Contests https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Apr11_Post.mp3 Everywhere you go, people are competing. Competition makes up our society. The best job, the best girl, the best clothing, the best “status,” the best approach, the best pick up line, the best reframe. Everybody wants to be on top. Not necessarily consciously, but that instinct is there. […]
Become Approachable
Dangerous Ideas https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov20_Post.mp3 Humans don’t like uncertainty. In fact, historians have said that the history of humans is a history of scared and lazy people doing everything we can to make things safer and easier. Chasing after a wooly mammoth is scary and dangerous, filled with uncertainty. Growing a bunch of corn […]
Build Your Brain
Words Without Voices https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun06_Post.mp3 One of my favorite scenes from TV and Movies is from the first season of “The Last Kingdom.” The English were fighting against the Vikings. And one Viking leader lost a battle, and converted to Christianity. This is more or less historically accurate. In real life, the […]
Creativity Enhancement
Electronics Expo A couple of weeks ago I went to this electronics expo. When I first went I didn’t really know what to expect. I think I saw an ad for it in a magazine that I was reading somewhere outside of my home. I didn’t really think too much about what it was […]
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 […]
Brain Power
Your Most Underutilized Resource What’s your IQ? Before you answer that, consider the structure of that question. The very idea of IQ is considered like somebody’s height. Consider other “What is…” questions about you. What is your degree in? What is your favorite color? What is your wife’s name? What is […]