Master Key https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Apr27_Post.mp3 Without question, confidence is one of the best qualities you can develop. From a purely mind-body engineering standpoint, confidence effects how you perceive the world. If you are lacking confidence, your confirmation bias will shift to point out all the dangers. If you are filled with confidence, your confirmation […]
Gorilla Bias Technique
Did You See That? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec12_Post.mp3 Here’s basic theory on how we may develop unhelpful beliefs. Beliefs are kind of like filters between the world and our brain. Some are built in, some are learned. Anyhow, here’s what happens. There is the first event. Something that happens unexpectedly and gives us […]
Trifecta of Greatness
Complex Simplicity https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun24_Post.mp3 Humans are goal seeking organisms. All animals are goal seeking organisms. But humans are much, much more complex. We were calibrated to live in small, tightly organized groups. Where everybody grew up knowing everybody else. And to make it simpler, Mother Nature gave us each a singular […]
Bird Brain Chaos
Chaos Birds https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr29_Post.mp3 A murmuration of starlings is a pretty cool thing. This when a hundred or so birds start to fly around in circles. Not really circles, but in a kind of relatively small space. Compared to the sky. Where the birds are making all these cool shapes that keep […]
Leverage Your Poor Memory
Um… What? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar11_Post.mp4 Human memory is very faulty. If a crime allegedly happens, and all they have are eyewitnesses, they won’t prosecute. It’s very difficult to prosecute something ONLY because somebody said they saw him do this. Sure, there are exceptions, but these are the exceptions that prove the rule. Imagine […]
Cookies Kids And Cubes
Explain Yourself https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar08_Post.mp4 I heard an interesting story once. A guy was teaching a seminar. And asked how many sides does a cube have. One guy raised his hand. “Two,” he said. “Explain yourself,” said the instructor. “Inside and outside” he replied “Fantastic. Anybody else?” Said the instructor. […]
White Noise Brain Effect
Pork Disaster https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July22_Post.mp4 One critical idea is calibration. This is kind of an abstract concept. But to fully get the most out of life, calibration is absolutely critical. What is calibration? Let’s say you’re having a dinner party. And you’re cooking a pork roast. And the recipe says to […]
Leverage Your Two Powerful Biases
Inside vs. Outside https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May13_Post.mp4 Human nature is pretty simple from an engineering standpoint. Very simple. But looking out into the world through our subjective experience is very, very complicated. Or it SEEMS complicated. Part of this is our unique human ability of meta cognition. Thinking about thinking. Talking about […]
Custom Programmed Confirmation Bias
Deeper Meaning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr02_Post.mp4 A common phrase from self help is: What the thinker thinks, the prover proves. This is essentially a description of our confirmation bias. What we think is true, our confirmation bias will point it out. Imagine that your confirmation bias is like a very loyal employee. Only […]
Tree God Origin Story
Ancient People Once there was a village. Long, long ago. That lived in the forest. Long before science. Long before large cities. Yet after the invention of agriculture. They only knew life. As being dependent on life. Grains and animals. Trees and spirits. As since […]