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 […]
Trade Theory
Exchange Is Everywhere A good model through which to view the human experience is that of trade. As we’ll explore in this post, trade is everywhere. Sometimes partly conscious, sometimes completely subconscious. Sometimes alone, sometimes with others. But we humans are always trading. Basic Human Description One way to describe humans as having unlimited […]
Supply and Demand
Secrets Of The Global Brain These two words, supply and demand, seem very simple. They are known and supposedly understood by virtually anybody. They are ubiquitous, and if you know the words, but are a bit sketchy on the concepts, then you will fully understand them by the end of this post. Despite their simplicity, […]
Hallucination
The Human Unique Selling Proposition What is our best feature, as humans? Many people like to talk about this, since we are pretty different from all the other animals. Some don’t even like to accept that we are animals, imagining that we are some special beings above the rest. Chimp DNA But there seems […]
Modeling Magic
Original Learning Techniques Modeling is one of the cornerstones of NLP. It was how NLP was “invented.” (Or discovered or stolen…). Modeling is essentially how humans learn. Unfortunately, the way it’s taught in NLP seminars is a not quite as helpful as it could be. In this post we’ll explain why, and then develop a […]
The Cialdini Trap
The Real Matrix Who is Cialdini, and why the heck is he trapping us? Cialdini did groundbreaking research and wrote a groundbreaking book (and subsequent books) outlining that things that influence us when we make decisions. Each one of these has been established through various testing and decades of marketing by advertisers. These are […]
The Myth Of Complacency
Why Risk And Uncertainty Is Scary We humans don’t like doing new things. Our brains very much like to settle into as many auto pilot situations as we can. Much of our thinking patterns and collections of biases evolved to cut down on thinking energy. Because our brains are a pretty expensive organ (operational calories […]
Time Preference – The Ultimate Life Skill
Body Moving If you were an athlete, you would need a lot of skills, depending on the sport. A sprinter would need different skills from an NLF lineman. A world class table tennis player would need different skills than a NHL goalie. But when looking at all sports, some skills are much more generalized across […]
Super Human Intelligence – Unlock Your Inner Genius – Develop Your Super Brain
Instructions: Visualize anything that represents you demonstrating your intellectual capabilities. Solving complicated problems while scientists look on in awe. Writing complicate equations on a chalkboard while world leaders look on with respect. Working behind a vast computer control console in charge of history changing equipment. Best used in conjunction with the Intelligence Accelerator Training Course. […]
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