Flow State https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec05_Post.mp3 Being outcome independent is a very, very pleasant state of mind. We all want more or less the same stuff. More money, better relationships, better jobs, etc. But getting those things is the difficult part. You may even say this is our “purpose.” To keep searching for […]
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 […]
Mind Altering Party Hero
Forget Truth https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov10_Post.mp3 There are two basic approaches when it comes to truth. One is the Socratic method. To simply sit back, turn off your ego, and ask simple questions. Questions that will eventually prove to your conversational partner that nothing they believe to be true really is true. This can […]
Brain Bending Word Hacks
Squishy Meaning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov09_Post.mp3 Reframing is very powerful linguistic tool. Basically it’s the art of saying, “This doesn’t mean this, this means that.” You can use these in sales, by taking objections and turning them into reasons to buy. You can use these in dating, in the early phases or the later, stable […]
Simple Frame Domination
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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