Always Practice https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug18_Post.mp3 If you wanted to be an athlete, you’d need skills in a couple of categories. Specific skills and general skills. Specific skills would be skills related to the sport. Champions in one sport are rarely champions in another sport. Michael Jordan, arguably one of the best basketball players […]
Invent The Real You
In Character https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug17_Post.mp3 Way back when Robin Williams was an up and coming comedian, he auditioned for this first TV role, “Mork and Mindy.” He played an alien stuck on earth (named Mork) who lived with a human (Mindy). And he showed up to the audition in character. He sat in his […]
Stand Out In A Crowd
Who Are You? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug16_Post.mp3 There have been a few social experiments regarding perception. Like the famous one where a world class violinist played in the subway all day. Nobody recognized him. He only got a few dollars in his tip hat. On the other hand, a college student and his buddies […]
Easy Public Speaking
Public Horror https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug15_Post.mp3 Imagine two different kinds of public speaking situations. One is horrifying and would give us all nightmares. The other is fun and enjoyable, and everybody would love doing. First is the horrifying scenario. You are up for the job of a lifetime. Massive pay. Massive benefits. […]
Party Hero Practice
Slow And Steady https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug14_Post.mp3 Everything takes practice. The old joke about Carnegie Hall spells this out. Guy asks how to get to Carnegie hall. Other guys says, “practice.” First guy wanted only directions. Second guy assumed he meant, “How can I play at Carnegie Hall?” There’s a pretty common […]
Forget The Words
Long Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/22Aug13_Post.mp3 Most science is rejected at first. It’s rejected because science is generally created by intellectuals and academics. And they have their own form of “territoriality.” They’ve spent their entire careers carving out their academic and intellectual territory. If some unknown goof comes along with a brand hew idea? […]
Become A Social A-Lister
Fake Truth https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug12_Post.mp3 Groucho Marx famously said that sincerity is everything. And that if you can fake that, you’ve got it made. Dude’s got a point, as funny as it is. The one thing that can earn you millions of dollars is world class acting skills. And what is the main […]
Ancient Human Power
Magic Words https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug11_Post.mp3 Language and thought are two sides of the same coin. Your thoughts generate your language. Your language puts thoughts in other people’s brains. But language is much more than words. Imagine a group of proto-human monkey people. Sitting around in a group, doing whatever they do. […]
Automatic Attraction
Fire and Water https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug10_Post.mp3 Once upon a time there was an ancient poet. Dude’s name was Rumi. Lived back into the 1200’s. He was one of many who understood the paradoxes of life. When you step into the fire, you’re really stepping into the cool water. Or when you step […]
Magic Killing Elephants
Don’t Think About It https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug09_Post.mp3 There’s a famous story about a wizard and a king. The king is growing impatient with the wizard. The kingdom is in shambles and the king is worried about a peasant uprising. So he calls in the wizard and says: Listen, dude, you’d better produce something […]
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