In Character https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug17_Post.mp3 Way back when Robin Williams was an up and coming comedian, he auditioned for this first TV role, “Mork and Mindy.” He played an alien stuck on earth (named Mork) who lived with a human (Mindy). And he showed up to the audition in character. He sat in his […]
Stand Out In A Crowd
Who Are You? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug16_Post.mp3 There have been a few social experiments regarding perception. Like the famous one where a world class violinist played in the subway all day. Nobody recognized him. He only got a few dollars in his tip hat. On the other hand, a college student and his buddies […]
Ancient Human Power
Magic Words https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug11_Post.mp3 Language and thought are two sides of the same coin. Your thoughts generate your language. Your language puts thoughts in other people’s brains. But language is much more than words. Imagine a group of proto-human monkey people. Sitting around in a group, doing whatever they do. […]
James Bond Confidence
Learning People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb04_Post.mp4 Humans have a lot of instincts. And we have a ton of learning capabilities. And once we learn something “by heart” it becomes “second nature.” Our “first” nature are the things that are part of our factory settings. Our “second” nature are the things we train to the […]
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. […]