Accelerated Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov12_Post.mp4 The metaphor of peeling back the onion layers is pretty straightforward. And pretty common. It describes two people slowly getting to know each other. Two people meet, and they like each other. Because they like each other, they don’t want to mess anything up. So they are […]
Your Conversational Advantage
That Guy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov11__Post.mp4 How many ways to people judge us? Judge isn’t the nicest word, but we “judge” each other all the time. A more appropriate description of this would be a much longer, “get data from us to come up with an approximation of who we are.” We see people and […]
Mind Control Party Wizard
Social Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov10_Post.mp4 Other people’s opinions of us is important. Even though we’d like to pretend otherwise. Consider this mental experiment. You find yourself at a party. Filled with interesting people. Attractive people, connected people, respected people, high status people. Which would you rather have? You leaving the […]
Funny Brain Hacks
Backdoor Baby https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov09_Post.mp4 Plenty of video games have cheats. Even way back in Junior High School, when Pac Man was popular, there were “cheats.” Kinds of patterns you could learn and memorize to beat the game. This was way back before the internet, even before cell phones. So to get a […]
How To Take Brains Offline
Snap Out Of It! https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov08_Post.mp4 There’s a common scene that used to be in the movies. Not so much any more, because if it were, it would be roundly criticized. The scene is when somebody starts to lose control. They’re in some kind of situation where everybody needs their wits. But […]
Leave A Lasting Love Impression
So Important? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov07_Post.mp4 They say you can never make another first impression. This is true, but not like the way people interpret it. Saying you can never make another first impression is like saying you can’t go back in time. This doesn’t say ANYTHING about what the first impression is, was, or […]
Never Get Flaked On Again
Imagined Connection https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov06_Post.mp4 There’s a common theme you’ll find in movies. And in real life. In the movies, it plays out like this. Guy meets girl. They talk for a while. Maybe set up a date and get together. One of them says, or demonstrates through their behavior, they’re […]
Organic Feedback Love Loops
Didn’t See It Coming https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov05_Post.mp4 The best conversations are spontaneous. The ones that just flow. The best stand up comedians, who have practiced their routine over and over, make it seem like it is spontaneous. Actors do scenes a kajillion times until they get it “right.” So that it seems spontaneous. […]
Prerequisite For Greatness
Who To Choose https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov04_Post.mp4 Once upon a time, there was a small town in ancient China. This town, like many small towns in American Westerns, had a problem. There were some bad guys coming. And these poor townspeople suspected these bad guys were going to do bad things. So they decided […]
Self Actualized Brain
Trainwreck Study https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov03_Post.mp4 Lately I’ve been passively studying the French Revolution. Turns out it is way more complicated than I thought. A whole bunch of trainwreck events happened on after the other. It started off with a bunch of debt by King Louis XVI. Dude was spending tons of money on […]
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