# Becoming EPIC Journal Becoming EPIC offers articles and insights about maximizing human potential and explores transformative leadership strategies and insights to inspire growth, unlock potential, and drive success. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Are We Sitting Here?](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/why-are-we-sitting-here) _2026-08-06 · Matthew Kutz_ Leadership failures rarely begin with dramatic mistakes. ## [Learn Contextual Intelligence](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/learn-contextual-intelligence) _2026-08-06 · Matthew Kutz_ A Masterclass for Beginners ## [The Polymathic Leader: When Breadth Becomes Contextual Intelligence](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/the-polymathic-leader-when-breadth) _2026-07-27 · Matthew Kutz_ Modern leadership problems rarely stay within the boundaries of one industry. ## [The Leadership Paradox: Why the Best Leaders Never Maximize Everything](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/the-leadership-paradox-why-the-best) _2026-07-23 · Matthew Kutz_ Leadership often feels like a pursuit of more. ## [The True Specialist Is a Polymath](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/the-true-specialist-is-a-polymath) _2026-06-15 · Matthew Kutz_ Why Human Versatility May Be the Missing Key to Wisdom, Leadership, and Contextual Intelligence ## [Your Message Begins Before You Speak](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/your-message-begins-before-you-speak) _2026-06-10 · Matthew Kutz_ Why Speakers Must Think Beyond Information and Create a Full Audience Experience ## [When Everything Is Different, Nothing Is Distinct](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/when-everything-is-different-nothing) _2026-06-05 · Matthew Kutz_ The Roman philosopher Seneca once observed, “To be everywhere is to be nowhere.” ## [Focus Is The New IQ](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/focus-is-the-new-iq) _2026-06-04 · Matthew Kutz_ Why the Ability to Pay Attention May Be the Greatest Predictor of Success in the Modern World ## [What Twenty(ish)-Year-Olds Already Know About Their Thirty-Five Year Old Future Self](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/what-twentyish-year-olds-already) _2026-05-16 · Matthew Kutz_ I asked 40 undergraduate Honors College students based on what they know about themselves now what would they would tell their 35-year-old self. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lYDWGSQHxa5a) _2026-05-16 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [The Quiet Fraud: How Imposter Syndrome Follows First-Generation Students Into The Places They Earned](https://drmatthewkutz.substack.com/p/the-quiet-fraud-how-imposter-syndrome) _2026-05-13 · Matthew Kutz_ Am I a fraud?