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

Hard Work Leads To Competitive Advantage

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After studying #strategy for many years, I have come to determine that strategy actually boils down to some really simple things. most of us want to ...

For Creating New Products & Entrepreneurship: Live Your Life & Let Entrepreneurship Fill The Spaces

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us think of #entrepreneurship as quitting your job and pursuing a new business. However, we live in the era of #digital media, and we can th...

Find the right consumption to savings ratio for you

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#Saving too much is just as bad as saving too little. Always aim to save for the long term, but also remember to consume and have resources for pleas...

Happy New Year’s, 2023

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My 2023 New Year’s Message To You.: Create your life by building it one step at a time, no matter how stupid it feels. You simply get up and you st...

Be careful learning lessons from other people

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Often we like to learn from other people, particularly those that are top #performers in the field. However, we often have to realize that their exper...

The Power of Courageous Leadership: Making Difficult Decisions and Facing Critics

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When you take bold actions that make a difference in the world, it's natural for people to criticize and question your choices. It's important to re...

Uncovering the Reasons Why People Limit Their Potential

17 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One thing that can be frustrating is seeing people not living up to their full potential. It can be hard to watch someone with so much potential not p...

You can’t teach people that don’t want to learn.

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As #business #professor, despite having my own personal motivation, and all of the knowledge in the world, I come to the conclusion that you can’t t...

negativity is never about you

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re trying to be a good person, and you’re working towards helping other people, if you experience #negativity from others, it’s not about...

Just be happy with who you are

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Keep being happy with who you are, no matter what is going on. You’re probably doing enough work.

Getting you a job is not the role of a professor

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My role as a #Business #Professor is not to get you a job. This is a trivial problem. A professor‘s role is to get you to think about the world di...

You Are Perfect

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You are perfectly fine.

what is (real) new-product development and innovation actually about?

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

People believe that new product development and #innovation is about flashy things that are novel and that will blow your mind. This is flat out wrong...

We do we continue to make the same mistakes as a society?

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why do we continue to make the same mistakes as a society or with an organization? I believe that individual traits play a large role, and make it so ...

I’m doing OK (and you probably are you).

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I am doing OK. I believe that most people actually are too. The world of polarization that you see on digital environments is not representative of pe...

Be confident, but also be humble

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With #confidence and #humility, you can tackle anything the world throws at you. Think that you’re awesome, but act like you’re not. It's impor...

The Semester Sprint: A Professor's Journey

10 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the end of the semester approaches, the demands on a #business professor at a major research university can be overwhelming. Between teaching cla...

Keep going and do good stuff

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

remember that you’re never stuck, and it’s how you view the problem that changes what actually happens in the end.

We have entered a brave New World with artificial intelligence

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial intelligence has quickly become centerstage, and it may be wise to think about the implications of where we want to take this in the future...

The Moment Of Robots Is Here

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robots are going to become an increasingly important part of our economy. We need to really start thinking about what AI and robots will mean for futu...

Academic Research Is Dead. Robots Won.

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The implications of #chatgpt on the economy, particularly in knowledge economy—academic #research— is dumbfounding. I’m somewhat dumbfounded by...

Feeling depleted with every day activities

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The reason why people don’t live up to their potential is because they feel depleted in the day today. It’s easy to turn the things that give you ...

I Have The Potential To Make Millions Of Dollars. I Choose Not To.

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I have the potential to make large amounts of money, and have significant impact in my own life and yet I choose not to because it is difficult to do ...

Are student teaching evaluations actually valid?

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

are student teaching a valuations actually valid? Generally, no, because of the amount of statistical variation that actually happens. There is also ...

Negativities for creators works, but how do we deal with that?

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

negativity, and the negation of current understanding works. It often gets more attraction and views, then providing positive and healthy information....

Make A Little Wee Impact

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

when we strive to make a large impact, we often get paralyzed, or we think that we’re not doing anything. Instead, I would encourage you to think ab...

Just Take Another Step

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Keep going.

Enough with the instrumentalism in science

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Instrumental ism in science occurs when we talk about how to get things done and be as successful as possible. The trouble is is that this incentivize...

Academia is just not working

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Academia is not functioning as well as it should. I provide suggestions and how to change, academia and improve how it is currently managed. The key ...

Academic life is not much different than real life

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I use the context of academia and PhD in life to explain very real concepts in everybody’s life. I hope that you will resonate with what I’m sayin...

Advertising models are changing with the new digital environment

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

#Advertising models are changing with the new #digital environment Most people don’t understand this, but advertising models are dramatically chang...

Why Anti-Woke Does Not Work For Business

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Honestly, I don’t understand the anti-#woke movement. it just does not make sense to me. Not only are you creating considerable amount of tension an...

Difference between research and real life

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a significant difference between real life and research life. I discuss what does difference actually means if somebody that does research f...

We project the uncertainty we face in academia

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

All of us project the uncertainty we face in different ways. Doing the #academic game is very uncertain, and we learn how to process that information....

