Listen First https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec01_Post.mp3 Many folks have tried and failed with Dale Carnegie’s golden advice. And that is to simply let others do most of the talking. To follow the 80-20 rule. To “let” them talk most of the time. This sounds great in theory. But there are two main and […]
Invent The Real You
In Character https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug17_Post.mp3 Way back when Robin Williams was an up and coming comedian, he auditioned for this first TV role, “Mork and Mindy.” He played an alien stuck on earth (named Mork) who lived with a human (Mindy). And he showed up to the audition in character. He sat in his […]
Ego Love
Multi Layered https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar31_Post.mp4 Humans have a ton of instincts. Most of which we have no clue about. Food, sex, status, these are pretty basic. Dudes compete with other dudes. The winners get the social rewards. Fame, money, sex, etc. These are pretty basic. But just like a delicious […]
Magnetize Your Personality
Dismal Baby https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb22_Post.mp4 A basic idea in economics is everybody has unlimited wants and needs. This is one half of the reason why they call economics the “dismal science.” Because while we all have unlimited wants and needs, we are surrounded by a finite amount of stuff. This means there will always […]
Master Your Mind
Watch The World https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb14_Post.mp4 It’s been said that very few people make things happen. Then a slightly larger group sits back and watches things happen. But most people notice the changes and then say: “What happened?” A few very interesting studies have been done about the role of our self consciousness. […]
Ice Cream Or Carrots
Easy Peasy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb09_Post.mp4 Suppose your neighbor came over one day, in a panic. She had a sudden and unexpected problem. A MASSIVE problem. She got called into work and HAD to go. A problem only SHE could solve. Otherwise, planetary mayhem would ensue. Maybe there was an asteroid about […]
Elegant Seduction
Train Wreck https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb08_Post.mp4 There are a lot of problems in today’s society. Many of them can be attributed to something called “instinct mismatch.” Hunger is the easiest to spot. Back in the day, having an uncontrollably STRONG desire to eat was a benefit. Whoever had the strongest desire to eat would […]
The Super Hero Frame
Believable Storytelling https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun03_Post.mp4 A long time ago, I took an acting class. And one of the exercises was to bring in two items. And each item had to have a story. But only one story was true. The game was to try and make BOTH stories sound so believable, that nobody […]
Broke Samurais and Wealthy Romans
PT Barnum PT Barnum famously said there is a sucker born every minute. But what’s commonly not said is a couple of very important corollaries to that statement. The first is that suckers are suckers because they are willing to believe something that is too good to be true. Now, why would […]
The Priestess
Software Expo I went to a software expo nearby my house a couple weeks ago. It wasn’t really a software expo, more like a tech expo, but it was mainly software. Most of the software was for entrepreneurs, home business type people. I saw this one booth that had a kind of interesting looking […]