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Rebuilding my conception of the academic life
A professional (and personal) update
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Jun 28
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No such thing as intrinsic motivation
“I love every day. I mean, I tap dance in here and work with nothing but people I like. There is no job in the world that is more fun than running…
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Jun 13
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Death is the default
Why building is our safest way forward
Dr. Gena Gorlin
May 19
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Two recent highlights
Pinker Salon; Founder's Mindset season 1 finale
Dr. Gena Gorlin
May 14
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Two upcoming events (one featuring Steven Pinker!)
I’m excited to announce not one but TWO upcoming live events that will be of interest to readers of Building the Builders: 1) Next Wednesday, April…
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Apr 19
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Worrying on schedule
What founders and people with generalized anxiety disorder have in common
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Apr 16
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A builder’s approach to relationships
Go for win-win, or you’ll get lose-lose
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Apr 1
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How to coach a builder
So far I’ve mostly written about the individual work of building oneself into a builder. But if we want to fill our world with builders, we also need to…
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Mar 18
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Announcing new podcast: The Founder's Mindset
I’m thrilled to announce the official launch of The Founder’s Mindset—a podcast I’m co-hosting with Entrepreneur First (EF) cofounder Alice Bentinck…
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Mar 15
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Fighting for what they've built
A running catalog of courage and heroism in Ukraine
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Mar 2
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The builder’s real superpower
Unearthing the principles behind “first principles”
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Feb 24
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Vision or delusion? Why ambitious builders need self-trust—and how to build it (part 2)
How self-deception undermines ambition Self-trust matters in direct proportion to the ambitiousness of what you’re trying to build. Building something…
Dr. Gena Gorlin
Feb 15
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