Becoming
Identity, character, habits, choices, meaning, and The Way.
Identity and Leadership: Navigating the Process of Human Becoming
Tired of your leadership persona? Explore the link between identity and leadership as a process of becoming, not a skill to acquire. Find your real authority.
August 31, 202617 min read
Leadership Through Personal Struggle: The Quiet Authority of Human Becoming
True leadership through personal struggle isn't about being bulletproof. It's about human becoming. Learn to lead from your whole self, not a hollow mask.
August 30, 202617 min read
Growth Mindset for Executives: The Quiet Authority of Human Becoming
Move beyond corporate jargon. Discover a growth mindset for executives rooted in human becoming, turning setbacks into data for quiet, steady authority.
August 29, 202616 min read
Executive Advisory Services: Navigating the Process of Human Becoming
Traditional executive advisory services focus on your title, not you. Discover a worldly approach to leadership that bridges the gap between your role and yo...
August 28, 202617 min read
Leadership Advisory: Navigating the Integration of Life and Work
Effective leadership advisory asks who you are becoming, not just what you do. Learn to integrate your life and work for a more meaningful, sustainable career.
August 27, 202618 min read
How to Find Meaning in Hardship: Navigating the Process of Becoming
Learn how to find meaning in hardship by using pain as the raw material for who you are becoming. A practical guide to navigating the process of evolution.
August 26, 202617 min read
Books on Life After Major Setbacks: Navigating the Architecture of Rebuilding
Discover books on life after major setbacks that move beyond resilience into becoming. A curated guide for rebuilding identity after collapse.
August 25, 202617 min read
Life After Divorce: Choosing a Book to Navigate the Void
Don't just find a life after divorce book. Find a guide for who you're becoming. Our framework helps you choose a book to navigate the void and rebuild.
August 24, 202616 min read
Life After Loss: Rebuilding Yourself After Everything Changes
Find the right life after loss book to rebuild your identity. Move beyond outdated grief stages and discover a profound framework for your new becoming.
August 23, 202618 min read
Books About Becoming Who You Are Meant to Be: Navigating the Process of Human Becoming
Discover books about becoming who you are meant to be that reframe identity as a journey, not a destination. Turn setbacks into growth and start your evolution.
August 22, 202617 min read
Life After Anything: How Do You Begin Again When You Cannot Go Back?
Feeling lost? Learn about finding purpose after rock bottom. This guide deconstructs the myths and offers a dignified framework to rebuild your life.
August 22, 202617 min read
Who Are You Becoming?
Feeling stuck despite your success? This article explores who are you becoming and offers a framework to navigate transitions and embrace your personal evolu...
August 21, 202616 min read
Ideas is David James Rhodes's ongoing exploration of the discoveries, research, people, questions, and changes shaping human life.
Psychology. Neuroscience. Leadership. Longevity. Education. Recovery. Artificial intelligence. Relationships. Human performance. Philosophy. Mental and physical health. Culture. Technology. History. Purpose. Loss. Resilience. Extraordinary lives.
The subjects will vary. The underlying question will not.
What can this teach us about being human?
What should we do with what we learn?
These are not posts written simply to fill a publishing calendar. They are intended to be worth reading.
Each substantial article begins with curiosity and follows the evidence wherever it leads, drawing from research, original studies, books, history, data, experts, lived experience, and competing points of view.
But research alone is not enough. The objective is translation. What does this actually mean? What can we learn from it? What should we question? What might we be getting wrong? Does it change how we should lead, parent, recover, learn, work, love, age, build, grieve, choose, or live?
Every article ultimately returns research to the place where it matters: a human life.
Evidence Before Certainty.
Ideas will distinguish between what is known, what is strongly supported, what remains contested, and what David believes or has observed personally.
Research will be sourced. Important claims will point to primary evidence whenever possible. Competing findings will not be hidden simply because they complicate a good story. Uncertainty will be acknowledged.
David's experience will be presented as what it is: experience, not evidence.
Credibility requires the willingness to say: We don't know yet.
Life After
Loss, adversity, rebuilding, resilience, grief, and transformation.
Recovery
Addiction, behavioral health, treatment, long-term recovery, and Life After Rehab.
Leadership
Decision-making, character, organizations, performance, responsibility, and legacy.
Next Generation
Education, young people, potential, parenting, mentorship, and the future of learning.
Human Performance
Excellence, practice, psychology, pressure, failure, and extraordinary achievement.
Longevity & Health
Living longer, living better, neuroscience, sleep, movement, relationships, and wellbeing.
Relationships
Love, friendship, family, belonging, conflict, forgiveness, and connection.
Global Wisdom
Lessons and observations from cultures around the world.
The Limited Life
Time, mortality, priorities, regret, meaning, and what deserves our days.
The Future
AI, technology, culture, work, science, and the changing conditions in which human beings will become.
Ideas Worth Knowing
Important discoveries, people, books, research, and ideas that do not fit neatly elsewhere.
What does this mean for your life?
- Consider
- A question worth carrying with you.
- Practice
- One thing worth trying.
- Go Deeper
- The most useful research, books, studies, or resources behind the article.
Who are you becoming?
The first articles are being written now.
Ideas launches with a small number of substantial pieces rather than a large number of quick ones. Today's Idea and the full archive will live here.