Which Came First? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun26_Post.mp3 There are two, very broad, competing theories of history. One is that history is made up by powerful dudes making pivotal decisions. The other is that history more or less unfolds on it’s own, and when possible, people try and take credit for the good stuff. I tend […]
Attract Genuine Smiles
Monkey Magnets https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun23_Post.mp3 People naturally gravitate to other people. We are not only pack animals, but we are hierarchical pack animals. Self organizing hierarchical pack animals. Everywhere you go, you see this. Teams, companies, organizations, governments, militaries, households, even groups of friends. It’s an interesting social experiment to do this. […]
The Stradivarius Seduction Pattern
Learning Rhythm https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug16_Post.mp4 One time, way back in college, I took a jazz appreciation class. I knew nothing about music, at all, at the time. But I was a fan of blues-based rock. Rolling stones, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, etc. And much to my surprise, I learned a lot of […]
Maximum Love Transactions
Toy Story https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July08_Post.mp4 Imagine if you’d decided to clean up your attic. Or basement or whatever. And you found a TON of trading cards that you forgot you had. Or any kind of toys you can imagine finding. And you did some checking online, and found they were worth a TON […]
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 […]
Nested Frame Control
Gonna Get Fired I had only been at my first job after college for three months before I made a horrific mistake that I thought would forever banish me to homelessness and life in the bushes with only an empty bottle of whiskey for a companion. I was working in the laboratory for a […]
Golden Rules of Persuasion
Old Job Selling Cars A long time ago I used to sell cars. It was the first sales job I’ve ever had. I learned quite a bit about persuasion and sales at this job. When I worked there you had to work there for at least a month to prove that you weren’t going to […]
Natural Charisma
Player From College I used to to know this guy in college. Me and my friends would hang out with this guy and he was an absolute natural. On the surface he didn’t seem to be different than anybody else. He never talked about picking up girls he never talked about strategies to meet girls. […]
Ancient Frame Battle
Meaning Is Subjective Most farmers would agree that rain is a good thing. Most elementary school kids on a Saturday morning would agree that rain is a bad thing. Meaning is something that is very subjective, very flexible and very relative. One of the best skills you can develop is the ability to consciously […]
Sleight Of Mind
Party Tricks So I was at this party a couple of weeks ago I saw this guy doing some very impressive sleight-of-hand magic tricks. He had a couple of card tricks and he had a couple of coin tricks and he had a sizable crowd and I assumed that he was using magic tricks to […]
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