Shooting Only https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec04_Loop.mp3 The idea of being “outcome independent” has been around for a long time. At least a couple thousand years. It’s one of the prime recommendations of stoicism. To focus on the shooting of the arrow, and not on the hitting of the target. This is exactly why they […]
Love Mind Drug
Cult Sex https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov30_Post.mp3 I’ve always been interested in cults. So I watch any kind of cult documentary that comes my way. Recently, I watched one about a “sex cult.” The cult was run by a woman in San Francisco. She had a kind of weird take on the female orgasm. […]
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 […]
Rule Every Party
Humor Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov11_Post.mp3 Some people have a huge collection of jokes. They hear them and they remember them. They’ve got so many jokes in their brain, every time somebody refers to something, they’ve got a relevant joke. “Hey, that reminds me of the one about the penguin who decided to become a […]
Shortcut To Domination
Rules Of Earth https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov06_Post.mp3 Life is a non-stop Pareto distribution death match. This is a very, very harsh truth. Way harsher than your average “red pill” truth. What is a Pareto distribution? Another way to describe the 80-20 rule. 20% of any system does 80% of the work. Look […]
Hack Their Brains
Easy Brains https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov05_Post.mp3 There are plenty of hacks in human language and in human thinking. Noam Chomsky, the inventor of “Transformational Grammar” demonstrated that a sentence can both be grammatically correct and utterly meaningless. The example: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. There are plenty of ways to do both. Hack […]
The Ultimate Halo Effect
Following Orders https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov02_Post.mp3 Way back after WWII, they put all the Nazis on trial. “Why did you do that?” they asked. They more or less gave the same answer. “I was just following orders,” they said. Nobody believed them. So one guy, Milgram, set up an experiment. The guy […]
House Party Frame
Good Cheesy Advice https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct25_Post.mp3 There’s a piece of advice for actors. One that sounds kind of cheesy. And that is to “own your space.” This can help you become much more believable. Much more confident. This is related to the idea of “home field advantage.” When you’re playing home […]
Truly Attractive Leadership
Easily Stand Out https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct22_Post.mp3 Very few people are confident today. Very few people are assertive today. One of the greatest tragedies in recent history was the KGB vs The Russian Citizens. Most of the time, any interaction between the KGB and the citizens, the citizens always had the advantage, at least in […]
Dominate With Patience
Embrace Competition https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct18_Post.mp3 If you want to get more than others, you need to do more than others. This is an uncomfortable truth most people don’t like to hear. When it comes to personal development, most people very much like to believe in magic. The magic chant you can say to get […]
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