Self Help Con? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept10_Post.mp4 There is a common idea that a lot of self help is a con. The evidence seems to support it. People read tons of self help books but never change. But suppose we treat this idea with a bit more scientific objectivity? One thing that’s critical in […]
Checkmate Everybody
Pawn Sacrifice https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept06_Post.mp4 Plenty of movies use chess metaphors. To the extent they can use the chess metaphors that foreshadow the outcome of the movie, all the better. One in particular was “The Last Castle” with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. Redford was the good guy. Gandolfini (the guy who played […]
There’s No Place Like Home
Lost https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug30_Post.mp4 Once I went hiking with a buddy. A week long hike. Part of our plan was to cut across this mountain range. If we walked around the mountain range, it would have taken an extra six hours or so. But if we cut across, like our guidebook recommended was […]
Twin Weapons Of Love
Love Metaphors https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug28_Post.mp4 We use metaphors much more than we realize. Even when we talk about science we use metaphors. If you wanted to read something written in “pure” science, it would be REALLY boring. So any kind of science that makes it to the mainstream has been put through a kind […]
Frequency Instincts
1/2 Sine Wave https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug19_Post.mp4 Imagine some kids playing jump rope. Imagine two of the kids are holding the one long jump rope. And other kids are jumping in and out. What does it take to jump in and out? You have to read the frequency, literally. Jump in, do a […]
The Most Attractive Personality
Accurate Data https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug18_Post.mp4 Marketing studies are difficult. Even more difficult are studies into human physiology of any kind. A true, honest, study must be double blind. This is because we humans communicate a lot, even if we don’t want to. A doctor who KNOWS which are the real pills and which […]
The Stradivarius Seduction Pattern
Learning Rhythm https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug16_Post.mp4 One time, way back in college, I took a jazz appreciation class. I knew nothing about music, at all, at the time. But I was a fan of blues-based rock. Rolling stones, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, etc. And much to my surprise, I learned a lot of […]
Your Secret Competitive Advantage
Lucky Read https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug15_Post.mp4 Once I was playing flag football with some buddies. I was on defense. My job was to count three Mississippi’s and run in at the QB. But when I got to three, something felt a bit off. So I just stood there, not sure what to do. […]
Zero Interest Hamburgers
Spinach https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug14_Post.mp4 Way back in the day, Popeye cartoons were popular. When I was a kid, they had OLD Popeye cartoons on TV. Popeye of course, is the goofy guy who ate spinach, got really strong and beat the crap out of the bad guys. But he had a buddy named Wimpy. […]
Become A Master of Time
Slow People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug13_Post.mp4 The transition from hunting to farming was very, very slow. At least 5,000 years. The last ice age ended about 11,000 years ago. The very first pre-Sumerian cities didn’t pop up until about 5,000 BC or so. What took them so long? The lifestyle of a hunter-gather […]
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