Your mind at work
FEATURED TOOL Welcome to this edition of our Tools for Thought series, where we learn from founders on a mission to help us think and live better. Oleksandr Matsiuk is the founder of RiseGuide, an expert-powered app that gives you a clear and personalized plan for self-improvement. In this interview, we discussed why expert-led learning ... Read More The post Expert-powered self-improvement with…
When people ask me why I started the Ness Labs newsletter, I always admit that it was initially for selfish reasons. As a neuroscience student at the time, I had discovered something called the generation effect: a psychological phenomenon showing that when you create your own version of something, you both understand it and remember ... Read More The post The Illusion of Clarity: How to Test…
FEATURED TOOL Welcome to this edition of our Tools for Thought series, where we interview founders on a mission to help us think better and work smarter. Alex Green is the cofounder and chief product technology officer of Littlebird, an AI assistant designed to close the gap between your memory and your computer. By ... Read More The post Stop explaining yourself to your AI with Alex Green,…
We often talk about “trusting our gut.” But the gut feelings people refer to can actually stem from two very different sources: instinct and intuition. Because they feel so similar (fast, automatic, sometimes emotional) we tend to treat them the same, which can lead to poor decision-making in many situations. Instinct is evolutionary and biological, ... Read More The post The Gut Decision Matrix:…
When being able to do everything prevents you from achieving anything This morning, I sat in front of my laptop and asked myself a simple question: what should I work on today? Looking at my projects in progress, I have three literature reviews I find interesting, an app idea that could be useful for the ... Read More The post The Omnipotence Dilemma appeared first on Ness Labs .
FEATURED TOOL Welcome to this edition of our Tools for Thought series, where we interview founders on a mission to help us think, connect, and live better. This week, we talked to Carly Valancy, founder of TETHER and Reach Out Party. In this interview, we talked about meaningful connections as a competitive advantage, how to ... Read More The post Nurture your network with Carly Valancy, founder…
FEATURED TOOL Welcome to this edition of our Tools for Thought series, where we interview founders on a mission to help us think better and work smarter. Dr George Sachs is the co-founder of Inflow, a science-based app created by ADHD clinicians and psychologists. In this interview, we talk about the importance of self-reflection, strategies ... Read More The post Understand your neurodivergent…
Jan 21, 2026 Watch on YouTube Download the transcript When Dr Anne-Laure Le Cunff was told she might die, her first instinct was to check her calendar. In this talk, she reveals how our desperate need for control keeps us stuck and how tiny experiments can set us free. Dr Anne-Laure Le Cunff ... Read More The post How tiny experiments can set you free | Anne-Laure Le Cunff | TEDxNashville |…
When we’re stuck creatively, productively or intellectually, we often tend to frame the problem as a lack of ideas, discipline, or motivation. So we try to push, to think harder, or to optimize our tools and systems. But “stuckness” is rarely a thinking problem. It’s a nervous system state, which can be regulated much more ... Read More The post How to Get Unstuck: Simple Somatic Regulation…
Most advice about consistency sounds the same: try harder, be more disciplined, push through resistance. Discipline is often seen as the difference between people who succeed and people who don’t. And if you fall off, the explanation is usually moralized: not enough willpower, lack of grit, laziness. But people don’t fail because they don’t try ... Read More The post Discipline is Overrated: The…