Two Sides Of A Deadly Coin Way back in the day, we humans lived in small tribes of a few hundred people. Life was harsh. Getting food was difficult and dangerous. Predators were everywhere, and the food tended to run away. Animals didn’t want to be killed and eaten. Hunter Gather Instincts We humans […]
Brainless Human Syndrome
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 […]
Collapse
Success Rate Of Zero Humans have gone through two types of societal organization. One has been stable, the other has not. In this post, we will endeavor to explain precisely why this second type of society always ends in collapse. It is far beyond the scope to come up with any large scale remedies to […]
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 […]
Guru Trap
(To read about the book, The Guru Trap, please click here.) How To Avoid Being Led Astray People love following gurus. The word itself is a religious term meaning “teacher” or “priest.” But it also means the guy people follow in self-development or financial circles. It’s one thing to learn some useful information from […]
Social Sleight of Mouth
Insane Frame Building Sleight of Mouth (SOM) is a very powerful set of tools to overcome objections on a linguistic-logical level. However, they work for a lot of reasons besides the way people think they work. For example, let’s consider a very common price objection, which serves as a model in many books and courses […]
The Dating Instinct
History Of Male Female Relationships Modern relationships are in a state never experienced before. To understand why, we need to take a quick view of the history of male-female relationships, going as far back as we can. We’ll have to make some educated guesses, but the result will be enlightening. It may also be a […]
Social Media Addiction
Why It Exists And How To Stop It It’s hard for most people to step away from social media for every long. We post things, and we check to see if our posts were liked by others. Virtually all sites that run on user created content leverage some very powerful triggers. Cialdini Is Everywhere […]