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Mind-blowing creative conversations for the curious mind. Professional game designer & educator Shaun D. McMillan is exploring the art, psychology, neuroscience, economics, and life hacks to help you gain an edge in the game of life.

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Mind-blowing creative conversations for the curious mind. Professional game designer & educator Shaun D. McMillan is exploring the art, psychology, neuroscience, economics, and life hacks to help you gain an edge in the game of life.

    45. Set the Bar Low

    45. Set the Bar Low

    Everyone is making New Years Resolutions these days, but not me. 
    Please forgive me but I just have to brag about myself today - I didn't need to make any new years resolutions this year because I am actually doing so well on some old resolutions that my only goal is to keep up the ones I already have going.
    I took some of my own advice and it has been working extraordinarily well. It's kind of a dumb trick, but you know, we are dumb people, so dumb tricks can work really well.
    What is my trick?

    • 6 min
    Episode 35 - The Big 5 Personality Traits pt 2

    Episode 35 - The Big 5 Personality Traits pt 2

    In the last lesson we began to explain the Big 5 person traits, including Creativity, IQ, and Conscientiousness. They are by far the biggest indicators of success. But today we will look at Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism, which are also critical.

    • 8 min
    44. Clever Writing

    44. Clever Writing

    Great stories often say twice as much with half as many words. Through clever double meanings, oxymorons, and paradox, good writing often rewards multiple readings. Movies and television are no different. 

    • 13 min
    Agile Team Production Methodology pt 2

    Agile Team Production Methodology pt 2

    As teams, we need to interact, update each other, and remain flexible so that we can consider new ideas, while also being allowed to keep our heads down and focus without distraction. So how do we both manage and produce when the two seem to be at odds with one another?

    • 9 min
    Agile Team Production Methodologies pt 1

    Agile Team Production Methodologies pt 1

    How do the software companies of Silicon Valley grow from two man teams in garages, to world dominating monoliths like Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Facebook? How is it possible that teams of engineers could completely revolutionize the way we interact with the world. Or at the very least, how can we organize our teams to solve problems as quickly and effectively as they have?

    • 9 min
    The Lean Startup Part 2 of 2

    The Lean Startup Part 2 of 2

    How quickly can we get to critical mass or just the right cultural catalyst to trigger a viral response from the community? We need advocates who are so passionate that the audience will generate on its own so long as we keep providing the platform. And as anyone who has survived this recent pandemic knows, virality can be measured.

    • 10 min

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