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Backwards rationalization, cognitive dissonance & social norms 25 Jul 2011 | 06:50 pm
This blog post inspired in part by The Charisma Myth, to be released February 2012. When I am acting through my highest intentions and values then I am most clear-minded. When I am not acting throug...
Form & Function; Addition by subtraction 4 Jul 2011 | 01:10 pm
When I was decorating my apartment someone told me “Make sure to get a night table! You’ll want it for your books, for a lamp…” So I went to IKEA and I got the stand for my books. It was a pain in t...
Threat signals in basketball 29 Jun 2011 | 09:55 pm
Lately I’ve been tuning in to threat signals in basketball. Like, often times before someone makes a shot, I get a ‘threat signal’ (fight or flight – amygdala activation) vibe from them. I suspect t...
New senses, New knowing, More centses 28 Jun 2011 | 04:50 pm
In one of my favorite books, The Ways of Knowing, William Montague discusses the variety of ways by which we can come across information. We can employ rational argument, deploy our intuition, mine ou...
Signaling inherently changes both people, whereas conscious language is one-way 23 Jun 2011 | 01:16 pm
Honest Signals — Notes Many types of human behavior can be predicted from biologically based signaling behaviors. These form an unconscious channel of communication between people. Unlike language, h...
finished reading The Millionaire Fastlane 23 May 2011 | 02:45 pm
by mj demarco, founder of limos.com i highly endorse the book, give it 9/10 and a must-read for any aspiring entrepreneur i even learned 3 new words, bloviate palliative and a secondary definition o...
“gnōthi seauton” and dieting 21 May 2011 | 12:37 pm
“Know thyself”, (γνῶθι σεαυτόν), was the famous phrase inscribed at Delphi. What a beautiful idea… unfortunately beneath its seductive simplicity I have found the realities to be that much more com...
More on Thought Training – Thought Practice 5 May 2011 | 12:16 pm
I was walking along Navy Pier with my friend Ben, one of my oldest friends. Ben’s verbal skills are superb. He is truly a cunning linguist. He is articulate and expressive and he uses beautifully appr...
Ideas I’d Like To Work On 5 May 2011 | 09:08 am
BETTER THOUGHTS Why not train our thoughts as we train our muscles? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been used successfully to mitigate depression and affirmations are used to encourage success of so...
CompassionPit – email received 3 May 2011 | 12:32 am
got this email in my inbox today. Hello, I just want to say that Compassion Pit is one of the greatest things on the internet that I’ve ever come across. Compassion and understanding is something ...
