges?
March 21, 2024 11:11 - 10 minutes - 9.84 MBDon’t compare apples to oranges. Just because they are round, doesn’t mean they are the same.
You Can Accomplish A Lot In 3 Decades
March 20, 2024 11:41 - 8 minutes - 3.84 MBwe often think that our job is to move the dial in the next year. And almost all of my experience, that dialed does not move that much in a given year. In fact, the dial moves about 10% for the top performing companies in the entire world. this means that if you make $10,000 this year, a good outcome for you is to make $11,000 next year. What does this mean? Don’t expect a lot of change, and you will rarely see the change happen before you. However, over the course of decades, you will loo...
There is Never One Cause
March 19, 2024 12:26 - 11 minutes - 5.33 MBWe are often taught from a very young age that there is a single solution to a problem, yet this is rarely the case in that solutions come from many different angles. Most problems are extremely difficult to solve and have a complex array of factors that are leading to it occurring.
What Can You Actually Do About It?
March 18, 2024 11:53 - 10 minutes - 4.58 MBWhat can you actually do about it? Most people will not care about the thing that you’re thinking about, a small fraction will be so upset that all they do is sit and argue about it endlessly. You will be the one that will actually do something about it. What can you actually do? Here is what I think: What is the problem that you’re facing? And how can you tackle it, such that people don’t even realize that you’re actually tackling it. For those that can see through what you’re doing...
When You Know Your Work Will NOT Be Rewarded
March 07, 2024 12:50 - 9 minutes - 4.18 MBThere are many moments where your work will not get rewarded. This is a fact of life. Your job is not to focus on the outcomes, but the focus on your actions. This logic of focusing on outcomes inevitably will lead you astray. What you can do is work on you being a kind and generous person regardless of the outcomes that happen. There are many moments where your work will not get rewarded. This is a fact of life. Your job is not to focus on the outcomes, but the focus on your actions. T...
Start As Small As Possible For Entrepreneurship
March 06, 2024 15:33 - 7 minutes - 3.31 MBI’ve been increasingly convinced that starting incredibly small is far better for entrepreneurship than starting bigger.
Sometimes You Have To Work Within The Constraints You Are Given
March 05, 2024 22:50 - 5 minutes - 2.59 MBOften you have to work within the constraints that you are given. You might not agree with these constraints, but it’s a part of making hard decisions. One has to comply with these constraints. It means that you’re making difficult adult choices and that even though that it may be inferior at the moment, in the long run, you can make better choices as the environment changes.
Don’t Miss Out On The Digital Economy
March 05, 2024 13:11 - 8 minutes - 3.84 MBAre you missing out on digital changes in the economy? We tend to default to what we know when there are macro changes that are going on. The digital economy is revolutionizing and democratizing much of our life, and instead of participating in it, many of us are deciding to tune it out because it is foreign or challenging the process. Many of us will default to consumers of the digital information, rather than realizing that we can be active participants in it. This is a kin to the intro...
Analyzing Data Is Just Damn Hard
March 04, 2024 22:07 - 4 minutes - 1.97 MBAnalyzing all data is difficult, and until you get the experience of looking at data and trying to make sense of it, you will always under appreciate how challenging it is. I encourage you to look at real world data and see if you can make sense of it. You’ll often come to the terms that you just don’t know what you’re looking at. It is completely normal to feel frustrated and anxious when you look at data.
When You Explore Life Expect Inconsistencies In Your Identity
March 04, 2024 12:32 - 7 minutes - 3.28 MBI grew up with the smell of tanning beaver pelts in our basement, eating moosemeat, and snaring rabbits. Then, I became a business professor. When you explore life, expect a lot of inconsistencies with your identity. This is something that few people discuss, but by default, you often have identities that you will never be able to reconcile when you explore the world in different ways. You may not want to reconcile any of these identities, but they play very real role in terms of how you...
Living Below What You Make Always Hurts
March 01, 2024 12:57 - 8 minutes - 7.74 MBLiving below what you make is always a challenging thing for all of us. We have challenges of social comparison, the pain of giving up joy today, and the inability to see the future. All of us experience this. If you are struggling with this, you’re absolutely normal. However, in order for you to do well, you have to be willing to give up some of your joy today. What you’re giving up (around 10 to 20% of everything you make) will provide unbelievable dividends in 30 years. I would lo...
Most Things Are Slow and You Cannot Change That
February 29, 2024 11:27 - 5 minutes - 2.56 MBMost things are really slow and you can’t change that. Many things in life are simply a slow step-by-step process that you can’t hurry up. There’s no system or processed, just slow work overtime. If you come into life, realizing there’s a certain slowness to it you often make a lot better choices. You can’t rush anything, and you will know that you eventually get there.
How Many People Can I Get To Feel Happy Or Good Inside?
February 28, 2024 16:10 - 8 minutes - 3.9 MBhow many people can you get to feel happy inside? What might that look like if you work with the premise that you are going to try to make other people, feel happy, and your self feel happy with his much of your energy as possible. Why don’t we create an experiment in your life where you go about doing that. Can you affect many people as possible in as deep of way as possible? What are simple tools that are free in an expensive that you can use to have a positive and changing impact and peo...
Every Project That Is Important Will Test Your Faith
February 27, 2024 22:17 - 5 minutes - 2.28 MBEvery project that is meaningful to you will result at some point where you lose faith in yourself. Losing faith is a fundamental and important part of “doing good work.” Just know that if you are losing faith that it’s natural. It likely means that you’re on the right path. Keep going when it does not feel fun anymore.
I Worry About The Lack Of Interest In The Day To Day
February 27, 2024 12:55 - 9 minutes - 4.37 MBI worry about our lack of understanding of the day-to-day in the business world. We tend to discount things that are ordinary, and that are representative of real people doing real things. Much of the business scholarship focuses on large multinational, corporations, and we seem to think that, much of the real world is not important. We think things like mergers and acquisitions are more important that wouldn’t means to do business as a homeless person. We think alliances are more important...
Practicing Self Forgiveness Helps Me Do Better Everyday
February 26, 2024 11:23 - 8 minutes - 7.55 MBTake advantage of the little time that you have. That means taking care of yourself, spending time with family, and looking for moments to work. My algo is different than most. I try to maximize self-forgiveness. I know I will be guilty for something every day. I won’t be a good enough scholar, teacher, parent, and husband. I ask myself to forgive myself each time that I mess up. It will happen. It helps me get through, so I can try again tomorrow.
Strategy Plays A Much Smaller Role Than Action & Your Endowments
February 24, 2024 14:00 - 7 minutes - 3.31 MBConstantly putting in the work often get you further along then thinking about putting in the work. Where are you end up in life often is dictated more from the actions that you do on a regular basis and your endowments, then your actual strategy and choices that you make. If you want to change your life, get an education, and keep working regardless of what others tell you. Ignore that little person in your brain that says to quit. Put in the work another day.