First Steps https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov23_Post.mp3 A long, long time ago, I wrestled. Way back in high school. And one thing our coach drilled into us was to have a sequence of opening moves. So as soon as the ref said “go,” we would fire off these two moves as quickly as we could. […]
Willpower Myth
Maps And Territories https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct12_Post.mp3 We humans tend to use a lot of metaphors. Way more than we realize. Metaphors are embedded into our language. Whenever we use an intangible noun in regular speech, we MUST treat it like it’s a real thing. Like a couple who is “going through” some problems. […]
Get A Million Dollars
Buy Low Sell High https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr30_Post.mp3 One of my favorite jokes is from a long, long time ago. Like way back in Junior High School. When I had an old school, record player. And one record I listened to over and over was a Steve Martin record. One which was said favorite […]
Adult Minded Operator
Grow Up https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar20_Post.mp4 One of the most important transitions happened naturally in the past, but rarely today. This was the transition from children to adults. Way back in hunter gathers. And in early farming communities. The basic structure can be seen as an energetic structure. Very young kids can’t be […]
Checkmate Everybody
Pawn Sacrifice https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept06_Post.mp4 Plenty of movies use chess metaphors. To the extent they can use the chess metaphors that foreshadow the outcome of the movie, all the better. One in particular was “The Last Castle” with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. Redford was the good guy. Gandolfini (the guy who played […]
Covertly Lead Bullies To Destruction
Instinctive Fakeouts https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr22_Post.mp4 One of the “tricks” that athletes use is to get the other play to “commit.” Even animals have this built into them. A gazelle is running away from a lion, the gazelle suddenly turns sharply to the left, the lion changes course, and then the gazelle goes the other way. […]
Update Strategies Or Die
Lucky Accountaint Once upon a time there was a very introverted accountant. He worked for very large firm. He was very good at his job so he made a lot of money. One summer they had a picnic a company picnic and this introverted accountant won a raffle at the picnic. The prize for […]