Why Most Of Us Can’t Think Once upon a time a very timid fellow decides to take an ocean cruise. He was very worried, as he’d never been out on the ocean. After the first couple days, he felt brave enough to venture out on the deck. But as luck would have it, as soon […]
Authority Paradox
The Guy In Charge Said So One of the go-to ways for most of us silly humans to figure out what’s what is to see what somebody in charge says. Study after study shows this. They put ten people in a room, and dump in an unexpected and complicated task. Time after time, people will […]
Surefire Conversational Skills
How To Get Anybody Feeling Positive In A Hurry One of the reasons we keep ourselves from starting conversations with people is we don’t know what to say. Even if we have a couple of openers, carrying on the conversation is difficult. As soon as we hit one of those uncomfortable silences, both parties start […]
Hypnosis Party Tricks
Brain Party Hacks There are plenty of reasons to learn hypnosis. Self hypnosis to sleep better, play better golf, overcome social anxiety so you can more easily get out there and get some. Then there is straight up, watch-swinging hypnosis. Direct hypnosis or overt hypnosis. It comes in many names. Direct hypnosis is very […]
How To Kill Social Anxiety
Everybody’s Got It There are many truths about humans and human nature. Here are two: All people have social anxiety. All people would like to have less social anxiety. Consider this a given. Many people would like to go out and meet people, but they say, “Yeah, but I have social anxiety!” Unfortunately, some people […]
How To Start And Maintain A Conversation With Anybody
Why Social Anxiety Exists Social skills are coveted by many, but they are also the most difficult to practice. This is the problem that keeps many of us from actively improving our social skills. Most of us don’t improve our skills to begin with, since practicing is pretty boring. Many people would love to play […]
How To Develop Presence
Frame And Presence – Same Or Different? If somebody has a strong presence, it’s generally meant to be a good thing. The idea of presence isn’t always associated with personality, or conversational skills. The idea of having a strong presence can be associated with somebody who just walks into a room. What Is Presence? […]
Equilibrium Paradox
How Much Do You Need? Most of us have a curious belief about some big thing that we want. This can either be a thing, a certain amount of money, or even a long range goal. The belief that we hold about this is that once we get that “thing,” whatever it happens to be, […]
Paradox Of Frustration
Embrace Your Anger Nobody likes frustration. We do everything we can to avoid frustration. Lots of advertisements are specifically allude that if we buy the product, our frustrations will be a thing of the past. In fact, one of the most common copywriting techniques is to pace the frustration of your target, expand it, and […]
Talisman
How To Create A Magic Talisman It’s common in many movies for the hero to have some type of magic object that helps him or her kill the bad guy. Harry Potter had his wand, Luke and all the other Jedi’s have their light saber, Lancelot had the sword from the stone. In this post […]