Thinking Well & Why

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  Stories Your Brain Tells Before You Know It 24.07.2026 50хв

  Your brain runs on stories—mostly ones you don't consciously hear. Mario, Lee, and Creek examine what storytelling buys us, what it costs us, and why learning to rewrite your narratives matters for actual thinking.
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  Darwin's Most Important Idea (And Why You're Still Using It Wrong) 10.07.2026 46хв

  Evolution works by a simple algorithm: genes replicate or die. No intention, no morality, no goal. Mario, Creek, and Lee talk through why misreading Darwin blinds you to human nature, tribal behavior, and why your brain still runs on Paleolithic hardware.
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  The Philosophy of Karl Popper 26.06.2026 39хв

  In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek talk about Karl Popper, a philosopher of science who had some of the seminal ideas in 20th century philosophy. Mario discusses Popper’s theories, such as The Falsifiability rule and growth of knowledge, how they influence the way he thinks about the Enneagram as well as link to the Awareness to Action approach.“For me, Popper’s ideas are at the heart of epistemology. For me, that’s the foundation, the bedrock for how we know what is true and what is not.” -Mario [06:12]“I have spent a lot of my life avoiding error – not that I’m alone in that – but turning making mistakes into happy accidents is a mindset shift, but a useful one where I can grow and adopt just more curiosity generally instead of defensiveness.” -Lee [20:04]“There would be multiple ways to experience this thing and kind of challenging my own narrative of ‘I’m going to fail and I suck at this.’ And turns out, I didn’t entirely suck at it, so trying to reorient of like ‘Hey brain, remember that you thought you’re going to suck and then you didn’t? Let’s reinsert that story into some other situations and see how that goes.’” -Creek [23:07]TIMESTAMPS[00:01] Intro[01:21] Who is Karl Popper[10:51] The Awareness to Action approach[15:27] Context always matters[18:59] Shifting mindsets with making errors[23:36] Learning to love to be wrong[29:20] Iteration in the face of friction[31:49] How it applies to the Enneagram[37:47] Practical work for everyday useRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEFalsifiability rule by Karl PopperThe Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl PopperPhilosophy and the Real World: An Introduction to Karl Popper by Bryan MageeConnect with us:Awareness to ActionMario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraTikTok: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MoviePod: The Awareness to Action EnneagramLee Fields:Web: enneagrammatic.comIG: @enneagrammaticSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @_creekmorePod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional OptimismPod: The Awareness to Action Enneagram
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  Why Your Brain Wasn't Built to Think Well 11.06.2026 42хв

  Your biggest obstacle to being right is trying not to be wrong—the same cognitive biases that shape every area of life show up in your reasoning, usually invisible. Mario Sikora, Kreek, and Lee Fields explore why clear thinking and the Enneagram belong together, and why that's worth an entire podcast.
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  Welcome to Thinking Well & Why 10.06.2026

  Your biggest obstacle to being right is trying not to be wrong—the same cognitive biases that shape every area of life show up in your reasoning, usually invisible. Thinking Well & Why explores the thinking skills that actually make sense of the world.