Stock Charts If you study stock charts, it seems very easy to understand how to make money in the stock market. With all the various indicators, the moving averages, various overbought and oversold indicators, MACD, volume indicators, it seems simple from a purely intellectual standpoint. But as soon as you invest your money, […]
Sewer Living Thrill Seekers
Crazy Hobbies I have this friend, and this guy is absolutely insane. I mean, not locked up in a lunatic asylum insane. He makes pretty good money, but this guy just likes to do insane things for fun. He likes to do dangerous things for fun. Geo-Caching https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept17Loop.mp4 His latest hobby […]
Trade Magic Economics
Shoe Trader I read this story about a guy. He got a pair of shoes for Christmas or something. He kept them in the box. Then like six months later, he traded them for a skateboard. But then he kept the skateboard. Didn’t use it. And traded it for something else. And he kept […]
Persistence Inventing
Sweaty Humans One of the strange things that separates us humans from the rest of the primates is that we don’t have much body hair. We also sweat, which is something no other animal does. And we have arched feet. Surprisingly, these three traits allowed us to do something very useful in our very ancient […]
Necessity Of Competition
High School Blunder When I was in high school, about 100 years ago, I ran track and I ran cross-country. I got into the habit of jogging after school a couple days a week and one day I was out jogging and a friend of mine that I worked with saw me. He called […]
Paradox Of Achievement
Four Minute Mile This is a common story that is told in many forms. It’s commonly uses as a self-help metaphor. An “if you believe it, then you can achieve it,” metaphor. These types of metaphors are used to combat the normal human, “I won’t believe it until I see it” response. Roger Bannister […]
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 […]
Might Makes Right
Survival Of The Fittest Once upon a time there was no life on Earth. Then something happened (aliens, meteor, lightning, hand of God, etc.) and there was a life form. Maybe a bunch. But they were very simple. They needed to eat, or get some kind of energy from their environment. And for some weird […]
Unlimited Endurance – Tap Vast Resources Of Energy and Stamina
Instructions: Listen to this recording WHILE exercising, studying, etc. This is a high beta brainwave entrainment file that will increase stamina and energy. Do not listen for extended periods of time. With any studying or exercise regime, taking sporadic breaks is best. Beware of dangers of sleep deprivation. Do not go without sleep for extended […]