I Want… https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec06_Post.mp3 Everybody is gun shy about expressing their desires. This is very structural. As children, we keep asking for stuff. And we keep getting told no. And usually, we get told no with not so pleasant body language. So by the time we reach adulthood, most of normal […]
Secrets To Attraction
Listen First https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec01_Post.mp3 Many folks have tried and failed with Dale Carnegie’s golden advice. And that is to simply let others do most of the talking. To follow the 80-20 rule. To “let” them talk most of the time. This sounds great in theory. But there are two main and […]
Dominate Every Situation
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 […]
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 […]
Improv Party Skills
Get Into Character https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov15_Post.mp3 I took an acting class once. It was pretty fun, and apparently I did pretty good. The teacher recommended I take an improv class. Which I thought was only for comedy. But it was for much, much more. How to be spontaneous, even when performing a […]
They’ll Worship You
Rebel Kids https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov07_Post.mp3 Once, way back in high school, my friend and I decided to rebel. To stand up and get ready to leave algebra class BEFORE the bell rang. This was a class where the teacher was pretty lazy. He’d teach for the first half, and then let us “self study” […]
Generate Automatic Authority
Not Spock https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov03_Post.mp3 We humans like to think we are rational, logical creatures. But we really aren’t. That’s not good or bad, that’s just the way it is. For example, in most U.S. Presidential elections, the taller dude wins. Or how about the famous Nixon-Kennedy debate? The first on TV. […]
Ignore False Stories
Nobody Knows Why https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov01_Post.mp3 According To Dr. Cialdini, in his book, “Influence: Science and Practice,” whenever we choose to do something, it’s never a conscious decision. He’s more interested in marketing than psychology. Or for him, psychology is a means to the end of more effective marketing. Anyhow, this is the sequence […]
Willpower Myth
Maps And Territories https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct12_Post.mp3 We humans tend to use a lot of metaphors. Way more than we realize. Metaphors are embedded into our language. Whenever we use an intangible noun in regular speech, we MUST treat it like it’s a real thing. Like a couple who is “going through” some problems. […]
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