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by Oz Akan

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Posts in 2025

  • $Cognitive Mechanisms of Self-Perception

    Cognitive Mechanisms of Self-Perception

    How motivational biases, selective memory, and other mental processes contribute to an enhanced view of ourselves.

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  • $Beyond the Battlefield: The OODA Loop

    Beyond the Battlefield: The OODA Loop

    Explore how the OODA Loop, a dynamic decision-making framework, can be applied beyond military strategy to enhance decision-making in everyday life and business environments.

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  • $The Power of Getting Lost in a Story

    The Power of Getting Lost in a Story

    Explore narrative transportation, the psychological phenomenon where we become completely absorbed in a story, losing track of time and place.

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  • $The Art of Asking Questions - 7 Hacks

    The Art of Asking Questions - 7 Hacks

    Asking the right questions at the right time can set great leaders and collaborators apart.

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  • $The Most Mission Critical System You Will Ever Manage

    The Most Mission Critical System You Will Ever Manage

    In this pursuit of mental excellence, we often operate under an unspoken dualism—treating the mind as a separate entity from the physical form that houses it.

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  • $Your Mistakes Are Mine, Your Wins Are Yours

    Your Mistakes Are Mine, Your Wins Are Yours

    Great leadership isn't about claiming credit when things go well.

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  • $Improv Principles for the Workplace

    Improv Principles for the Workplace

    How Tina Fey's Rules Can Transform Your Professional Life

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  • $Bread and Water and Robots: A Fable

    Bread and Water and Robots: A Fable

    A visionary baker's relentless pursuit of automation leads to unforeseen economic collapse.

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  • $Dear Interviewer

    Dear Interviewer

    The person sitting across from you is not a checklist.

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  • $Using Scarcity for Good in Leadership

    Using Scarcity for Good in Leadership

    How to Motivate Without the Burnout

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