Gena Gorlin
@genagorlin.bsky.social
UT Austin faculty, psychologist, founder coach; author of Building the Builders Substack (genagorlin.substack.com), where I write about the psychology of ambitious self-creation; wife & baby mama to @matt.kitchen
@Gena_I_Gorlin on Twitter
@Gena_I_Gorlin on Twitter
New year, new title: say hello to my freshly rebranded newsletter, “The Psychology of Ambition”
builders.genagorlin.com
This title reflects the thinking I've done in the past year to clarify my ideal audience. Here’s what I’ve learned about the people who resonate most with my work:
builders.genagorlin.com
This title reflects the thinking I've done in the past year to clarify my ideal audience. Here’s what I’ve learned about the people who resonate most with my work:
The Psychology of Ambition | Dr. Gena Gorlin | Substack
Synthesizing science, philosophy, and observations from my practice to serve the unmet needs of ambitious builders. Click to read The Psychology of Ambition, by Dr. Gena Gorlin, a Substack publication...
builders.genagorlin.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New year, new title: say hello to my freshly rebranded newsletter, “The Psychology of Ambition”
builders.genagorlin.com
This title reflects the thinking I've done in the past year to clarify my ideal audience. Here’s what I’ve learned about the people who resonate most with my work:
builders.genagorlin.com
This title reflects the thinking I've done in the past year to clarify my ideal audience. Here’s what I’ve learned about the people who resonate most with my work:
Reposted by Gena Gorlin
Read all about my amazing wife Anne Briard, courtesy of @genagorlin.bsky.social. Goes without saying that the scare quotes are important.
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The courage to be “ordinary”
A conversation with Anne Briard, the insurance lawyer who is living her best life
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December 30, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Read all about my amazing wife Anne Briard, courtesy of @genagorlin.bsky.social. Goes without saying that the scare quotes are important.
builders.genagorlin.com/p/the-courag...
builders.genagorlin.com/p/the-courag...
The “leaden mean”: when the middle path between two extremes is costlier and more disastrous than either extreme 🤦🏻♀️
Discussion thread just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/genagorl...
Come explore the concept, read my embarrassing examples, and perchance share your own
Discussion thread just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/genagorl...
Come explore the concept, read my embarrassing examples, and perchance share your own
Discussion thread #2: Your best examples of the "leaden mean"?
Hello, dear readers!
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December 17, 2024 at 12:35 AM
The “leaden mean”: when the middle path between two extremes is costlier and more disastrous than either extreme 🤦🏻♀️
Discussion thread just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/genagorl...
Come explore the concept, read my embarrassing examples, and perchance share your own
Discussion thread just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/genagorl...
Come explore the concept, read my embarrassing examples, and perchance share your own
Pleased to share the culmination of a 5-year research effort involving the largest team of coauthors I’ve ever assembled
Our big takeaway: self-honesty can be measured (sort of), and it matters!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our big takeaway: self-honesty can be measured (sort of), and it matters!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Honesty starts from within: conceptualization and multimethod measurement of self-honesty as a core value
While the construct of self-deception has received ample theoretical and empirical attention, its virtuous counterpart—self-honesty—has been largely neglected. Yet, as argued here and elsewhere, th...
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December 6, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Pleased to share the culmination of a 5-year research effort involving the largest team of coauthors I’ve ever assembled
Our big takeaway: self-honesty can be measured (sort of), and it matters!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our big takeaway: self-honesty can be measured (sort of), and it matters!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What did absconding to Utah to study fantasy fiction and mingle with Mormons teach @shl.bsky.social about building his startup?
The one thing Silicon Valley couldn't teach him—though it's arguably the most important lesson of all.
Read the full story here:
builders.genagorlin.com/p/fantastic-...
The one thing Silicon Valley couldn't teach him—though it's arguably the most important lesson of all.
Read the full story here:
builders.genagorlin.com/p/fantastic-...
