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What's on Your Bookshelf?SP6 Special Edition Agile Brain: Climbing The Pyramid Of Human NeedsWe map a four-sided pyramid of human needs—self, social, material, spiritual—and explore how foundations enable higher aims like purpose and transcendence. Research, culture, and real stories show why ethics, community, and conscious reflection turn values into action and bias into empathy.• defining the four opposing life domains• why foundations like safety and justice come first• evidence from goal research and world cultures• how self leads to social, then to spiritual• in‑group bias, polarization and the contact effect• ethics as the hinge between ideals and action• integrating needs into a coherent life purp...
2025-10-3049 minWhat's on Your Bookshelf?SP5 Special Edition Agile Brain: Justice, Ethics, And The Search For MeaningWe trace how justice, ethics, and transcendence shape a meaningful life and why chasing happiness fails while purpose endures. JD Pincus shares research, history, and a practical tool to surface unmet needs and align action with values.• defining the spiritual domain and why it matters• rules to ethics to transcendence as a growth ladder• evidence for principle-driven sacrifice across species and cultures• history’s awakenings fueling social change and justice• trauma’s link to purpose and giving• the hedonic treadmill versus durable well-being• moral gray areas, disgust, and context effects• risks of ends-justif...
2025-10-2959 minWhat's on Your Bookshelf?SP4 Special Edition Agile Brain: Lonely Hearts, Social NeedsWe explore why inclusion, connection, and recognition are the social motives that make work and life feel meaningful, and how loneliness quietly harms health, teams, and trust. Stories from reality TV to school lunchrooms reveal why sincere care and specific praise beat trophies every time.• inclusion as the base of belonging • connection deepening care and trust • sincere recognition versus programs • grief as real social pain in the brain • loneliness risks and health impacts • layoffs, survivor guilt, and community • social media comparison and FOMO • caring leadership, burnout, and loyalty • moving from self to service and p...
2025-10-2849 minWhat's on Your Bookshelf?SP2 Special Edition Agile Brain: Self, Safety, And The Road To PotentialWe explore how psychological safety enables authenticity, and how authenticity unlocks potential. JD Pincus connects fear, narcissism, imposter syndrome, and conspiracy thinking to a broader model of self, social, material, and spiritual domains, leading to transcendence.• Safety as the basis for authentic expression• Apprenticeship and voice development before mastery• Redefining self-actualization as attitude, not fame• The four domains reframed with an integrated self• Evidence-based case for spiritual well-being• Student mental health pressures and system strain• Fear as information and the SM case study• Fight, flight, anger and self-control under stress• Authentici...
2025-10-2445 minWhat's on Your Bookshelf?SP1 Special Edition Agile Brain: Emotions Drive The WheelWe launch a special seven-part series with Dr. JD Pincus exploring the 12 emotional needs that shape decisions, leadership, and fulfillment. Emotions lead, thoughts explain, and leaders thrive when they surface needs and align habits with values.• origin story from punk band to psychologist• scope of the book and why the bibliography matters• emotions as primary drivers over rational intention• CBT and habit loops for rewiring behavior• naming and working with the 12 emotional needs• limits of over-rationalized leadership cultures• fulfillment, Ikigai, and non-striving compared• marketing’s promise versus authentic need satisfaction• preview of n...
2025-10-2332 min