Easy At First https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept27_Post.mp3 A long time ago, I went skiing for the first time. With my boy scout troop. At first it was pretty cool. On what they call the “bunny slope.” But after that, it got even cooler. Except for what they call “moguls.” These can be […]
World Domination Secrets
Asian Trade https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept26_Post.mp3 During the middle ages, all the different European countries were battling for trade supremacy. Everybody in Europe was crazy about Asian goods. Spices from the spice islands, textiles from China, etc. This was the same back during the Roman Empire. Rome had a huge trade deficit with the […]
Historical Wealth Building
What Really Happened? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept25_Post.mp3 I’m a huge fan of history. There are plenty of ways to study history. Or to simply enjoy expanding your knowledge about history. But one thing about history is that it’s not really “history” like we think. It’s far from a collection of dates and events and […]
Luck Money And Imaginations
Lucky Money https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept15_Post.mp3 I’ve had a few experiences getting lucky in Las Vegas. They all play out more or less the same. My friends and I show up on, say, Friday afternoon. Really good mood. Have a couple of drinks in the room, get showered and changed and then hit the […]
Two Sided Luck
Fearless Brain https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept10_Post.mp3 I read an inspiring quote the other day, from Rocky Marciano, famous world champion boxer. “In the ring I never knew fear.” What does this mean? One thing is his brain was fully present. No clutter from second guessing or anxiety. The cherished flow state. The […]
Scientific Attraction
Monkey People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept07_Post.mp3 Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist. He had a couple of interesting ideas. One is something called a Dunbar Number. The number of people we can keep track of in our brains. For humans, this is about 150. Meaning you have space in your brain to instantly recall […]
Face Down The World
Eastern Riches https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept05_Post.mp3 One of the greatest “rags to riches” story is about Japan. And how they became super wealthy very quickly. It all started with the British and the opium trade in China. As it happened historically, the British Empire was at its strongest, when the Chinese, during the waning Qing […]
Ambition Energy
Food Chasers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug25_Post.mp3 A long, long time ago, we were persistence hunters. Or so some anthropologists believe. This is why we have arched feet and relatively hairless, sweaty bodies. The arched feet help us run for a long time without damaging our joints. Kind of like shock absorbers. Our sweaty […]
Choose Your Archetype
Choose Your Role https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug24_Post.mp3 We humans love stories. And within these stories there are common archetypes. One that I like is the Jack Reacher type. He’s very much like the Clint Eastwood, “man with no name.” Which was modeled after a similar character played by Toshiro Mifune. Eastwood’s character was […]
Build Your Future Now
Future Projections https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug23_Post.mp3 I used to like reading Stephen King. Lately, not so much. But I remember one of his characters had what people would call “OCD.” Turns out OCD is a real disorder and those who really DO have OCD don’t like that people claim to have OCD, in a self-deprecating, […]
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