Fantastic Builders and Where to Find Them, 5th Installment
A nugget of wisdom from my walk with Sahil Lavingia
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December 2, 2024 at 9:05 PM
What did absconding to Utah to study fantasy fiction and mingle with Mormons teach @shl.bsky.social about building his startup?
The one thing Silicon Valley couldn't teach him—though it's arguably the most important lesson of all.
Read the full story here:
builders.genagorlin.com/p/fantastic-...
The one thing Silicon Valley couldn't teach him—though it's arguably the most important lesson of all.
Read the full story here:
builders.genagorlin.com/p/fantastic-...
After seeing @emilyliu.me 's post this morning about using Bluesky for the comments section on her site, I had to try it.
Here's a writeup on how to do it, with everything you need to set it up yourself in five minutes.
Leave a comment on this post to test it out!
www.coryzue.com/writing/blue...
Here's a writeup on how to do it, with everything you need to set it up yourself in five minutes.
Leave a comment on this post to test it out!
www.coryzue.com/writing/blue...
Emily Liu
Emily Liu's Personal Website
emilyliu.me
November 26, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Gena Gorlin
How I taught my 4yo how to read by (in part) setting her up to send text messages
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higherground.substack.com/p/friday-not...
A sensitive period for texting
We gave our 4-year-old daughter a highly designed and enticing learning material, observed her using the material under conditions of freedom, and adjusted the material accordingly. The learning mater...
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November 16, 2024 at 1:01 AM
How I taught my 4yo how to read by (in part) setting her up to send text messages
higherground.substack.com/p/friday-not...
higherground.substack.com/p/friday-not...
Here for the link-sharing binge I’ve craved for so long
Starting with my Substack, which explores the moral psychology of ambition: builders.genagorlin.com
Starting with my Substack, which explores the moral psychology of ambition: builders.genagorlin.com
Building the Builders | Dr. Gena Gorlin | Substack
Exploring the psychology of ambitious creators: what it is, why it matters, and how to build it. Click to read Building the Builders, by Dr. Gena Gorlin, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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November 21, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Here for the link-sharing binge I’ve craved for so long
Starting with my Substack, which explores the moral psychology of ambition: builders.genagorlin.com
Starting with my Substack, which explores the moral psychology of ambition: builders.genagorlin.com
Recycling this from Twitter, since it’s my rallying cry:
On surface, self-honesty is just a negation—a refusal to stay self-deceived a moment longer than one can help it. But what it manifests & affirms is a deep, abiding love of existence: a commitment to living for real, not just for pretend.
On surface, self-honesty is just a negation—a refusal to stay self-deceived a moment longer than one can help it. But what it manifests & affirms is a deep, abiding love of existence: a commitment to living for real, not just for pretend.
April 14, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Recycling this from Twitter, since it’s my rallying cry:
On surface, self-honesty is just a negation—a refusal to stay self-deceived a moment longer than one can help it. But what it manifests & affirms is a deep, abiding love of existence: a commitment to living for real, not just for pretend.
On surface, self-honesty is just a negation—a refusal to stay self-deceived a moment longer than one can help it. But what it manifests & affirms is a deep, abiding love of existence: a commitment to living for real, not just for pretend.
Also, is “blueskying” a verb yet?? Feel like maybe we can fast-track that linguistic evolution in this case?
April 11, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Also, is “blueskying” a verb yet?? Feel like maybe we can fast-track that linguistic evolution in this case?
Sooo what are people’s strategies for getting started on here? Do you just copy-paste your Twitter profile & start duplicating your tweets? Do you experiment with a new BlueSky persona to complement (or, perhaps, replace) your Twitter one? Do you try to “read the room” & then decide?
April 11, 2023 at 2:39 PM
Sooo what are people’s strategies for getting started on here? Do you just copy-paste your Twitter profile & start duplicating your tweets? Do you experiment with a new BlueSky persona to complement (or, perhaps, replace) your Twitter one? Do you try to “read the room” & then decide?