Pretty Filter https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov29_Post.mp3 Imagine this scenario. You walk into a bar, and see a random mix of people. Let’s say there are thirty people. Some couples, some groups, some singles. Guys, girls etc. Now the money question. How long would it take, whether you’re a lady or a dude, […]
The Timeless Art
Monkey People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov28_Post.mp3 Robin Dunbar, an anthropologist, is famous for a couple ideas. One is something called the “Dunbar Number.” The number of people we can keep in our brain. So when we see them, we instantly remember EVERYTHING about them. It is believed that the upper limit, or the Dunbar […]
Three Steps To Greatness
Natural Learning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov27_Post.mp3 Here’s an interesting and VERY applicable quote by Dale Carnegie. Mostly, he’s famous for his book “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” but during his time, he was a public speaking guru. The ideas in the book grew out of his public speaking program. Anyhow, here’s the quote. […]
Easy Outcome Independence
Self Learning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov26_Post.mp3 One of the recent breakthroughs in computer learning was deep learning. The specific program was called AlphaZero, by company DeepMind, which was later bought by Google. How, specifically, did it learn? By playing against itself. All they did was program it with the rules of chess. And […]
Conversational Trance
Two Sides https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov25_Post.mp3 In the world of communication, there is content and there is structure. If you focus too much on the actual words, you’ll miss the structure. The structure of communication is what drives emotions. This is how people get into big trouble. They “think” things are going well and […]
Dominate Conversations
Rehearsal https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov24_Post.mp3 There’s an interesting reason why people believe in conspiracy theories. And that is “man on the street” interviews seem much more articulate than how most people speak. For example, I remember way back shortly after 9-11. They interviewed a witness. Somebody who saw it happen. And the description […]
Master The Bleeding Edge
First Steps https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov23_Post.mp3 A long, long time ago, I wrestled. Way back in high school. And one thing our coach drilled into us was to have a sequence of opening moves. So as soon as the ref said “go,” we would fire off these two moves as quickly as we could. […]
Verbal Love Dance
Calibrated Words https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov22_Post.mp3 One of the most important parts of humor is timing. To put in the pauses in the right places, to deliver the punch lines at the right times. It works very much like music. Timing is everything. Even in pure serious dialogue, timing is everything. For example, […]
Make Beautiful Music
Make Them Sing https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov21_Post.mp3 When I was a kid, on Thanksgiving, my parents would break out the fine China. Which was no big deal to me. I mean, a plate is a plate, right? But the wine goblets were pretty cool. Made out of crystal. And if you would wet […]
Become Approachable
Dangerous Ideas https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov20_Post.mp3 Humans don’t like uncertainty. In fact, historians have said that the history of humans is a history of scared and lazy people doing everything we can to make things safer and easier. Chasing after a wooly mammoth is scary and dangerous, filled with uncertainty. Growing a bunch of corn […]
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