What Happens Next? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July05_Post.mp3 Humans are living in a very unique time. Whether this is the new normal or we’ll have a mean reversion is anybody’s guess. Some say we will not only mean revert, but we’ll mean revert all the way back to the pre-industrial times. The explosion in the past […]
Leverage Human Nature
Similar Creatures https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July01_Post.mp3 Most everybody wants the same things. Most everybody fears the same things. We all must live under the same basic constraints. There are a few basic economic laws that we all must deal with. A couple are opportunity costs and diminishing returns. Opportunity costs are the things […]
Social Competitive Advantage
Nothing Is Easy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May21_Post.mp3 Most of everything is a competition. Nobody likes to hear that. But think of all the things you want, that are easily within your grasp. Things you don’t have, but can get relatively easily. When you choose, there is choice. And among all the choices, you […]
Hobby Practice
Local Guitar Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr25_Post.mp3 Once a friend of mine and I were at this local bar. The bar was locally famous for the band that played there on weekends. Not so much the band, but the guitar player. He had a unique trait that made him very memorable, beyond his guitar playing […]
Midnight Response
Old School Radio https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr21_Post.mp3 When I was much younger, fresh out of college, I listened to a radio station in LA. Driving to and from work. In the morning, they had a talk show duo. Did a lot of funny bits in between the music. During the drive home, it was […]
Change Your Time Space
Lucky People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug11_Post.mp4 There are plenty different reasons for success. Most of which, are not under our control. This is something that’s hard to accept. But random luck has a lot more to do with our lives than anything else. At least for most people. The movie “The Social Network” […]
The Best Acting Role Ever
Never Assume https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug05_Post.mp4 If you study game theory, one of the prime directives is to never assume what the other person’s intentions are. In sports, teams and players do everything they can to fake out their opponents. Even in chess, there are plenty of strategies based on trickery. Why do we humans […]
The Inner Golden You
Inside Magic https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun22_Post.mp4 There’s a cool story about a golden Buddha. The golden Buddha is real. I’ve actually seen it. It’s a popular tourist destination in Thailand. It’s about two meters high, the kind of Buddha that is sitting there cross legged. A very wise smile, and eyes slowly downward. […]
Build The Virtuous Cycle Of Love
Happy Conversations https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun08_Post.mp4 One thing people are terrified of, conversationally, is unexpected questions. Questions that make them feel on the spot. Sales people practice over and over to overcome sales objections. But sales objections aren’t REALLY what they seem to be. If you are selling a car to somebody, and give […]
Love Inducing Psychological Hacks
Brain People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May01_Post.mp4 Marketers are very, very clever. Much more so than academic psychologists. During the 2010’s there was a problem in the field of psychology. Commonly referred to as the “replication problem.” This replication problem was a function of how psychological studies were performed. Firstly, psychological studies that get […]
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