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 […]
Become A Linguistic Assassin
Magic Words https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr24_Post.mp4 The very first book on NLP was “The Structure of Magic.” How NLP was “discovered” is pretty interesting. It happened way back in the “golden times” of therapy. When more and more people were OK with going to therapy. A growing demand. But BEFORE the insurance industry […]
Covertly Lead Bullies To Destruction
Instinctive Fakeouts https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr22_Post.mp4 One of the “tricks” that athletes use is to get the other play to “commit.” Even animals have this built into them. A gazelle is running away from a lion, the gazelle suddenly turns sharply to the left, the lion changes course, and then the gazelle goes the other way. […]
Practice Being Your Best Self
Critical Skill Creation https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar09_Post.mp4 There is a lot of mixed feeling associated with any kind of “self help.” And nearly all of these are entirely justified. Most of the things people want involve other people. Making more money, creating better relationships. And since these are also the things that TERRIFY us […]
Language Flow State
Unconscious Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar08_Post.mp4 The flow state is a very interesting psychological state. One that sports psychologists have been keenly interested in. One idea is that it represents the top of the Maslow hierarchy. The temporary yet blissful state of “self actualization.” It kind of make sense from a biological, mind-body perspective. […]
Oration Origin Story
Once Upon A Time I have this friend who started going to Toastmasters. He’s really, really, shy and really, really introverted. His boss wants to promote him but this would required he travel around and give speeches on behalf of his company. So he requires that in order to get the promotion, […]
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