Public Speaking https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov08_Post.mp3 They say whenever you give a speech, it’s a good idea to be introduced by somebody else. And to reference you along with some kind of authority sounding ideas. “Coming up next is Tom Jones, author of seven books and with years of experience teaching about X, Y and Z […]
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 […]
Qualify The World
Public Screaming https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov04_Post.mp3 A long time ago I went to Toastmasters. A pretty fun experience. One speech I gave was all about fear. How it clouds your thinking, makes you much more inefficient, etc. The club met in a big bookstore with a coffee shop. So in front of the […]
Attractive Frame Practice
Continuous Improvement https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept30_Post.mp3 Everything you want to get better at takes practice. This is a harsh truth, especially in the realm of interpersonal skills. This is why they have clubs like Toastmasters. Groups of helpful friendly people who help each other become better, more confident, more competent speakers. Way back during […]
Fake Security Blankets
Stop Hiding https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug08_Post.mp3 Once upon a time there was this golden Buddha statue. Way back in the day, in Thailand. But then the Burmese were getting ready to invade. Many of the smaller national treasures were hidden. Except for this golden Buddha. It was too big. So they covered […]
Easy Social Domination
Love Origin Story https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun11_Post.mp3 Let’s do a mental experiment. Let’s imagine you are at a social gathering. And you see somebody. They are, at least physically, your perfect type. They catch you looking at them and they smile. You are feeling pretty confident. You smile back. You play […]
Walk Up Rocks
Rock Man https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar09_Post.mp4 Once a I went rock climbing with a friend. A long time ago. And climbs are rated kind of like Earthquakes. On a log scale. So a 6.0 climb is twice as hard as a 5.0 climb. And at the time, I felt comfortable on a 5.5 […]
Black Swan Love
Movie Meaning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar07_Post.mp4 The movie Black Swan was one of those movies that is open to interpretation. My own take was it was kind of a metaphorical “coming of age movie.” The protagonist was leaving behind the easy life of childhood, and embracing the harsh world of adulthood. One of my pieces […]
Easily Interact With Strangers
One Cells To Now https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec23_Post.mp4 How did life evolve from single celled organisms to what we have today? One theory is kind of like the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup origin story. A commercial way back in the day. A guy was eating peanut butter, and he bumped into a lady eating chocolate. […]
The Old Friend Seduction Frame
Friendly Frame https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec21_Post.mp4 Most everybody suffers from social anxiety. Most everybody behaves in a much more constrained way around strangers than friends. Particularly old friends. When you’re around old friends, you drop more f-bombs, tell crasser jokes and generally let it all hang out. But when talking to a stranger? […]
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