License Scams Getting a license these days to sell something is difficult. A hundred years or so ago, if you wanted to sell something, you just sold it. An interesting problem from game theory is why it’s illegal to advertise cigarettes on TV. Why No Cigarette Ads? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug11Loop.mp4 Most people assume that […]
The Friendly Clock Lady
Looking For The Time I needed a clock, so I went to home depot. I wanted a big, analog clock to put on the wall. Something about a big analog clock up on the wall gives you a different perspective of time than a digital one on your device or in the lower corner of […]
Poison Snakes And Unintended Outcomes
Funeral For A Friend I saw friend a couple of days ago and he was just coming back from a funeral. I asked him who died. He told me, and it happened in an accident that was in the news a few weeks ago about a building that had collapsed. When I first saw […]
Making Money Selling Coffee
Dude Out Of Place There is a coffee shop that I go to regularly, a couple of times a month. There is one person that works there that doesn’t quite fit the type of person you would expect to be working at a coffee shop. You would expect to see people that are younger, […]
Drive By Psychic
So This Friend Set Me Up I had this nice female colleague several years ago. I say nice because she was always trying to set me up with her friends. A lot of guys don’t like this because they don’t like to go on a date with somebody that they might not be attracted […]
Update Strategies Or Die
Lucky Accountaint Once upon a time there was a very introverted accountant. He worked for very large firm. He was very good at his job so he made a lot of money. One summer they had a picnic a company picnic and this introverted accountant won a raffle at the picnic. The prize for […]
Swish Magic
Take Control Of Your Brain The Swish Pattern is one of the earliest techniques from NLP. It’s based on anchoring, which was discovered by Pavlov. To talk about the swish pattern, we need to talk about anchoring. Unfortunately, both of these very easy techniques (you’ll be able to do both effectively after reading this post) […]
Extrovert – Become Outgoing and Confident
Directions: Visualize being outgoing, confident while feeling safe and protected at all times. See yourself smiling and laughing through the eyes of others. See from your own eyes how everybody is interested in what you are saying. Feel the happy energy of the crowd as you enjoy being the center of attention. Develop Unstoppable Social […]
How To Un-Introvert Yourself
There’s lots of ways to classify people. One of my favorites is from “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” Near the end, when they’d finally found the gold. Clint’s character (the famous “man with no name”) said: “There’s two types of people in this world. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You […]