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R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; & Striving Towards Happiness

Professor David Maslach talks about graduate school, research, science, Innovation, and entrepreneurship. The R3ciprocity project is my way to give back as much as I possibly can. I seek to provide insights and tools to change how we understand science, and make it more democratic.

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00:09:22

What Makes You Strange Might Be What Makes You Brilliant

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2025/10/25

My dad used to sit in the backyard and just watch his garden.No phone. No emails. Just stillness.It never made sense to me when I was younger—how he could be happy with just that.But now I understand.He wasn’t chasing anything.He had arrived.In academia—and in so many elite careers—we’re trained to chase.Chase status.Chase metrics.Chase recognition from people we don’t even know.I feel that pull every day.This deep, unshakable urge to be part of the most prestigious schools.To be recognized as “one

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00:05:15

Doing Work You Love Still Makes You Miserable Sometimes.

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2025/10/23

This is one of those moments I promised I’d be real with you. Nothing polished. Nothing fancy. Just the truth. Right now, I’m grumpy and tired after work—and honestly, that’s all I wanted to share. Not as a rant, but as a reminder. Because we’re surrounded by advice telling us to love every second of our careers, to feel passion at every turn. And if you’re not feeling it, then maybe something’s wrong with you. That’s the lie.Here’s my experience: after a full day of real work—whether that’s writing

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00:19:23

Most University Innovation Fails. That’s Exactly the...

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2025/10/21

Most people ask: “Why do universities produce so little innovation per dollar spent?” or “Why don’t university labs focus on real-world innovation?” The problem is that we keep using metrics that don’t capture what’s actually happening.Universities are playing a very different game than companies. They don’t just chase performance. They teach. They serve public missions. They take on harder problems—ones others walk away from. And most of their innovation efforts? They aren’t failures. They’re

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00:09:00

The Hardest Part Isn’t Building the Thing—It’s...

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2025/10/18

I’ve spent the last 10 years building a platform to make research better.To make it less lonely.To make it more joyful.To make rejection less painful.At first, I thought people would jump in.I assumed: “If I build something good—something that helps—people will just show up.”They didn’t.I kept building anyway.And along the way, I learned the hardest part of innovation isn’t the tech.It’s not funding.It’s not even the science.It’s belief.Getting people to believe something new is possible…That’s the

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00:08:55

Why Research Careers Are So Psychologically Difficult

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2025/10/18

The research career is hard in a way that’s not often talked about. It’s not just intellectually difficult — it’s personally difficult. It functions a lot like entrepreneurship. You are left entirely to your own demise. You have near-total autonomy, and what that does is amplify whatever your default tendencies are.If you are a high-anxiety person — which describes a large number of successful researchers — you will likely internalize everything. You’ll obsess, push harder, and feel like the world

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00:08:09

A Researcher’s Doubt: Wrestling with the Strengths...

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2025/10/14

I’ve become increasingly skeptical of the peer review system—not because the intention behind it is bad, but because of the complicated world in which it’s embedded. On paper, the process sounds idealistic: submit your research, get anonymous feedback, revise, and resubmit. But in practice, it’s a messy system shaped by invisible games, ambiguous standards, and enormous variability in what counts as “good” science.In this episode, I reflect on what it feels like to send work off into a black

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00:58:35

Why Choose Research? Olav Sorenson on Loving the Climb

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2025/10/11

Why do we choose this strange, difficult career of research—and what makes it worth it?David Maslach sits down with Olav Sorenson, Professor of Strategy at UCLA Anderson and one of the most influential voices in organizational theory and entrepreneurship.“We’re professional problem solvers.”In this powerful conversation, Sorenson shares how curiosity—not credentials—built his career. From almost launching a startup to shaping the field of entrepreneurship, he reminds us why the real reward in

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00:03:35

The Only Advantage I Had? I Didn’t Give Up

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2025/10/08

Most people give up.They try a few times. It gets hard. It gets quiet. No one notices.So they stop.And that’s why the game is winnable.That’s why you never see professors building open platforms.Why researchers tell you not to start something new.Why smart people will laugh at your idea and say,“That’s not how it’s done.”They’re not wrong.They’re just done.But I’m not.Every day, I show up. Even when no one cares.Even when I feel ridiculous.Even when I want to quit.Because I know the

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00:09:23

Retirement Is a Lie: Why We Don’t Have to Fade Away

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2025/10/07

I’ve never liked how we talk about retirement. Like life just… ends at 65. You stop being relevant, you stop pushing, and you’re supposed to disappear into golf courses and travel ads. That might have made sense in 1955—when making it to 70 was a miracle. But that’s not our world anymore. Most of us will live far longer than we think, and if you’ve made it this far, chances are you’re healthy, sharp, and still very much alive.This episode is a gut-check: why “retirement” is outdated, why aging is

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00:12:29

The More I Study the World, the Less I Understand It

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2025/10/02

As a professor and researcher, you’d think I’d be certain about things by now.But the more I study the world, the more I realize how little we actually know.We act like understanding is easy—as if truth is just waiting to be downloaded.But most knowledge is fragile. Most beliefs are assumptions in disguise.And still, everyone around us—especially in academia—pretends like they know.This creates a strange culture:One where people compete by displaying knowledge, not seeking it.Where learning becomes

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00:01:28

PhD Students: The World Won’t Tell You This, But I Will

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2025/10/01

You are more capable than you think.Most people won’t tell you that. The world will make you feel small. Rejections pile up. Deadlines feel impossible. And sometimes it feels like quitting is the only way forward.But here’s the truth: if you’ve made it this far, you already have a level of grit, intelligence, and persistence that few people ever reach.You don’t need to “prove” yourself to anyone. You don’t need the world’s permission. You are already one of the most capable people in the room.

