Imaginary Friends https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July31_Post.mp3 There’s an NLP strategy that can help you eliminate social anxiety. Get rid of any kind of worry about what to say or do. It’s based on our ancient storytelling instinct. Stories give us access to role models far better than the ones in real life. Tribes that […]
Use Your Words Well
Necessary Imaginations https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July13_Post.mp3 Imagine two tribes of humans way back in the day. The caveman days. Both told stories around the campfire every night. Stories filled with heroes and monsters. One tribe saw them as stories. Entertaining, yes, but still only stories. The characters weren’t really real. The […]
The Greatest Storyteller On Earth
Who Are We? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun01_Post.mp3 There’s a lot of “narrative fighting” going on today. We can imagine way back in the day, before farming. A bunch of caveman hanging around the campfire. Telling stories. What kind of stories? Stories about who they were, where they came from. Their heroes, or […]
Secret Ruler
Orphan Hero https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May30_Post.mp3 Every hero starts out as an orphan. Why is this? A common question about “why things are like is” in the form of: Why did they make it this way? This basic question, the structure of the question, reveals a lot about human nature. Namely, we always […]
Too Man Rabbits?
One Direction https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar19_Post.mp4 They say a dog can’t chase two rabbits. A metaphor for having two intentions. This is somewhat like when Tom Cruise was getting the crap kicked out of him in the movie, “The Lasts Samurai.” Then a little kid give him some advice. “You have too many minds.” […]
Leverage Imaginary Power
Fiction Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar12_Post.mp4 Movies are fantastic. Books are fantastic. Stories are fantastic. Ever since the dawn of time, we’ve been telling each other stories. This clearly is a instinct. Whenever you can find something that exists in all cultures now, and has existed in all cultures before, chances are it’s […]
James Bond Confidence
Learning People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb04_Post.mp4 Humans have a lot of instincts. And we have a ton of learning capabilities. And once we learn something “by heart” it becomes “second nature.” Our “first” nature are the things that are part of our factory settings. Our “second” nature are the things we train to the […]
The Three Parts Of You
All Aboard https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July27_Post.mp4 Plenty of movies have very specific archetypes. There are twelve basic archetypes you’ll find in most movies, books, stories, legends. But there are also common collections of groups. The various Seven Samurai, from the famous movie, are essentially replicated in the first Star Wars. Luke, Obi Won, Han […]
Borrow The Power Of The Gods
Collective Mind https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July14_Post.mp4 Humans have something called a collective memory. What the heck is this? Many animals can learn. Either organically, or be deliberately trained. But humans can learn from our own memories. And those memories can be completely artificial. How? Some guys come back with some weird […]
Real Heroes And Fake Bullies
Gods and Men https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr19_Post.mp4 What do super heroes do? Protect the weak against the evil. What do super villains do? The use their powers to amass power and wealth, at the expense of the law abiding citizens. Modern comic book superhero’s represent the absolute idealized version of a more standard, mythological […]