R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness
Episodes
Most people suck.
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about why most people actually suck. And I discuss the underlying factors that are driving the phenomenon where 80% of any population are not g...
Create your own game of life and be the hero
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
encourage you to create your own game of life so that you can be the hero in your own story. Figure out a project that you would love to work on and p...
What does grading and venture-capital have in common?
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how I can wish for somebody to come help me with the R3ciprocity project, so that I can do my job better. The problem is is nobody’s co...
What does it mean to be an innovator?
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
being an innovator means that you have to be a non-conformist. You have to think about to what degree you’re not gonna conform and by how much. You ...
What is the appropriate time to pull money out of your investments?
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I discuss the problem of trying to figure out when is the appropriate time to take money out of your investments. It’s not clearer in terms of when ...
Scientific results are about storytelling
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I discuss how coming up with scientific findings is not necessarily about coming up with facts, but is much more about storytelling. You have to come ...
For parents that have young kids.
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
it’s important to remember that when you have young kids at home to give yourself some leeway. Stop being so difficult on yourself. These moments ar...
Should we be aspirational in education?
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about whether we should be aspirational education and think about reforms to education that might improve being more aspirational. I use the ex...
How to be a good editor in reviewer for an academic journal.
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how you can be a good editor and reviewer for naked internal. It’s important to remember to be developmental and to think about how you...
How to whittle away at the odds of becoming an astronaut
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about giving you encouragement to go do crazy things. Once you start looking at the odds of doing some thing, and you whittle away at those odd...
The vegan before for six diet
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about my diet of eating fruits and vegetables before dinner. I find it very easy to manage this diet, and I don’t feel nearly as tired starvi...
To build software you need to build it, people to know about it, and people to use it
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about my journey building reciprocity platform, and what it it requires to actually get people to use the software. Building software from scra...
On the importance of gossiping.
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the importance of gossiping to establish social norms that are appropriate. I also discussed it’s important for bonding between people....
Practice forgiveness
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
member to practice forgiveness, it’s more for you it’s been a days for them. It’s entirely selfish act to practice forgiveness. You’re practic...
Keep up your battles
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
wanna remind everybody to keep up their battles. Remember that it’s OK to be you, and there’s gonna be a lot of people that are gonna suppress who...
Teach your kids the joy of manual labor
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s important to teach your kids that manual labor is actually a fun experience. We’ve tried to teach them to do little chores around the house a...
My life is pretty boring
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
it’s important to remember that most people‘s lives are pretty ordinary and pretty boring. We do ordinary things because that’s what people do. ...
A trouble with micro and macro debates in management
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the problem of specifying that there is one possible best way to view the world. Micro scholars might say that their approach to understa...
Management Scientists Assume The World Exists And Can Be Measured
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a big assumption to believe that the world exist beyond you. I know that seems very unusual to say that, but there is a great deal of evidence ...
Why did I become a professor?
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I contemplate why I became a professor and for me it’s because it’s a challenging career.
Consistency in education is what matters.
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
just be consistent every day regardless of what happens. There’s gonna be a lot of things thrown at you you simply have to ignore those things and g...
The challenges of analyzing billions of data points.
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the challenges of analyzing large data set with billions of characters in it. Often it’s just finding one or two characters that leads ...
When I have learned from building the R3ciprocity project: People are self interested.
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest lessons that I learned by building software is how self interested people actually are in this world they’re very much motivated ...
Thinking about fossil fuels and alternative energy sources.
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I ponder about alternative fuels and energy sources. I think about what we can possibly do to mitigate some of the damage that we’re doing to fossil...
Kindness and empathy matter
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I want everybody to realize that kindness and empathy is important in this world. I know I’m not gonna be able to teach everybody back, because ever...
Just try to do it yourself and see what happens.
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I want you to marvel in the complexity of the things around you. Once you realize that the world is a heck of a lot more complicated and more difficul...
How To Measure Productivity In Organizations?
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how to measure productivity in organizations and I propose some new insights in terms of productivity where we focus on what truly we wan...
Jimmy Cliff, the White Otter Castle, and dedication.
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
to build anything that’s great requires a tremendous amount of perseverance. As Jimmy Cliff says you can get it if you really try, but you must try ...
Entrepreneurship and innovation is crazy making.
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how entrepreneurship and innovation is absolutely crazy making. A matter how hard you try out some thing, it always feels like you’re d...
How to pay off your home by the time your 40.
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how to pay off your home by the time that you’re 40, and it requires a tremendous amount of consistency and dedication. You have to con...
Disillusionment with academia.
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am becoming increasingly more disillusioned with academia. I understand how it all works and to be part of a research team, however if you’re not ...
