There is no knowing what is in a man’s heart. — from True Grit, by Charles Portis My brother once told me about an obstacle course he had to complete as part of his Marine training. Naturally, this wasn’t your happy-go-lucky, rubber balloon slide kind of course. It wasn’t even an adult version of “I want to…
No good deed goes unpunished. — Clare Boothe Luce We like to believe that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. In movies, the good guys almost always win. In children’s books, misbehavior is almost always caught. And even though anecdotal experience provides countless counterexamples, we still cling to…
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy you the boat that will take you there. – Ron Carlson Recently, I was offered a part-time job that would allow me to make some extra money; however, in order to accept it, I had to attend a training class, spend hours reading preparatory articles, and then actually…
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami At one point, you have probably had an older person warn you against being a “lemming;” that is, advise you from doing something just because everyone else was doing it (as the…
For a complete list of Jake’s research and publications, click here for his CV. To see his profile at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, visit his faculty page here. EXPERTISE BOOK The Handbook of Personalized Persuasion: Theory and Application (link) PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2025: “Does Artificial Intelligence Cause Artificial Confidence? Generative AI as an…
FEATURE SCREENPLAY HYSTERIA: On a trans-Pacific flight, the disappearance of a psychotic passenger sends the plane into chaos as the flight crew and several passengers race to solve the twisting mystery and survive the flight. 04/2022 – Quarter-Finalist: The Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship is an elite program to help budding screenwriters develop their work as well as gain…