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Circular Reasoning and Confirmation Bias
Most people will tell you they want the truth. I hear it constantly, and I believe they mean it. However, most of us protect, more often than we’d like to…
From the Notable Quotes
Always note the difference between a real leader and someone in a leadership position.
There is more to the story
Ideas and information that are often overlooked.
History, health, leadership, security, education, and economics interconnect in ways that shape decisions, outcomes, and lives. Read critically, connect the dots across posts, and decide for yourself what holds.
Leadership
Leadership ideas and considerations.
Health
Health and wellness articles from a Health Science perspective.
Education & Money
Money and education ideas to consider.
Security & Safety
Personal and professional security related ideas.
Considerations
Things you may not have known, things you may not have thought about, or simply perspectives to consider.
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Blind Trust in AI is the New Illiteracy
Blind trust in AI is the new illiteracy, and it can undermine leaders before they realize the damage has started. Leadership has always required the ability to distinguish between what…
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The Ice Cream Paradox? Here’s a Recipe!
Nutrition research produces findings that nobody wants. The ice cream paradox is one of them. It may surprise you to know that across multiple large prospective cohorts, regular ice cream…
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250 Years of Seeking Freedom. Still Not Quite There.
So, the fireworks are over. The yard is littered with cardboard and plastic fragments. The flags are still up, the cookouts are winding down, and the phrase ‘land of the…
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Corrupt Public Servants or Treasonous Traitors
In my opinion, there is no higher calling than the security of our great nation. This is true whether we are talking about threats from afar or from within. Of…
Research and frameworks
Biological Foundation
Structured Challenge
Pep-rally programs feel good, but you do not truly grow in such environments.
Cognitive Liberation
Epistemic Rigidity Theory
Why intelligent, experienced decision-makers persist with flawed assumptions even when evidence clearly contradicts them.
Cognitive Liberation
The 3B Behavior Modification Model
Emotion drives bias, bias drives belief, belief drives behavior, and behavior drives outcomes.
Cognitive Liberation
The Contrastive Inquiry Method
A structured approach to decision-making that uses deliberate contrast to expose hidden assumptions, test accuracy, and reveal knowledge gaps.
Biological Foundation
Nutritional Substrates
Decision-making capacity depends on neural structures with non-negotiable metabolic requirements.
From the Reasoned Leadership framework at ReasonedLeadership.org. For other research and publications, see the Bibliography.
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The Historical Pattern We’re Not Talking About
A lot of people are noticing something is off. I know because I receive several comments about it every week. Not just disappointed or frustrated with politics. But genuinely unmoored.…
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