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When Goals Fail: Anne-Laure Le Cunff on How Small Experiments Change Everything

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We’ve been taught that success comes from setting goals, defining purpose, and executing a plan. But what if those very habits—the linear drive for certainty—are what keep us stuck?

Dr. Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist, founder of Ness Labs, and world-leading expert on mindful productivity, has an alternative: treat your life like a series of tiny experiments. In her new book Tiny Experiments, she explores how curiosity, liminal spaces, and small-scale testing can transform how we handle uncertainty and growth.

Anne-Laure argues that traditional goal-setting and the “tyranny of purpose” trap us in rigid definitions of success and failure. Instead, she offers a science-backed framework for progress through curiosity-driven experimentation, an approach that replaces pressure with play and perfectionism with learning.

We discuss how to navigate the in-between spaces of life, the thresholds between who we were and who we’re becoming, and why those moments of uncertainty hold the most potential for transformation.

Listen as we dive into how to build an experimental mindset that turns confusion into data and uncertainty into discovery.

Highlights

What if the most uncertain moments are also the most meaningful?
Invisible “scripts” quietly running your decisions, and how to rewrite them
Why rushing to “figure it out” might be costing you your next breakthrough
How to turn fear of the unknown into curiosity about what’s possible
The surprising neuroscience behind why smaller risks create bigger change
A four-step framework that turns uncertainty into momentum
Why chasing legacy might be keeping you from real impact right now
How to slow time without quitting your schedule
The overlooked social hack that makes personal growth exponential
What happens when you start studying your own life like a scientist
If you’re in between, unsure, or just restless, this conversation is for you.

Anne-Laure shows that uncertainty isn’t a problem to solve; it’s the raw material of discovery.

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