We need to be thinking about pursuing novelty in a different way

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We need to reassess how we think about managing #research and #innovation in completely different ways that we do right now. We need to start thinkin...

It’s the technology silly. Not you.

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It is not necessarily you that is driving processes in your #environment. you might think that everything is in your control, but it’s hardly the ca...

Learn to detach to figure out how to keep going

26 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a #professor and in most #careers, you have to learn to detach to figure out how to keep going. Realize that the ups and downs do not matter. Whe...

Why do people quit when things take a long time to mature

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The challenge with most things in life is #waiting to realize outcomes from the actions that you perform today. Almost all of us finds this difficul...

Balancing being a parent with being an academic researcher

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I talk about the challenges balancing being a parent versus doing research. And I also talk about how being in the moment allows you to deal with thes...

On the culture of anti-education and income

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In general, there is a relationship between #education and the amount of #income that you will bring in. However, there is plenty of nuance at the i...

Becoming an academic expert has made me less secure in who I am, rather than more secure

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Becoming an academic expert has made me less secure in who I am as a person. It’s an interesting result given what you’d expect in building #com...

You can’t trust the process, because there’s no process

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

when you do something for the first time, like get a PhD, or any other difficult project, you can’t trust the process. There is no process for you b...

Have insurance to build wealth

19 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I talk about the importance of insurance to protect her wealth. I also talk about why you should treat insurance for only catastrophic events, and eve...

Investing is a long slow grind overtime

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

investing should be a long slow grind overtime. At no point did you ever feel like you’re going to be in the money. If you feel like you’re going ...

Freedom is a complex construct

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our notion of freedom is quite perverse, and we need to stop and think about what freedom actually means. Freedom doesn’t mean that you can choose a...

On the consequence sense of manly men on growing up

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I talk about the consequences of our idealistic view that men should be men on things like steroid use and the hidden depiction of manly men within po...

Can We Stop With The Manly Man Act

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can we stop with the “manly man” act? You know. The barrel-chested, tall, asshole that we see depicted as a “real man” in business, life, and...

How do you get over burn out?

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you deal with burn out? Stop worrying about the outside world and start living your own life. Enjoy your life for the sake of the fact that it’...

Is it possible to become a billionaire?

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I wonder about why more people are not walking around as billionaires. It seems absolutely ridiculous to even stay, but it is possible if you do the f...

Academia, and the world, is full of problems. Heres how to deal with it

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Problems exist everywhere. Many of these problems are rather large and scary. Yes, at any moment, the world is facing some terrible outcomes. Howev...

What would you do with $200 million? And how come you’re not pursuing it?

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

if you look at how much resources you would actually have by properly investing over 90 years you would be baffled in the extent it would be. Properly...

How to deal with loneliness

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During your #PhD education, you often have some really bad bouts of loneliness. The two most important things that have made me feel not lonely is g...

Make something of yourself

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Just go get things done. You’re going to learn a lot of things when you actually try some thing. The biggest lesson you realize it’s really up ...

You just make it happen

12 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most people will sit back and think that somebody else is creating some thing in their life. Remember everything around you has been made up. If you ...

Sophistication in empirical methods

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I discussed the nature of sophistication in empirical methods. I struggle with finding the appropriate amount of sophistication for the broader audien...

Look for role models in your life

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

we only role models in our lives. His role models come in different ways. They don’t necessarily have to be people that are close to you, and you ca...

How to manage research projects given their switching costs?

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you manage switching costs, given their switching costs? Work on as few projects as possible, and avoid switching between projects unless you h...

How do you build community?

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The answer to how do you build community is complicated, and there’s really not a good solution.

I believe in full information for decision making

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In order to make good decisions in your life, you need as much information as possible. Because of that, you need people in your corner that are going...

Can you be a good researcher/scientist without publishing in scientific journals?

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

can you be a good researcher without publishing in scientific journals? The question that comes up often and is debated within the public domain. The ...

How to open up doors in front of you

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You can’t change the endowments you are given. Our background, ethnicity, parents, and home are what you are born into. The only thing that you can...

What’s your alternative? Making progress in your life.

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The key thing is think about when your alternative actually is. For the most part, you don’t know what your alternative actually is, and you have to...

Be fiscally conservative. And plan for emergencies

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Be fiscally conservative and think about the possibility that emergencies to happen. Every once in a while weird things actually happen in your life...

Take one more consistent step

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Keep taking consistent steps every day. There’s nothing that you can do that can change your life in a more impactful way than to keep taking consis...

Don’t get a degree if you have to get student loans

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

if you believe that you need to get student loans to get a degree, it’s probably a mistake that you’re getting that degree. Remember that that is ...

Academic productivity measures: we can do better

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I think we need to have a long conversation about academic productivity measures. First of all it’s not measuring productivity its measuring output....

Displays of wealth do not correlate with actual wealth

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

be aware that the displays of wealth often do not correlate with actual well. They may correlate weekly, but for the most part wealthy people are not ...

