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Best Practices Can Cap Your Results

When to use the playbook, and when to think from zero.

Eric Mathews

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

Waiting for Superman

On "No Playbook" Moments and the preparation that carries you through them

Eric Mathews

May 19, 2026

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2 min read

Fear Has a Direction

Why courage for the first step is the only courage you need.

Eric Mathews

May 5, 2026

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2 min read

The Stoplight Test

The Two-Second Test You Take Every Day Without Knowing It

Eric Mathews

Feb 25, 2026

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5 min read

No Hothouse Flowering

How Japan Showed Me I Was Shrinking My Life to Fit My Preferences

Eric Mathews

“What does this moment expose about who I am?”

Feb 19, 2026

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4 min read

“What does this moment expose about who I am?”

What you give to others reflects what you believe about yourself.

Eric Mathews

Feb 15, 2026

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3 min read

Release the Foul Hooks

Alignment Is the Only Strategy That Compounds

Eric Mathews

Nov 24, 2025

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9 min read

Will Power and Way Power

How the science of hope will impact you and your business.

Eric Mathews

Oct 16, 2025

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6 min read

The Pain of Not Changing

Lasting change cannot be forced. It must be chosen.

Eric Mathews

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Best Practices Can Cap Your Results

Waiting for Superman

Fear Has a Direction

The Stoplight Test

No Hothouse Flowering

“What does this moment expose about who I am?”

Release the Foul Hooks

Will Power and Way Power

The Pain of Not Changing

Mathews Mindset