Self Reward https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug29_Post.mp3 One very powerful way to get motivated is to put something on other side of the achievement. This is one thing people tend to misunderstand. This is where the goofy idea of “vision boards” comes from. You have this vague dream of success. Not a plan, a very […]
Sharpen Your Thinking Skills
Long Game https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug20_Post.mp3 There’s an interesting theory posed by an economist. A couple of economists actually. The first compared life before agriculture to life after agriculture. When you are a hunter gatherer, you are always living in the now. If you are hungry, you go out and kill something now and […]
Three Rules of Alexander
Toe Touching https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr18_Post.mp3 Flexibility is important. In the harsh world of being able to touch your toes. And in the metaphorical realm. Alexander the Great, for example, was extremely flexible with his battle strategies. In part, because his army was made up of a bunch of Greek dudes who’d been fighting […]
Better Than Now
Jumbled Salads https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr15_Post.mp4 The words we use are very important. Very few realize this. The human experience is pretty basic. From an objective, engineering standpoint. We want things. We will always want things. And these things are only under a few categories. Love, money, sex, health, social validation. […]
Out Game Everybody
Many Moves Ahead https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr07_Post.mp4 There’s a common scene in a lot of movies. Sometimes they’re actually playing chess. Other times they’re using chess metaphors. The metaphors are centered around who’s got the best strategies. Like one guy will say, “I’ve got you in five moves.” But then the other guy […]
Change Your Brain
Nomads Vs. Empires https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr06_Post.mp4 Twice in history there were silk roads. At the time, they didn’t call them silk roads. This was a label given to that situation much, much later. Both situations were long trade routes. European empires on one side, and Chinese empires on the other. One or […]
Always Better Now
Inside Your Brain https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr02_Post.mp4 No matter where you go, there you are. This is a quote from Buckaroo Banzai. Maybe not from him, but whoever wrote the book. Or maybe not from him, something he heard, as it’s a pretty common idea. We are always somewhere. Wherever we are, there […]
Massive Respect and Admiration
Money Cheaters https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/Jan02_Post.mp4 Some people in society make a ton of money. Most don’t. A common “complaint” about those who make a ton of money is that the are “cheating” somehow. And in the past few years, they are. This is a function of our financial system. It’s very easy […]
Las Vegas Investment Strategy
Up And Down https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July04_Post.mp4 Many people experience the yo-yo diet syndrome. Not just in dieting, but in any area of self improvement. For the diet, it’s pretty simple. You look at yourself in the mirror, and you are disgusted. So you create a ton of motivation to get rid of that […]
Release The Anchor Of Death
Sunken Metaphor https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun19_Post.mp4 Once there was a guy on a ship. His first time on a ship. And he was on the deck, carefully walking around. He wasn’t a big fan of the ocean, but so far he was having a pretty good time. Then he heard some thunder off in […]
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