Should you do an innovation project as a researcher?

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Should you do innovation projects or something entrepreneurial as a researcher? The answer is no. It’s going to be far too difficult and you’re go...

Figure it out. No one should be sitting around bored

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone has a tremendous amount of human #potential. If you pursue something that you’ve always wanted to pursue, you’ll never be bored. Since ...

Get Gumption And Go

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The amount of human potential that we all have if we contributed 100% every day is staggering. Most people choose to sit back and let the world happ...

Why are people so upset about cleaner energy?

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I don’t quite understand why people are so upset about cleaner energy. To me, it seems like something that’s rather boring and really doesn’t a...

Pay off your student loans as quickly as you can

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pay off your student loans as quickly as you possibly can. It’s not only financially and Terra by ID and I have a student loans for a long time, but...

What do you do when your entrepreneurial venture is failing?

29 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You have to remember that how are you perceiving failure depends on the metrics that you’re actually using. You also have to focus on the fact that ...

Your world is constantly growing

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody is taking from you in the long run. In the short run, of course they take from you and of course they are taking advantage of you. However,...

Simple ideas require more work

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Every idea seems simple upfront. In my experience, writing an idea start out as a simple task. you believe it’s gonna occur in a short period of t...

Just try no matter how you feel.

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

70% of the time you’re not going to feel like actually doing any work today. That is normal. You simply have to just keep getting up, knowing tha...

Dealing with the fact that you’re not getting credit in your lifetime

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It is important to take a step back and live your life. It’s not about the credit that you get or any fanfare, it’s about just living your life ...

Conflict of interest are inherent in all of our decisions

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We need to be cognizant of conflict of interest that might occur in our decisions. issues of conflict of interest or not just limited to science and m...

If Not You, Than Who?

22 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

if you see a problem, there’s more than you that thing is the problem. Remembering that everybody else sees the problem too, but they’re unable or...

Be humble and assertive at the same time

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Doing things that are important in your life require you to be humble and admit when you’re wrong. The problem is is that you also have to be asse...

Everything I know about strategy seems wrong

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everything I have learned about #strategy seems wrong. To me, planning and thinking about the future really does not fit very well with the story of ...

Be your own self in academia

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

People that are not nice exist in this world. You need to realize that those people don’t care anyways. You need to simply keep walking forward and ...

Don’t get pushed around

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You know it’s right. Why are you letting other people push you around, despite the fact that you know it’s right? Stay true to what you believe...

Spread joy during your grind today

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine as if you worked at Disney and your job is to make everybody else feel special and that they matter. People that work at Disney feel the sam...

Diversify all aspects of your life

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In order to mitigate downside risk and take advantage of upside potential, look at how you can diversify across all aspects of your life. This might r...

Think about how to make your life more stable by having conversations

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When you have a partner, it is important to slow things down to do well. Take your time to have many conversations before you make any large purchases...

Change Your Life By Telling Stories

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Start telling your story online. You have access to opportunities that nobody else has ever had until the last decade. Leverage the most important ...

Test before you go big

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We often think that we have to make large #investments in one shot. We need to buy a #house, purchase a car, or change jobs. In #business, you may lau...

Get More Sleep!

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Encourage you to get more sleep on a daily basis. Don’t feel guilty if you need that sleep.

Watch out for financial gurus selling you systems to get rich

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The number of people that are selling your garbage online is extremely high. Watch out for people that are selling you some get rich quick scheme. You...

Social convention is often what keeps you from doing good things in your life.

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

social convention often keeps you from doing good things in your life. We often think that we can’t do something because it is what the norms are in...

New-product development is just trial and error

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New product of element just requires trial and error. However, the key is doing a trial and error over a very long time. Nobody is going to be willing...

Slow And Steady Gains Always Work

08 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The most important thing that you’ll learn as we grow older is that slow and steady gains are the only thing that really stick. Follow that learning...

Understand The Data Generating Process Behind The Outcomes You Observe

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I caution against the direct one to one use between data that you see and what is really going on behind the scenes with performance metrics. The key ...

You have to have faith that you’re doing the right thing

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The most important thing to remember is that you can’t judge yourself based on how other people perceive you. You have to have faith that you’re d...

How To manage an organizational crisis at the University

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I talk about how individuals might be able to manage an organizational crisis at a university. I talk about the importance of owning a crisis and admi...

Reduce the number of things that cause Chaos in your life.

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

never think that you will be able to gain anything in the short term. You will gain a lot in decades if you just do the simple tried and true. How mos...

The Ideal Boots And Lunchpail Employee

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

be the kind of person that is willing to put in the work, be ingenious, and live a happy and healthy life. When you play the long game, you realize t...

Just don’t give up on yourself

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

you’re gonna want to give up. Every day you want to give up. In the moment you might compare yourself to others and feel that you’re somehow behin...

Selective science: What is it and what are its impact?

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I define the term selective science, which is where individuals choose features of science to fit their current worldview. Selective science is an int...