Wrong Brains https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov12_Post.mp3 There’s a lot of weird studies that show how messed up our brains are. Messed up like those schools that say everybody is above average. Everybody being above average is mathematically impossible. But since few people have a solid grasp on mathematics these days, people can get away with […]
Rule Every Party
Humor Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov11_Post.mp3 Some people have a huge collection of jokes. They hear them and they remember them. They’ve got so many jokes in their brain, every time somebody refers to something, they’ve got a relevant joke. “Hey, that reminds me of the one about the penguin who decided to become a […]
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” […]
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 […]
Godfather Principle
Three Dudes https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct26_Post.mp3 What does Vito Corleone, Charlie Wilson, and FDR all have in common? They all used the same basic persuasion principle. Vito Corleone, of course, was a fictional character. But in the story, he helped out plenty of his Italian immigrant friends in the neighborhood. So later, when he […]
Master Druid Game
Medicine Is Good https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct24_Post.mp3 Modern life is fantastic. Compared to how we lived a few hundred years ago, this is like heaven. Imagine having a horrible toothache a few hundred years ago. The only option was to get it yanked out. No anaesthetic. That wasn’t used until the mid 1800’s. […]
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