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How to Overcome Expert Bias

Three checks that keep you in control of your own thinking when experts are in the room.

A graphic about the Expert Trap - Expert Bias that can influence your decision making.

What I Saw McKinsey Get Wrong at HP And Couldn’t Stop

Mindjacking doesn’t always come from outside. Sometimes you watch it happen in real time and still can’t stop it.

A man looking in from the outside watching a meeting making decisions - mindjacking

You Knew Before I Did

I built a brand for twenty years. Then I searched for it.

An image that represent the concept of my avoiding the answer from looking at myself. A mirror.

How To Quit Defending Decisions You Know Are Wrong

The reason you can't let go isn't logic. It's that quitting would threaten who you believe you are.

How To Quit Defending Decisions You Know Are Wrong

Why I Never Negotiate My Salary

Never asked for a raise. Never negotiated an offer. For 25 years, fear and craft told the same story. Mindjacking at its finest.

Why I Never Negotiate My Salary

How To Think for Yourself When Everyone Disagrees With You

Why your brain treats disagreement like danger, and a simple two-minute technique to protect your thinking.

How To Think for Yourself When Everyone Disagrees With You

How To Think for Yourself When Everyone Disagrees With You

When neuroscientists scanned the brains of people going along with a group, they expected to find lying. What they found instead was something far stranger. The group wasn't changing people's answers. It was changing what they actually saw. We'll get to that study in

Protect Your Independent Thinking When Everyone Disagrees

How to Stop Overthinking Your Decisions

Gathering more information feels responsible. There's a point where it tips into overthinking and keeps you stuck.

How to Stop Overthinking Your Decisions

How I Mindjacked Boards for a Living

A Confession from Inside the Consulting Industrial Complex

Mindjacking boards by using what consultants call best practices. I was good at it.

Why the People Who Disagree with You Are Your Secret Weapon

How intelligent opposition transforms your thinking from weak assumptions into rigorous reasoning—and why most people avoid this advantage entirely.

Why the People Who Disagree with You Are Your Secret Weapon