The Writing
Ideas from
the stage.
I spend a lot of time on stages around the world. These articles are what happens when I sit down and put those ideas into words. Speaking, fear, influence, behavior change, and the craft of becoming unforgettable.
December 4, 2025
AI Can Spot Disease Early. But Can It Fix What Actually Made You Sick?
Just yesterday, I read about an incredible advance in artificial intelligence. An algorithm that can detect pancreatic cancer years before symptoms appear. The...
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December 4, 2025
The GLP-1 Opportunity Everyone Is Missing
Weekly injections. Rapid weight loss. Quieted cravings. Another pharmaceutical promise for modern bodies struggling with ancient biology. GLP-1 receptor...
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December 4, 2025
Keto and Mental Health: The Clue Everyone Is Misreading
There is a growing chorus on social media claiming that keto diets have magical effects on mental health. "Keto cured my depression." "I've never felt...
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December 4, 2025
Nature Deprivation Syndrome: The Disease Nobody Talks About
Let me ask you something. When was the last time you felt genuinely good? Not medicated good. Not distracted good. Not "I got through the day without falling...
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December 4, 2025
Your Bad Habits Aren't Broken. They're Outdated.
We tend to talk about habits as if they are some modern inconvenience. Something to hack, trick, optimize, or outsmart. That framing is wrong. Habits are not...
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December 4, 2025
The Evolution of Captivity: Why Comfort Is Quietly Killing Us
Here is a question that should keep you up at night. Why do so many animals die younger in captivity? They have guaranteed food, medical care, protection from...
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December 4, 2025
Your Fear Isn't Broken. It's Being Stolen.
Last night, a woman told me she hadn't slept properly in days. She wasn't in danger. She wasn't sick. Nobody she loved was under threat. She was sitting in her...
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December 4, 2025
Free Speech Has Never Been Free: What Most People Get Wrong
Free speech is treated like a modern invention. Something discovered during the Enlightenment or cemented in post-war declarations. But speech has always...
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December 4, 2025
The Evolution of Health Optimization: Where Peptides Fit (and Where They Don't)
I prioritize natural solutions first. Always have. Solutions that are aligned with our evolutionary biology. Nutrition. Metabolic flexibility. Movement....
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December 4, 2025
The Evolution of Hunger: Why Your Cravings Are Stuck in the Stone Age
Your hunger cues are not broken. They are optimized for a world that no longer exists. We talk about hunger like it is simple. Like the body just says, "Time...
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December 4, 2025
The Evolution of Money: Why Your Brain Was Never Built for Finance
For most of human history, we lived without money. Not without value. Not without exchange. But without money. As hunter-gatherers, everything we needed came...
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December 4, 2025
The Evolution of Narcissism: Why Self-Interest Isn't the Problem
Everywhere you look now, there are narcissists. Scroll for five minutes and you'll see it. Someone posts a photo of their success. Narcissist. Someone sets a...
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December 4, 2025
The Evolution of Obesity: Why Calorie Counting Fails and What Actually Works
Calories-in-calories-out. CICO. The supposed fundamental truth of weight loss. And technically, it is true. At the level of physics, energy cannot be created...
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December 4, 2025
Etiquette Is Not About Manners. It Is About Survival.
Most people hear the word etiquette and picture fine china, napkin placement, and a nervous glance at the wrong fork. That is a misunderstanding so deep it...
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December 4, 2025
What If We're Blaming the Wrong Thing?
The internet is buzzing again. Donald Trump made headlines suggesting Tylenol might be linked to autism. Before that, it was vaccines at the center of the...
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December 4, 2025
What Would You Ask the Bushman? Conversations with the Hadza That Changed Everything
Imagine you could sit across from someone whose daily life looks almost identical to the way humans lived for hundreds of thousands of years. No calendar. No...
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December 4, 2025
Why So Much Suffering in the Best Time to Be Alive?
By almost every objective measure, this is the best time in human history to be alive. We live longer. Fewer children die in infancy. War is rarer than it has...
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December 4, 2025
Why Stopping Is So Hard: The Ancient Wiring Behind Your Unwanted Habits
Ask someone why they can't quit smoking, and they'll usually land on one of two answers. Either they blame the addiction. Or they blame themselves. What almost...
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October 16, 2025
Scariosity: The Word That Changed How I Understand Fear
!Scariosity concept I was terrified of public speaking until my mid-thirties. And I don't mean a little uncomfortable. I mean full-body, stomach-dropping,...
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October 6, 2025
The Eight Paths to Influence: Why Most People Are Building on the Wrong One
Most people who want to make a real impact in the world are working way too hard. Not because they lack talent or drive. Because they're building on the wrong...
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October 6, 2025
Why You're Still Nervous Before Every Talk (And the One Rule That Fixes It)
Let me paint a picture you probably recognize. You've got a presentation coming up. Maybe it's a board meeting, a team all-hands, or a pitch to investors. Your...
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October 6, 2025
You're One Talk Away From Your Breakthrough
Here's something most people never stop to think about. You already talk every day. You talk to your team, your clients, your family. You explain things,...
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October 6, 2025
The Real Threat to Your Freedom of Speech
Whenever people talk about "freedom of speech," the conversation lands on governments, laws, or social media platforms. And sure, those things matter. But...
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September 29, 2025
Is the End Near for Big Food?
A landmark lawsuit has been filed against eleven of the world's largest processed food companies. The complaint alleges that these corporations intentionally...
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