The two biggest irritations of having ADHD.
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The two biggest irritations of having ADHD is forgetting about events, and forgetting peoples names.
Metrics are almost always wrong.
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
remember that metrics are almost always wrong, and even when you spend a great deal of time trying to make them better, they’re often way off the ma...
How do you create a product that has raving fans?
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
and talk about how you create a product or organization that has raving fans. The idea is that you simply need to be intentional towards building prod...
A simple solution to improve the validity of science: Financial Incentives
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is important to think about the incentives that occur in science. If you actually want to change the behavior of scientist, you need to focus on th...
Lessons About New Product Launches From An Innovation Professor
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I give some important lessons of how to do new product launches very simply and easily. The goal is to minimize the cost and time of development. Reme...
Scientists are actually writers, not scientists.
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how science is really about writing and not necessarily about science since you think it is. If you love writing and or believe yourself ...
Scientific research publications have to be beyond simple
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I stress the importance of simplicity with every research article that you write. If it’s not simple and straightforward it’s never gonna be publi...
Try To Care, And Be You
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I just wanted to give you some encouragement to care, and to focus on being a good person. You might be pressured to do social comparison in competiti...
Invest broadly and take your time.
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Encourage you to invest broadly, And not trying to look for fast cash quick wins.
It does not get any easier, but it gets better
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I want to remind you that your work is not going get any easier. In fact, it may even get much harder as you grow and develop. But, you will get bette...
Pursue your hobbies to become more entrepreneurial.
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
often, companies want to encourage employees become more entrepreneurial. The best way that companies can encourage entrepreneurship is to ensure that...
Rainy Days Are Good For The Soul.
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember to appreciate the rainy days that you have. They’re just as good as a Sunnie ones, if not better.
Opportunities Or Problems
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you see the world matters. You will either see the world is grinding, endless problems with considerable oppression and unbelievable suffering....
I am always going to be late, and that’s fine.
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
i’m always gonna feel like I’m late and rushing for something, and that’s totally fine with me. That is the spice of life and it’s something t...
my philosophy on PhD program admissions.
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about my philosophy for PhD program admissions, and I specify that you should be very thoughtful on selection, but then give encouragement and ...
Entrepreneurship always start small.
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
remember that most projects are tiny when they start. Don’t believe that it has to start big and impressive.
You fell for it hook line and sinker. The power of marketing.
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the power of marketing, the emotional responses that we get to just dumb physical assets. Remember many other things in your life are jus...
Fast cars, body augmentation, and being rich.
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I marvel in how importance social status is in our world. We have the ability to create unprecedented wealth, but many of us forgo that opportunity to...
Can you build more wealth?
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
it’s important to think about your decisions of why you don’t actually want to build more wealth. Remember you have to intentionally control the t...
Mastery Requires Mundanity
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mastery requires a lot of mundane work. You have to keep repeating the same thing day in a day out and most people will give up.
Just keep busy.
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The name of the game is not hustle, but just keeping busy and keeping active. Remember there is a lot to life and having different moments of doing di...
The world is always more complicated than you think it is.
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
projects and the things that you pursue are always more complicated when you actually do it. Most people assume that things are easy, but just try to ...
Don’t get caught up in the details before you start.
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I encourage you to think about what you’re going to do, but then execute as quick as possible. There’s nothing that is going to kill a project qui...
Most people do not understand the complexity of many things in your life.
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how complicated and difficult most things are in life once you actually start doing it. From the outside it looks like it’s very simple...
how to become an effective professor?
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The answer to how to become an effective professor is I don’t know. I don’t think that there’s any secret, and you simply just have to do it ove...
You’re going to look and feel silly no matter what happens.
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how you’re gonna feel when you first start something and you innovate in your life. Remember you’re always gonna feel silly whenever ...
You will get ghosted in Management.
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You will get ghosted in management, and just assume it’s actually gonna happen. there are many reasons why people might disappear from the project, ...
Have a roast beef dinner for breakfast
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have set foods for certain meals. Enjoy life, and try things a little different some days.
How do you build wealth overtime?
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Podcasting is very therapeutic for an academic.
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
What is the difference between economics and strategy?
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I discuss what the difference is between the economics and strategy. I discuss some defining features of strategy, however I also discuss is really di...
Learning to realize that you can’t do it all yourself.
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
I do not get professional sports.
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I did not understand watching professional sports and dedicating a significant portion of my life to understanding professional sports. It’s never b...
when you feel behind.
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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.
Opportunities for human potential are still great.
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Say you’re just gonna do it, and do it.
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 dedi...
people often just want encouragement and recognition.
