Don’t Think About It https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug09_Post.mp3 There’s a famous story about a wizard and a king. The king is growing impatient with the wizard. The kingdom is in shambles and the king is worried about a peasant uprising. So he calls in the wizard and says: Listen, dude, you’d better produce something […]
Fake Security Blankets
Stop Hiding https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug08_Post.mp3 Once upon a time there was this golden Buddha statue. Way back in the day, in Thailand. But then the Burmese were getting ready to invade. Many of the smaller national treasures were hidden. Except for this golden Buddha. It was too big. So they covered […]
Destroy Social Anxiety
Enemy #1 https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July_03.mp3 Social Anxiety is incredibly crippling. And very common. But it’s also something few people talk about. And as humans tend to do, we reframe weaknesses into strengths. So what ends up happening is you have a whole bunch of people that suffer from social anxiety. But nobody […]
Self Sustaining Social Skills
Pump Priming https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May10_Post.mp3 Some things, once you get them started, are relatively self-sustaining. Like if you need to prime a pump, once the water is flowing, it is self sustaining. But when the water stops flowing, you’ll need to prime it again. This is a function of fluid dynamics. Kind of […]
Reject Rejection
Disconnected https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May05_Post.mp3 I recently watched an interesting series of lectures a few weeks ago. Based on the greatest trials of all time. The first was the trial of Socrates. The last was the famous O.J. Simpson trial. In between were some famous ones, like the Scopes Monkey Trial. Also, perhaps […]
Midnight Response
Old School Radio https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr21_Post.mp3 When I was much younger, fresh out of college, I listened to a radio station in LA. Driving to and from work. In the morning, they had a talk show duo. Did a lot of funny bits in between the music. During the drive home, it was […]
Cookies Kids And Cubes
Explain Yourself https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar08_Post.mp4 I heard an interesting story once. A guy was teaching a seminar. And asked how many sides does a cube have. One guy raised his hand. “Two,” he said. “Explain yourself,” said the instructor. “Inside and outside” he replied “Fantastic. Anybody else?” Said the instructor. […]
Black Swan Love
Movie Meaning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar07_Post.mp4 The movie Black Swan was one of those movies that is open to interpretation. My own take was it was kind of a metaphorical “coming of age movie.” The protagonist was leaving behind the easy life of childhood, and embracing the harsh world of adulthood. One of my pieces […]
Social Gold Digger
Eating Tigers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar06_Post.mp4 One interesting theory from evolutionary psychology is the idea of assuming agency. What the heck does this mean? Imagine two kinds of cave people. One assumed agency, one didn’t. So they both see a tiger. The one that doesn’t assume agency within the tiger sees it as […]
Write Your Story
Truth Or Fiction https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar05_Post.mp4 Imaginary things can cause real responses. This is the whole reason we have stories. Or a storytelling instinct. Kids growing up around campfire. Hearing stories about ancient heroes who killed monsters. The Greeks came up with the idea of Catharsis way back in the day. […]