Cheaters https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Apr06_Post.mp3 Long time ago I watched this interesting guy on late night TV. This guy had been a professor for a long time. He wrote a book about all the ways students figured out how to cheat. This was all before the Internet. Some of his students went to great […]
Elegant Language
Practice Makes Better https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr10_Post.mp4 Over a billion people in the world practice some form of martial art. Many practice a slow moving kind. Like Tai Chi or Qi Gong. Not for fighting, but derived from fighting. Moving energy around. Increasing health, posture, sleep, organ function, etc. As legend has […]
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 […]
One Phrase To Rule Them All
Words And Thoughts https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr25_Post.mp4 The power of language is the other side of the power of thought. Nobody, even the world’s best scientists are sure how, specifically, they are connected. People do make assumptions about you if you don’t say much. Beyond language, we still have a lot of ways to measure […]
Two Critical Origin Stories
Fear Of Death https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr21_Post.mp4 Milton Erickson was very much like Walter White. Erickson was a real guy, White is a fictional character. Walter White and Breaking Bad are considered top level TV. Walter White has a very compelling character arc. Underachieving guy turns into evil genius. But the arc from […]
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 […]
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 […]
How To Handle Insults
Insult Defense System A much sought after skill is the ability to defend against insults. Much like physical defense, feeling vulnerable can put a serious dent in your ability to get out and enjoy life. From a purely physical standpoint, if you don’t feel physically safe enough to leave your house, the world can be […]