Invent And Replicate https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr11_Post.mp4 Once, a long time ago, I was hanging out in this laboratory. A place I worked right after college. An engineer and myself were doing an experiment. We were using something called “protamine.” This was to counter the effects of heparin. Heparin is the natural anticoagulant […]
F-Bomb Origin Story
F-Bomb Origin Story Don’t Say That! https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr06_Post.mp4 Most adults know to monitor their own speech when kids are around. If you accidentally drop and F-bomb, the kids will pick it up. If you are visiting a friend that has kids, you might have heard them say: “Don’t teach them any bad habits.” […]
Your 50% Personality Flexibility
Your Best Self https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr05_Post.mp4 What makes up who you are? On a day to day level, nobody really knows. We have a kind of short term memory of how we WERE. And a kind of short term expectation of how we will BE. And so long as you’ve got a lot […]
Custom Programmed Confirmation Bias
Deeper Meaning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr02_Post.mp4 A common phrase from self help is: What the thinker thinks, the prover proves. This is essentially a description of our confirmation bias. What we think is true, our confirmation bias will point it out. Imagine that your confirmation bias is like a very loyal employee. Only […]
Create Positive Cycles At Will
Once You See Them https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr01_Post.mp4 Many things are invisible. But once you calibrate your mind to see them, you’ll see them everywhere. Their not really invisible, but intangible. A description of a process. A metaphor. One such metaphor is the reinforcing cycle, or loop. For example, think of something […]
What If Your Memories Were False?
Self Awareness Deception https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar29_Post.mp4 Once I had to go to traffic school. Where you avoid getting hit by a moving violation, so your insurance doesn’t go up. You still gotta pay the fine, but at least nothing goes on your record. The teacher I had was pretty interesting. A lot of […]
Play The Most Ancient Game
Maslow’s Mistake https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar26_Post.mp4 What does it mean to be self-actualized? This is the top of Maslow’s hierarchy. Maslow’s hierarchy is something that is kind of misunderstood. It’s one of those things that’s kind of repeated so much it’s believed to be an iron clad law of human nature. In reality, the […]
The Money Life Game
One Causes The Other https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar25_Post.mp4 One old law from Economics is called “Say’s Law,” from a guy named Say. Basically, it says that production creates its own demand. This is very DIFFERENT from the idea of building a better mousetrap and the world beating a path to your door. Say’s law is […]
Destroy Imposter Syndrome
Self Sabotage Origins https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar24_Post.mp4 Self sabotage is a common problem. And often it happens before we do anything. It’s commonly described when somebody is playing out of their league. A common TV or movie trope is the guy or gal who is dating somebody THEY think is way out of their league. […]
Peel Back Layers of Deception
Subliminal Popcorn https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar23_Post_1.mp4 There was a famous experiment done back in the fifties. Where they blasted subliminal messages to a movie audience. And, as the mythology goes, they sold more coke and popcorn to people because of these subliminal messages. If you are a big fan of conspiracy theories, the idea of […]
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