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
don’t underestimate the power of encouragement and recognition as a manager. It goes a lot further than you ever think it will.
You will become bitter if you focus on performance, but that is not what your end goal should be
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about reciprocity, and most peoples actions in life. Remember, most people are self interested, and you should expect them to behave that way. ...
Navigating the barriers to academic entrepreneurship.
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are significant barriers to academic entrepreneurship, and we need to address these issues before progress is made in widespread entrepreneurshi...
I’m hopeful and positive about the day.
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
today’s gonna be a very good day, and I’m very hopeful about what is gonna happen in this world. It’s been a long time since I felt this hopeful...
R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; & Striving Towards Happiness (Trailer)
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t get duped in entrepreneurship.
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about all of the scams that you might experience in entrepreneurship, and people selling in courses that add little value. Remember, there’s ...
Why don’t professors go work in industry?
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I discuss the various factors behind why professors don’t go working ind history, despite having considerable opportunities that they can pursue in ...
Why don’t academic apply what they learn to their own life?
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the challenges of playing the lessons that you learn in social sciences to your own life. And I discuss why we might find it challenging,...
We have a lot to be hopeful for.
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I remind everybody that we have a lot to be hopeful for, and we’re at a time of unprecedented human prosperity. We also are making significant progr...
How do we deal with billionaires and ultra wealth?
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the challenges of dealing with ultra wealth and extreme wealth disparities.
Puppy training, learning, and Geopolitics.
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I make an analogy between puppy training and learning between two parties. The teacher in a situation has to realize that the student has to come to t...
Here’s to being too nice.
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the challenges of being too nice and trying to find business relationships. I talk about how it’s it making decisions about an unknown ...
Why building new technologies feels like throwing money out the window.
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about when you build an innovation, it feels like you’re throwing money out the window. You’re likely never to get that money back, and if ...
Democracy and human ingenuity will always win.
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s important to remember democracy and human ingenuity will always win. When you invest in the stock market you’re recognizing the fact that hum...
Welllll Shit.
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It appears as if Russia has attacked Ukraine, and they talk about the reality that we live in.
People will take advantage of you.
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
People will take advantage of you. You have to set your boundaries about who you are and what you’re about. Remember that. It is absolutely fine to ...
Important dad advice
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s some important dad advice. Spend the time to minimize risks in your life. The resources that you spend on risk minimization will allow you to...
Guilty pleasures should not be guilty.
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I think we should spend more time and being honest about having guilty pleasures like watching television or enjoying something silly. Silly things ar...
You Need To Find The Time.
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how it’s important to find a little moments to do the things that you would like to do. Don’t forget that you’ll never have time to...
If you’re listening to this in 2750, nice to meet you.
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how I could be the person that gives encouragement when they need it and because the Internet is persistent, it might be somebody that wi...
Differences Between PhD, MBA/Masters, & Undergrad Classes
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about about the differences between PhD, Masters, & Undergrad / college classes.
How to find good PhD students?
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how you can find good PhD students and the traditional set up of university system. I talk about how the Internet is changing university ...
Why is Costco winning at Business?
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how Costco does many unique things that matter to the customer. They don’t do many of the things that their competitors do, so many way...
Reviewers are ruthless in the scientific peer reviewed process.
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a scientist or researcher you have to realize that reviewers are absolutely ruthless in the scientific pure review process. They’re train...
How do you do business in a globally unstable environment?
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about how to actually do business in an environment and appears to be unstable. The best that you can do is just keep moving forward, despite u...
Building a new business or a new product is a slow grind.
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember that building a business or a product is just a slow grind. Remember it’s gonna take a lot longer and you ever think it’s gonna take, and...
A little bit of paint goes a long ways
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I use the analogy of a little bit of paint goes along ways to many things in her life that can actually make a positive difference. Making a very mino...
Why do companies innovate?
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the nature of innovation, and talk about how negative experiences are really important to why innovation occurs within an organization. N...
Your environment does hold you back.
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The environment that you’re part of does hold you back, but the only thing that you can do to change that is to try every day. Get up and try and ke...
What’s the alternative?
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about the importance of moving forward and nonstopping. No matter what happens in what you’re going through don’t stop focusing and pushing...
Causal identification in research
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I discuss what is cozzle identification and try to briefly have a short conversation about how to think about cause in research.
Investing in single stocks is foolish.
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t invest in single stocks. More than likely going to get hurt when you do that and you can’t beat the market. You might think that you’re sm...
Keep being in the grind. Repeat.
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You talk about the importance of keep being in the grind even when you don’t feel like it and you don’t know what to do. Simply just keep moving f...