Yo Yo Brain https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Jan28_Post.mp3 There are a lot of structures that you’ll see everywhere, once you learn to notice them. Like the yo-yo diet syndrome. You want to lose weight, and you want to lose a lot. So you start out with tons of motivation. But then you burn out after […]
Destroy Fake Evil
Work Work Work https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Jan24_Post.mp3 One expression from Buddhism is that before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. I watched a documentary a while back about that NXIVM cult. A few people went to jail. But this cult had the idea they were doing something so super […]
End Self Sabotage
Trained Elephant https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Jan22_Post.mp3 There’s a famous story about an elephant. When he was young they kept him tied up. But when he got older they untied him. But he kept staying in the same spot. He still felt as if he were tied up. Because when he was young, every […]
Small Steps To Huge Success
Metaphor Confusion https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct16_Post.mp3 It’s very easy to misunderstand things when we speak in metaphors. Metaphors are descriptions of complex underlying things. They are far from complete. Like the famous “red car effect.” You buy a red car, which sends a signal to your brain. Red cars are important. This […]
Build Massive Charisma
How To Spot https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct05_Post.mp3 If we were to describe what a charismatic person looks like, what would that be? Not how they affect others, or what might be going on in their brain. Only an external, objective description of their behaviors. They would have wider gestures. Their hands and arms would […]
Stand Out In A Crowd
Who Are You? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug16_Post.mp3 There have been a few social experiments regarding perception. Like the famous one where a world class violinist played in the subway all day. Nobody recognized him. He only got a few dollars in his tip hat. On the other hand, a college student and his buddies […]
You Don’t Need Permission
Poser https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug04_Post.mp4 Way back in high school, I dabbled a bit in “punk.” I went to see a few bands. I started listening to some punk records. Really loudly in my room to piss off my parents. But one opening line of a Sex Pistols song stuck with me. It […]
Release Your Inner Conqueror
Imaginary Rope https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug03_Post.mp4 You’ve probably heard the story of the elephant. The one where they tied up an elephant when he was a kid. And by the time he was a big elephant, his trainers didn’t need the rope any more. He’d been conditioned that going too far out would restrict him. […]
Dude, WHAT?!
Come Again? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug02_Post.mp4 Once I was talking to a friend of mine. This guy was Japanese, but pretty fluent in English. Still, there were some issues with pronunciation. He lived in Japan, but had spent time in the UK as an exchange student. We were talking about various types of fast […]
The Vegas Brain Section
Party Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun24_Post.mp4 A very old and widely used phrase is: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” The idea is that Vegas is where you can do things you wouldn’t normally do. So when you and your buddies go to Vegas, it’s understood that nobody talks about this stuff. Within […]