Usage Unknown https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun14_Post.mp3 Imagine having a humongous collection of tools. A huge garage with tools on all kinds of racks and in boxes and carefully organized. Maybe you bought the house on the cheap from an estate sale or something. And it came with all the tools. So, you figured, you’d […]
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. […]
Socratic Party Love
Party Killer https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr08_Post.mp4 Socrates was a smart dude. But not the nicest guy you’d meet. He had perhaps the most anti-party skill ever. Everybody’s met somebody who is like Socrates. Not as smart, but the same kind of mindset. The guy or gal who needs to assert their intellectual dominance. […]
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 […]
The Dark Triad Of Love
Dark Secrets https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jan19_Post.mp4 There’s a few potentially disconcerting ideas when it comes to attraction. For example, there’s the uncomfortable idea that girls go for “bad boy” types when they “should” go for the safer choice. But this is kind of like food. Attraction for people and attraction for food are driven by […]
Protect Your Mind Integrity
Randomness https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jan17_Post.mp4 Few people ever put much thought into words. At least during regular conversations. During important conversations we do. First dates, job interviews, presentations, etc. But these words in these important situations aren’t really as good as they could be. Speaking elegantly, articulately and eloquently is very impressive. […]
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 […]
Your Ancient Reserve Of Ambition
Unknown Extra https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec26_Post.mp4 Once, way back in college, I borrowed my friends motorcycle. On the way back from wherever I was going, I ran out of gas. So I walked back home. My friend asked where his bike was. I explained, and he shook his head. We walked to his […]