Let’s Talk About Failure
Failure is a paradox. The more you fail, the more successful you tend to be — unless you give up.
Do You Have Texting Anxiety?
Humans have been conditioned to expect immediate replies to the messages they send. Many humans become anxious when they don't receive a response within a few minutes and begin to spiral down a texting hole by analyzing the exchange.
How to Capture a Human’s Imagination
Create extraordinary emotional states in others, and you'll get even more in return.
Let's Bake a Cake
Just like you use a recipe for baking a cake, you unconsciously use recipes for everything you do. These recipes are called strategies.
Bill Gladwell’s Approach to Hypnosis
I received an email from a reader asking a few questions about my approach to hypnosis. I responded to his email and thought you might find my answers helpful.
Don’t Throw Snakes
You must mind the words coming out of your mouth because what you say and how you say it affects other humans. So think about the probable outcome of what you're about to say before letting it out. It's not as difficult as it may sound.
Amygdala Hijacking
When your amygdala disables your prefrontal cortex, that's an amygdala hijacking. Your amygdala controls your brain and actions, taking away your ability to make sound decisions. Also known as losing it.
Improve Your Life First
I'm all for romance. But unfortunately, most humans' ideas of romance come from the world of fiction.
The Secret of “The Secret”
The authors of The Secret stopped after the first half of the equation. Unfortunately, this is a misleading marketing strategy designed to make the authors wealthy by keeping the consumers needing the second half — the essential half. In other words, it's designed to get you to buy subsequent books, films, and workshops.
The Dunning–Kruger Effect
The Dunning-Kruger effect is in operation when humans with minimal skill, limited knowledge, or inadequate competence grossly overestimate their ability.
Occam’s Razor
“When faced with two competing theories, the simpler explanation is usually correct.” In other words, the explanation that requires the fewest number of assumptions is typically correct.
Selective Perception
Selective perception describes how humans tend to perceive some experiences while ignoring others based on their unique frame of reference.
Confirmation Bias
Confirmation bias is the tendency for humans to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
The Semmelweis Reflex
The Semmelweis Reflex is the tendency for humans to reject new evidence or knowledge because it differs from established norms, beliefs, or standards — despite adequate proof.
The Barnum Effect
The Barnum Effect is in play when humans believe that personality descriptions apply specifically to them.
Confabulation
Confabulation is a memory error. It happens when there are gaps in a human's memory, and those gaps are filled with manufactured, misinterpreted, and distorted information.
The First 10 Pages
I've discovered it's best to choose to pursue what I feel is right for me and avoid being the victim of the hallucinations of others. I prefer to share the journey with those who complement my life — not those who complicate it.
How to Hack Your Mind’s Algorithm
What you focus on, you tend to get more of. But, unfortunately, most humans focus on what could go wrong, what they can't do, and how they're not good enough. Even I sometimes fall into this trap.
Self-Imprisonment to Self-Empowerment
Humans don't understand that they don't need to be hypnotized—they need to be dehypnotized.