Ratio of Known To Unknown There’s this very common idea that every single second we have about one million bits of information hitting our senses but at the same time our conscious minds are only capable of perceiving a very, very tiny fraction of that. There is this metaphorical thing, maybe an actual thing, […]
Museum Of Time
Wandering Downtown A couple of weeks ago I was wandering downtown and I came across a clock museum. Now, I had seen this clock museum sign before and I had always assumed it was some kind of a clever marketing gimmick for a a watch shop or a clock shop but it turns out it’s […]
Ancient Sales Techniques
Desperate Client I have a client that I deal with sometimes on Skype once or twice a month. I don’t normally deal one-on-one with clients for various reasons, but this guy had an interesting story I just had to find out if it was true or not. I’m coaching him about various sales techniques […]
The Money Energy Connection
Once Upon A Time There Was No Money I’ve always been interested in the invention of money. Once upon a time there was a bunch of people that were anatomically similar to how we are today but they didn’t have any money. Then there came a time where they needed money. They say that […]
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 […]
Paradox Of Achievement
Four Minute Mile This is a common story that is told in many forms. It’s commonly uses as a self-help metaphor. An “if you believe it, then you can achieve it,” metaphor. These types of metaphors are used to combat the normal human, “I won’t believe it until I see it” response. Roger Bannister […]
Einstein’s Unsolved Paradox
Most people in the world know about Einstein, and how he was a supergenius that most people couldn’t understand. But there was one problem he was never able to solve. It was the “gravity-acceleration” paradox, and it goes like this. Imagine you’re in some room, similar to your room at home. There’s no windows, so […]
The Internal Variable of Guaranteed Success
Einstein famously said that “God does not play dice with the universe.” What does this mean? It means the universe, the physical world “out there,” is governed by repeatable laws. They don’t change, they don’t suddenly come out of nowhere and they don’t suddenly cease to exist. But what about human nature? Human nature is […]