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00:15:15

What Happens When Wealth Becomes Immortal?”

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2025/09/30

I’ve been thinking a lot about ultra-wealth—what it means when someone can earn more money in a year than most of us will see in a lifetime, and still have their wealth grow faster than they can spend it. On one hand, they earned it—through luck, skill, or strategy. On the other, we’ve created a world where a few people now sit above every system, every law, and maybe even time itself.This isn’t a rant. It’s a puzzle.What happens when wealth becomes untouchable?What happens when markets can’t

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00:08:39

How I Have Learned to Sit With Scientific Uncertainty

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2025/09/28

When I began my academic journey, I assumed science was about accumulating facts that would eventually point to some clear understanding of how the world works. I believed, like many do, that each study added a brick to a larger structure we call “truth.”But over time, I’ve come to appreciate a more complex view.In many areas, evidence is often ambiguous, methods rest on assumptions, and interpretation depends on context. The questions we ask, and the tools we use to answer them, shape what we’re

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00:11:40

How to Build Software When You Have No Idea What...

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2025/09/25

I’ve been building a platform for years. And here’s the truth I wish someone had told me:You won’t know what you’re doing—most of the time.Building anything real means making decisions with half the data, managing problems you didn’t know existed yesterday, and waking up unsure if you’re wasting your life. Some days you feel like a visionary. Other days, like a fool. That’s normal.The hardest part isn’t the code. It’s not the funding. It’s managing the quiet doubt that creeps in when progress is

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00:05:21

Unconditional Love Belongs in the Workplace

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2025/09/23

(And no, I’m not talking about romance.)One of the most underrated forces in our working lives is love. Not romantic love—but the kind of love that feels more like what a good parent gives: steady, safe, present. You mess up, and they’re still there. They guide, they coach, they believe in you.It’s the kind of love that says: You’re not your worst moment. You’re still worth it. Let’s figure it out together.As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized this is what shaped me most. My parents weren’t

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00:11:21

Why the boring, ordinary investment wins—and...

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2025/09/23

The fastest way to wealth almost always feels the slowest and the most painful. Everything that truly moves the needle—high-return assets like index and mutual funds—feels boring, ordinary, and slow. Entrepreneurship and flashy startups may seem exciting, but they come with spectacular risk and rarely pay off.Research, psychology, and economics all point to the same truth: long-run, low-risk investments—the kind nobody talks about—generate real wealth. We don’t see stories about the hundreds of

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00:08:34

What if Science Isn’t About Truth After All?

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2025/09/21

What if Science Isn’t About Truth After All?When I started out, I believed research was about uncovering some objective reality. Something we’re all moving toward, together.But over the years, I’ve let go of that belief. Not out of cynicism, but because I’ve seen how science actually works.We don’t just ask what is “true or valid.”Truth and validity is just the beginning.Seeking truth is challenging. We really often don’t know what “truth is.”We have to remember the system managed by imperfectly

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00:04:06

The Myth of Motivation: Why Most People Don’t Care...

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2025/09/20

After years in academia, I’ve realized something few people admit: most people don’t actually want to change the world. They just want to live their lives, stay comfortable, and avoid risk. Innovation, entrepreneurship, and research only attract a rare few who are willing to keep going despite rejection and ambiguity.

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00:09:26

PhD-Level Science Isn’t About Efficiency Hacks — It’s...

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2025/09/18

You’ve been fed lies about productivity. “Do more, faster, smarter.” But in real research careers, that ratchet-up mindset breaks labs and burns people out. Most “efficiency gurus” overlook the truth: productivity doesn’t come from hacks—it comes from culture.I used to believe I had to optimize everything—every minute, every task, every thought. But all that pressure to “ratchet up” only made me feel like I was falling behind. The truth? Most of what’s sold as productivity in science is just noise

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00:25:40

Can a Non-Top-Tier PhD Still Land a Top-Tier Career?

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2025/09/16

Can a non‑top‑tier doctorate program get you into a job or career within the academic or research world that is top tier? I used to think that if you did everything right—you were producing more papers, asking profound questions, and had the “nod”—you could eventually land that rare job at Stanford or Princeton. But after years in the profession, I’ve come to realize there are tremendous headwinds, especially around market efficiency, sorting mechanisms, and even bias against geography or resources

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