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People with Uncommon Sense are definitely not perfect, and I’ll tell you why that doesn’t matter.
Learning that I didn’t have to let my pain lead to fear was liberating.
Humans might be a little special, but we’re not as far above other animals than what we want to believe. And the implications of that are pr...
The title is an unofficial motto of an organization my wife and I joined. They say this because of coming advances in medicine in the next s...
An astonishing example of Uncommon Sense in a rescue, with some practical advice that could save your life. Show Page: https://go.thisistrue...
“Doctor knows best,” the saying went. While delivered as reassurance, its real meaning was much more sinister, as I’ll explain. This is the...
“Success came because I never saw obstacles” — an Uncommon Sense approach to life, let alone business. Show Page: https://thisistrue.com/pod...
My Reaction So Far. It was quite the surprise to get the shot 2 days before Christmas.
Now that the coronavirus vaccine is rolling out, there are several important things to watch out for, which may take a little Uncommon Sense...
What makes a business work in the sense of the triple win: employees and customers being happy, and the owners making a decent return, or be...
A lot of us are pooped — wrung out, over capacity. This episode doesn’t just talk about why, but how to build your resilience to the stresso...
The United States is divided like never before, but it’s too easy to point at Donald Trump, or even to the 'right' or the 'left': there is f...
A psychologist who has studied willpower says there’s a much, much, better, and easier, way. Show Page: https://thisistrue.com/podcast82
There’s a technique that can keep you calm, or even alive in an emergency, that’s so easy to learn you’re already doing most of it right now...
The title of this episode — The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life — isn’t mine, as I’ll explain, but it’s the distillation of one m...
The fear of failure is central to most of our lives. We worry about failing in business ventures, in personal relationships, and in our drea...
What if there was a way to use your mind to reduce stress, increase emotional health, boost your attention span, help preserve your brain as...
Want a happier, more-fulfilled, and less-stressed life? Here are seven things to stop doing immediately — and what to do instead — that are...
Having vague, preconceived, and uninformed notions and, worse, acting upon them, isn’t just the opposite of Uncommon Sense, it can actually...
A profound bit of advice isn’t necessarily usable just for the situation it’s created for. In fact, that may be what makes it profound, beca...
Previous episodes have pointed out that children can indeed have Uncommon Sense. So much so, they can truly contribute to society. So this w...
The medical profession is starting to realize that it’s been missing a very important element of patient care. It’s likely that you’ll be ve...
Sure, it’s cool to hear stories of famous (and completely obscure) people who exhibit Uncommon Sense. But there’s one other thing you need t...
Humans mostly pay attention to the short term. If we can lift our eyes and look much farther out, not only does that benefit us personally,...
Company owners aren’t just employers: sometimes they’re mentors who can change lives. My buddy Doc recently told me about his old boss, and...
When you really look into something that’s “obvious” and “common sense,” sometimes you’ll find that ...the “experts” are wrong! This is the...
Everyone says they want to “go back” to “normal” rather than have the constant uncertainty of the pandemic. But what “normal” do we want to...
An American company that makes masks and other PPE chose NOT to ramp up production to help with the Covid pandemic. That sounds like a decis...
Some of the stories told in Uncommon Sense are wonderful, but we can’t always relate to the person in the sense we can’t necessarily emulate...
The rise of COVID-19 is exceeded only by the fear it engenders. Yet Uncommon Sense tells us that fear is getting in the way of what we shoul...
Colorado, having seen constant partisan manipulations of redistricting in the past — Gerrymandering — actually did something about it, and t...
Having Uncommon Sense often means going against what “everyone” says is the right way to do something. Being a contrarian can absolutely be...
My response to that question: it of course comes down to …a matter of Uncommon Sense (19-1/4 minutes). Show Page: https://thisistrue.com/pod...
James Flanagan followed his gut, and the domino effect that followed is so amazing, you’ll find it hard to believe that one guy’s efforts ar...
Uncommon Sense in Kids — How to Help Your Kids be Millionaires ...when YOU aren’t rich (15-3/4 minutes). Show Page: https://thisistrue.com/p...
A wild story of several civilians who rescued a piece of space history (21-1/2 minutes). Show Page: https://thisistrue.com/podcast59
There are millions of web sites, but if the owner dies it’s shut down, and all of its knowledge can be lost forever. Someone is trying to do...
What is innovation, really? And more importantly, how do you get it, especially if you’re a creative type and maybe don’t think of yourself...
What if you have a business idea, but you’re not sure if you want to take the risk to pursue it: should you quit your day job? Well, there’s...
Why isn’t there more Uncommon Sense? (12-3/4 minutes). Show Page: https://thisistrue.com/podcast55
Digging into the idea that the smartphone was invented in 1953. The back story is even more impressive: it nicely demonstrates that you don’...
Sometimes people are forced into thinking up solutions because of an emergency. But when they practice Uncommon Sense, they can leverage the...
Can you quit a bad habit with willpower? Allen Carr thought that was the hard way, but he had an 'Easy Way' and saved perhaps millions of li...
The Uncommon Sense behind vodka made from 'thin air' and water (10-1/2 minutes). Show Page: https://go.thisistrue.com/podcast51
One person with Uncommon Sense can have a profound effect on the world. Wait until you hear the story of Doug Engelbart: he’s the visionary...
Here’s another tool in what I call the Thinking Toolbox: a way to learn how to think better, unlike most of the people in This is True’s sto...
We’ve been hearing about “diversity” in the workplace for years now, but many companies are doing something so radically different on the di...
How does a man use his years of experience working for IBM as they introduced computers to business, leverage that experience to invent a wo...
It’s a conundrum in the business world, but this idea really is about living in general. And that is, how can businesses encourage their emp...
Being in the right place at the right time helps, but it often takes Uncommon Sense to step back to consider the big picture. This is the st...