Psychotactics

Once upon a time there was a little tree. He sat in the soil and danced in the wind. And he looked around and saw the other trees.
“Man, they sure look taller than me,” said the little tree. “Probably it’s the soil,” he mumbled.
So he lifted up his roots and moved over to the part [...]

Have you heard of Gottman?
Gottman, as in John Gottman.
What if I told you he was the is the co-founder and co-director of the Gottman Institute? Nope, doesn’t ring a bell? Well that’s interesting, because Gottman’s research is all about ringing bells. Or intuition, as we call it.
And Gottman is a good example of um, intuition
Most [...]

Listen to yourself as you’re speaking. You’ll invariably find yourself saying the word “but” several times a day.
You’ll use the word to nullify what you just said, as in: You did a great job, but… Or you’ll use the word to defend your actions, as in: I would have done that, but…
My niece Marsha used [...]

Imagine if you had a bucket of water. And every time you attempted to fill the bucket, 90% of the water would leak out instantly. Every time, all you’d retain was a measly 10%. How many times would you keep filling the bucket?
The answer is simple: just once.
The first time you noticed the leak, you’d [...]

Air traffic controllers don’t live in a state of fear. They live in a state of management. Because management lands planes. Fear doesn’t.
If there is a fear of falling behind, you will always fall behind.
If you look in the Cave, I was going to start a Brain Audit Trainer program in 2005. Last I checked, [...]

Imagine thirty thousand menacing obstacles in your path to success.
You’re dehydrated. Hungry as hell. And wobbling like a drunk on too much Guinness. Your eyes hurt, your head throbs and your will is all but broken. You’re not even sure you want to go on.
You feel like Frodo.
As in the character Frodo, in the final [...]

So you’re going/have gone on a vacation, aren’t you? Well, the weekend will come up, and you’ll have some sort of break–your to-do list non-withstanding.
But you won’t take a break. No you won’t. You’ll do something silly. Like filling it up with stuff.

How about filling it with idleness instead?
Yeah, idleness. As in doing nothing. Yes, [...]

It’s easy to blame your parents for your lack of great genes.
It’s just as easy to praise your parents for their superb genes.
But while genes may be a handed down trait, talent is not.
And to understand talent you have to first understand genes.
Genes are sequences of DNA letters that when activated by the cell makes [...]

Imagine you just had a baby. And that baby demanded your attention. At 3am. At 6am. At 9am. What are you going to do? Are you simply going to turn back the clock? Or tend to the baby?

If you speak to parents of newborns they are never ever prepared for the onslaught of time.
It’s [...]

Have you ever considered how some people say they learn quicker by reading than audio?
Have you ever considered Stevie’s plight?
Ah, but that’s not the question
The question is: can Stevie learn faster than you?
Well, I wish it were a pat answer, but it’s not. It depends on various factors including how active your brain is, aging [...]

Imagine if someone told you that you needed 10,000 hours to learn to drive a car.
No? What about 5000 hours then? Would that be suitable?
How about 3000 hours? Or 1000? Or 500? Ok, how about 60 hours?
A very average person with a reasonable fear of cars can learn to drive in about 60 hours.
Or can [...]

Speeding up your articles writing: Is that really possible?
Do you want to write articles and write them faster?
Do you want to write outstanding articles and write them faster?
Do you want to avoid slogging over one darned article for three hours?
Let’s answer that question by looking at piano lessons.
If you started piano lessons two and a [...]