What Really Happened? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept25_Post.mp3 I’m a huge fan of history. There are plenty of ways to study history. Or to simply enjoy expanding your knowledge about history. But one thing about history is that it’s not really “history” like we think. It’s far from a collection of dates and events and […]
Leverage Human Nature
Similar Creatures https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July01_Post.mp3 Most everybody wants the same things. Most everybody fears the same things. We all must live under the same basic constraints. There are a few basic economic laws that we all must deal with. A couple are opportunity costs and diminishing returns. Opportunity costs are the things […]
Lessons From A Stock Operator
Reading Tea Leaves https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/22Jun30_Post.mp3 One of my favorite books is called “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” by Jesse Livingston. It was an autobiography of a guy named Jesse Livermore. An old school stock market operator from back during the early 1900’s. He got his start in “bucket shops.” These were essentially […]
Calibrated Love
Jigsaw Lovers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar30_Post.mp4 There are two kinds of charisma. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. One is powerful, but not flexible. One is very flexible, but you don’t notice it until you feel it. The first is the kind of charisma most people have experienced. Those gifted folks. Confident, […]
Leverage The Human Condition
Day Dreamers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb28_Post.mp4 What is human nature? From inside our brains, very complex and hard to answer. But from an external, objective standpoint, pretty easy. Humans are like all other animals. Driven to stay alive and propagate. We need food, we want sex, and we want a positive social experience. […]
Silver Love Linings
Love Clouds Some of the most powerful insights are also the most uncomfortable. Adam Smith mentioned a few hundred years ago that everybody is driven by selfish behaviors. This can be bad, this can be good. Really, really good. His famous line is that the butcher, the baker, the brewer don’t […]
Be A Covert Hypnotist
Innately Learned https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept03_Post.mp4 Humans are born with a lot of skills. And we can learn a lot of skills as well. William James, an philosopher and psychologist from a hundred years ago, said we have both tons of instincts and tons of learning ability. A lot of these have a lot of […]
Get More Than You Have
Don’t Wait Too Long https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun30_Post.mp4 Everybody wants something. More money. More sex. Or SOME sex. Better relationships. Or A relationship. Better job, better house, better neighbors, better clothes. The idea of that one “next thing” and you’ll FINALLY be happy is a myth. If you ONLY had […]
The Strongest Close Ever
Brass Tacks https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun29_Post.mp4 There are two extremes when it comes to selling things. On one side is extreme persuasion. This is very, very compelling. Even if you’ve never sold anything before, the idea of walking up to a stranger, and getting them to do anything is very, very compelling. Sales, seduction […]
The Happiness Generator Experiment
Economics Professor https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar28_Post.mp4 Once there was an economics professor. And on the first day of the semester, he would always do the same experiment. He would hand out free T-shirts to all the students. But he made sure that not very many would fit. He would give smalls to big people, […]