Jared Wood, Ph.D.

@tom_peters @nytimes Tom, I love your ownership. We all have influence we don’t realize and often can’t figure out how to use.

nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/… via @NYTimes The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite Where did I go wrong? What more could I have done? I live in this world, performed, this world, and yet this was happening. . “Nauseating “ is much too mild q term.

@BrianKight I always describe it to clients that emotional intensity and reasoning are at opposite ends of a seesaw (teeter totter in some areas of our country).

When it comes to opinions, the higher the emotion, the lower the clarity.

@briankight We’d be far better off to eliminate the word control. It’s lost meaning. We use it different ways, as an absolute, and as a synonym for influence. It causes intra— and interpersonal confusing. Best to find more accurate words.

People say, “Control what you can control” but don’t draw clear lines between what is controllable and what is not. Pain and sorrow are not controllable. They are inevitable. The mistake is thinking there’s something in your control that allows you to avoid them. There isn’t.

@coachlukefalk Love this.

Coach Leach used to say “all sacks are on the quarterback.” As a player, that used to piss me off — because we all know that's not true. Sometimes the protection breaks down, a back misses a chip, or a tackle gets beat. But looking back, it was great coaching! It was about ownership and improving the situation. If you’re a quarterback and you view every sack as being on YOU, you’ll look for ways to improve it: -Change the play call. -Adjust the protection. -Check the ball down. -Scramble. -Throw it away. But if you shrug it off as “the O-line’s fault,” you give your power away. You can only improve when THEY do — and that keeps you stagnant. The same principle applies in other area’s for QB’s. A receiver drops a ball? -Take ownership. Ask yourself: Did I have the right pace? Was it a good location? Was it the right read? Did I spend time with him after practice working that route? A missed signal? -Take ownership. Did I communicate it clearly? Did I hold an extra signal meeting? When you take this mindset — “it’s on me” — you stay focused on how you can grow, not on who you can blame. Now, bring that into your own field. What are the “sacks” in your business, career, or relationships that you can start taking ownership of today? Because ownership always leads to improvement — and excuses always lead to stagnation. coachlukefalk.com/themindstrengt… #MindStrength #Leadership

@DrBhrettMcCabe Appreciate the repost, brother. Hope you and yours are doing as well as you can be. Folks need you.

@woodjared Own our influence

A leader who consistently blames an external force—the refs, the market, the parents—is sending a quiet, deadly message to their team: "We are not in control of our own destiny." It's a subtle but complete abdication of responsibility.

@D1_Rejects You rock, Kobe. Love what you’re doing. Proud of you and happy for you.

Falcon Walk ➡️ Stadium. Almost Game time in River Falls 🚨 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 📺: youtube.com/live/Tf9_lFMFW…

@briankight Great one, Brian. Makes you think. I hope a lot of youngsters put their minds into their future selves and think about this for themselves. Going to do it myself now.

If you could be a high school or college athlete again, what would you tell yourself. Here's 5 things I would tell myself . . .

@stevemagness Love that quote and use it a lot.

Charlie Parker said: “Learn your instrument. Practice, practice, practice. Then forget all that and just wail.” Neuroscience shows he was right. Researchers found that jazz musicians and freestyle rappers train their brains to quiet the inner critic and turn up self-expression when they perform.

@DanielPink This is great thank you. One of the best lessons I had in grad school was when prof taught us how he read articles in his field of expertise. 10-15 hours per article he said. I was trying to blast through them as fast as I could taking a couple hours, and I thought it so long.

Could you teach the last book you read without notes? If not, try these 7 retention techniques.

@AntTrain Hope to run into around town.

@Super70sSports Had a baseball glove with that logo on the wrist strap. Loved it. Still my fave of all time.

I absolutely love this logo and the fact the tiger is clearly tripping on the brown acid from Woodstock only serves to make it better.

@3YearLetterman @Nickelback @OfficialSisQo @PaulyShore @Dollywood @PizzaRanch @vanillaice @dctalkofficial @SpeakerPelosi @jiffylube @Whitesnake Coach, I thought nothing could beat your youth football records, prolific notary career, or waterbed surfing prowess, but you’ve truly outdone yourself. Head to Rent-a-Center and finance yourself something real nice.

🚨 🚨 BRAKING 🚨 🚨 A truly great American musician, Ozzie “The Wizard” Osborne, has passed away. But what life it was. As the front man for Aerosmith, Osborne had the most #1 hit albums in the 1980s and then went on to star in “Family Jewels,” one of the most beloved reality TV shows. He is survived by his brother Tom Dream On, old friend. Dream on indeed

@PaigeSpiranac And it’s enjoyable. Love fixing marks.

Hot take. If you can’t fix your ball mark on the green you shouldn’t be allowed to play. It takes two seconds to do and requires no skill.

@JumboElliott76 Jumbo, he’d performed so well in WWI he was an obvious choice for WWII.

He is the dumbest president ever.

@NBCSports @peacock Your coverage of US Open is great but Peacock works horrifically. Lost my feed 4x already today. I lost it 0 all day yesterday on USA. I’m going to watch & pay my $8 for Peacock. Congrats. But fix how Peacock works. Your coverage is too good for this.

@RKaragosian_LO @Blackstock_JB Thank you, Rob!

@Blackstock_JB Jared is an awesome human being!

Jared is one of my dearest friends. He is an amazing man in so many ways. He is looking to help people who have lost a spouse/partner. Please pass this along as I know they will love working with Jared. instagram.com/reel/DKuD9-du3…

@Blackstock_JB Thank you, JB! Really appreciate it, brother.

@JumboElliott76 Leaders don’t blame others for anything. They don’t waste breath or thought on it. And they don’t pat themselves on the back, certainly not for things they shouldn’t take credit for. He is a master at both.

So damn weak

@CarlBanksGIII Just wanted to comment what a pleasure it was watching you play. And my favorite memory of you was that I almost accidentally ran into you with my bike one night in the 80s in Frankenmuth. Probably would been bad for me and my bike ;)

This is purely a football curiosity question. No wrong answer.. Justin Fields: 2nd team (Pitt) QB needy team (like NYG) couldn't lock up the spot. Is that a concern if he were the NYG *bridge* choice? My thoughts: Age & talent unquestionable.. I ask myself, is he just a 3rd yr rookie. Your thoughts.