Articles
The Automatic Mind
Field note
Why most of a day runs on inherited scripts, and what it takes to notice one while it is running.
- Self
- Consciousness
Explore
Where do you want to look more closely?
Four lenses, each with its own material. Start wherever the resistance is — that is usually where the unexamined lives.
What is happening within me?
Explore Yourself
Self-awareness, emotion, identity, attention, habits, and patterns.
- Thoughts
- Emotions
- Beliefs
- Identity
- Patterns
- Behavior
Books
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
The foundational account of the two systems behind judgment, and where each of them fails.
- Self
- Influence
Exercises
The Ten-Minute Noticing Practice
Awareness exercise
A structured way to observe a reaction from beginning to end without intervening in it.
- Self
Articles
What You See in Other People
Field note
Projection, and the quiet way our unexamined material gets assigned to someone else.
- Relationships
- Self
Exercises
Mapping a Trigger
Awareness exercise
A written exercise for tracing a reaction back to the expectation underneath it.
- Relationships
- Self
Podcast
Episode 02 — Inherited Beliefs
The Awareness Project Podcast
Where our first convictions come from, and what it costs to examine them later.
- Self
- Influence
What is happening between us?
Explore Relationships
Communication, triggers, attachment, conflict, expectations, and connection.
- Communication
- Triggers
- Expectations
- Boundaries
- Projection
- Connection
Articles
What You See in Other People
Field note
Projection, and the quiet way our unexamined material gets assigned to someone else.
- Relationships
- Self
Exercises
Mapping a Trigger
Awareness exercise
A written exercise for tracing a reaction back to the expectation underneath it.
- Relationships
- Self
What is shaping my perception?
Explore Influence
Media, persuasion, conditioning, narratives, algorithms, culture, and belief formation.
- Family
- Culture
- Media
- Education
- Technology
- Social Environment
Books
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
The foundational account of the two systems behind judgment, and where each of them fails.
- Self
- Influence
Videos
How Attention Became a Market
Awareness Project video
A plain explanation of the incentives behind the systems that shape what you look at each day.
- Influence
- Technology
Books
Manufacturing Consent
Herman & Chomsky
A structural reading of how information environments shape what feels like common sense.
- Influence
- Systems
Podcast
Episode 02 — Inherited Beliefs
The Awareness Project Podcast
Where our first convictions come from, and what it costs to examine them later.
- Self
- Influence
What larger structures am I participating in?
Explore Systems
Institutions, organizations, incentives, technology, economics, culture, and social structures.
- Institutions
- Organizations
- Economics
- Technology
- Government
- Culture
Articles
Institutions Behave Like Their Incentives
Field note
Why intentions explain less about organizations than the structures they operate inside.
- Systems
- Leadership
Books
Manufacturing Consent
Herman & Chomsky
A structural reading of how information environments shape what feels like common sense.
- Influence
- Systems
Videos
Awareness as a Leadership Capacity
Awareness Project video
What changes in a team when a leader can name their own pattern out loud.
- Leadership
- Systems