R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness

We have set foods for certain meals. Enjoy life, and try things a little different some days.

I talk about building wealth overtime, and what it actually takes to build wealth. I talk about all of the endogenous choices that you have to make to build wealth over many years. You often have to forgo pleasure today for benefit in the future.

Podcasting has been very therapeutic for me as a researcher, as I spend most my time not talking to anybody throughout the day. Podcasting allows me to speak openly to an audience.

I discuss what the difference is between the economics and strategy. I discuss some defining features of strategy, however I also discuss is really difficult to car route differences between fields. Often we borrow ideas from multiple fields whenever we are creating new science. I also do not want to create distinction between fields as we want to encourage community building.

Know that you can’t do it all yourself. When you get other people to do actions, you almost always have to realize that the quality is not going to be the same degree of what you were expecting. However coming to terms with being able to let go and letting other people do things in your life is an important skill that you learn as you get older.

I did not understand watching professional sports and dedicating a significant portion of my life to understanding professional sports. It’s never been something that I’ve done, and I just don’t understand the entire infrastructure behind professional sports.

When you feel behind, remember most likely you are exactly where you should be. Look at the real numbers, and see what the real numbers actually say.

Despite having some major problems in the world that we need to solve, we need to recognize that there’s a tremendous amount of human potential and we should be optimistic about the future.

you simply have to sit down and say that you’re gonna do it, and actually carry through and actually do it. There’s no magic just a matter of dedicating your time and effort.

don’t underestimate the power of encouragement and recognition as a manager. It goes a lot further than you ever think it will.