Russians https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May31_Post.mp3 A long while ago, I took an acting class. One of the guys I partnered with was Russian. But I didn’t believe him. He spoke perfect English. I asked how he learned English so well. I was an expecting a complex answer. Advanced language learning. CIA […]
Hobby Practice
Local Guitar Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr25_Post.mp3 Once a friend of mine and I were at this local bar. The bar was locally famous for the band that played there on weekends. Not so much the band, but the guitar player. He had a unique trait that made him very memorable, beyond his guitar playing […]
Linguistically Generated Attraction
Word Salad https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb01_Post.mp4 When most people speak, they spit out jumbles of words around half baked ideas. This is normal. Especially in social situations. We’ve been social animals long before we developed language. So the path to social success is not “really” the words, or even how they are delivered. […]
Melodramatic Love Power
Quick Solo https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug29_Post.mp4 I’m a big fan of old school, guitar based rock. And I really love long guitar solos. But there are a couple ones that are really simple, really short, but somehow very inspiring. Both are similar, in that they only have a right range of notes. Not like […]
Evergreen Persuasion and Seduction
Products and Markets https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May27_Post.mp4 In the world of markets, there are things called “evergreen” markets. Named after trees that are green all year round. These evergreen markets always have customers. And any product you create can always be sold to people in these markets. Other products are only sold around certain […]
Become An Elite Human
Skinning Cats https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May26_Post.mp4 There are a lot of ways to build persuasion confidence. Persuasion as in sales. Persuasion as in seduction. Persuasion as in getting your ideas generally accepted. This can be difficult, and frustrating. The standard way is to just get in the game. Slowly improve your successes. […]
Develop Impressive Verbal Flow
Unique Practice https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar14_Post.mp4 I watched a goofy movie a few days ago. One person’s skill was being able to come up with rhyming verbal smackdowns. Kind of like one way rap battles. Her character was the archetype of somebody who doesn’t have “book smarts” but instead has very valuable “street smarts.” […]
Higher Forms Of Meditation
Generate Verbal Brilliance https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar13_Post.mp4 If you were an athlete, there would be plenty of “meta skills” that could help no matter what your sport was. Endurance, flexibility, strength, how fast you can recover from workouts, etc. These would also be supported by good “meta habits.” Proper sleep, diet, etc. Even things […]
Practice Being Your Best Self
Critical Skill Creation https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar09_Post.mp4 There is a lot of mixed feeling associated with any kind of “self help.” And nearly all of these are entirely justified. Most of the things people want involve other people. Making more money, creating better relationships. And since these are also the things that TERRIFY us […]
Thought To Word Evolution
Way Back When Once upon a time. There were no words. No language. Only gestures. And grunts. The biggest question. For anthropological linguists. Did words lead to advanced thinking. Or did advanced thinking lead to speaking. Only Recent Exists https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jan03_Loop.mp4 Written languages. Weren’t created until […]