Pressure https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar29_Post.mp4 I have an Instant Pot. When I first got it, I was a bit worried. A high pressure cooker. I was worried it might explode, killing me and everybody within a ten mile radius. The very first time I opened it, after cooking something, I kind of flinched. […]
The Rare And Subtle Confidence Frame
Respectful Advice https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun04_Post.mp4 About ten years or so ago, I was in Bangkok. I was acting like a typical tourist. Walking around with a my guidebook, trying to hit all the recommended spots. I was looking for the spot in the guide that recommended the river barge. The place to get […]
Become Everybody’s Fantasy
Two Sides To Everything https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar16_Post.mp4 There are two models to sales. Kind of on two opposite extremes. Both are useful under various situations. First, there’s the numbers game model. Where you spend all your time putting as many cold leads into your sales funnel as possible. This has very little […]
Jesus Origin Story
A Walk In The Park I just moved to a new neighborhood. There are lots of parks, and there’s this one walking path that kind of snakes it way through all of them. It’s a cement path for both walking and biking. Most of the parks are long and narrow. They are kind of […]
Musical Arts And Prosperity
Street Guitarist Occasionally I’ll see this guy playing guitar, acoustic guitar on the street. This is remarkable not because of the music that he plays, he’s remarkable because he always has his guitar case lying open and it is always filled with money. Not just singles but fives and tens and hundreds. I’ve always […]
The Transmitted Gift
Last Semester In College The very last semester of college for me was chaotic enlightening and very life-changing. I lived in a house with a bunch of other guys. When I moved in they had already arranged the rental agreement with the owner. They had been living there for about a semester before I lived […]
Meat Pie Pareto Principle
What To Eat? The other day I was at home wondering what to eat for dinner. It turned out to be a horrible mistake. I decided to go down to the grocery store. I had been trying out that one meal per day plan, unfortunately I chose the wrong thing to eat. I ended […]
The Transitionist
Woman From My Building There’s a woman who lives near my apartment. She lives in the same building, she parks kind of close to where I park and sometimes when we’re leaving we see each other. Sometimes when we’re coming back we see each other. She seems friendly. We each usually nod to each […]
Blind Date Horror Story
No Expectations I have a friend that likes to set me up on blind dates. She’s been doing it for quite a while. I learned a long time ago that the best way to approach this is to go on there without any expectations whatsoever. No expectations that we’ll click romantically. No expectations that […]
Origin Story Erasure
Dale Carnegie’s Brilliance Before Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People he did an extensive public speaking workshop for many years. He found through this workshop all the techniques and all the details and strategies that he later wrote and How to Win Friends and Influence People. That’s what makes this […]