Books

Question 1

Tip to not be nervous when talking to someone:

Answer 1

Imagine them as an old friend. From How to talk to anyone by Leil Lowndes

Question 2

How to make a good first impression?

Answer 2

Remember that first impressions are through non verbal communication. The way you look and move is more than 80% someone’s first impression of you.

Question 3

What is a flooding smile?

Answer 3

It’s not an immidieate smile - think a slow smile that is authentic that grows as you get to know the person. First, look at the person you’re meeting. Pause. Then, let a big smile slowly flood your face.
How to talk to anyone by Leil Lowndes

Question 4

3 tips to make the person you are talking to feel special?

Answer 4

1. Sticky Eye Contact
2. Flooding Smile
3. Hold your head up high (hang by your teeth thing)

Question 5

What is a question you can ask other than, “what do you do”?

Answer 5

How do you spend your time?

Question 6

How do you answer the question, “What do you do”?

Answer 6

Never just say the naked job title.
Don’t say, “I’m the owner of a small business”. Maybe say, “I’m the owner of a manufacturing business that creates competition suits for female fitness athletes, do you know any bodybuilders?

Question 7

How can you create chemistry with someone?

Answer 7

Use language like, “We” and “us”. Avoid clichés at all cost.
Instead of “It’s cold right now” try, “We are going to need to put on more clothes if it gets any colder”.
Instead of “this is a really nice venue” try, “They set up a really nice venue for us”

Question 8

How can you use the technique, “echoing” to make someone like you?

Answer 8

If the person says, “I really want a suit for small boobs” say something like, “This cut is great for small boobs because…”
Or if they say, “I am worried if I buy a suit now, it won’t fit on my competition”, say, “if you are worried about your competition suit fitting, you should let us measure you now and we will keep your measurements on file”.

Question 9

Caffeine and dopamine?

Answer 9

Up regulates the d2 and d3 receptors so it makes whatever dopamine that is released by the activity more accessible or more functional within the biochemistry and the pathways of your brain and body

Question 10

Breathing to aide in logic?

Answer 10

Breath in through the right nostril to engage the left brain for logical task. Remember that our nose is flipped.
Left brain = logical task

Question 11

Breathing to a aide in creativity?

Answer 11

Creativity is right brain - RRRRR TISTIC! “Our tistic”. How do you engage your right brain? Only breath in through the left nostril.

Question 12

Idea to promote belly breathing from boundless by Ben greenfield

Answer 12

Tie a rope around your belly

Question 13

Tim Ferris - doing the opposite

Answer 13

Question 14

What is the main difference between the oxygen advantage and the wim hoff method?

Answer 14

The oxygen advantage promotes hypercapnia (high CO2 to increase CO2 tolerance) and the wim hoff method uses hypocapnia because you are breathing off all your CO2.
You are hypoxia during both because of the breath holds during wim hoff and the shallow inhales during the oxygen advantsge

Question 15

Fear based learning versus not

Answer 15

You learn very quickly not to touch a flame but it takes awhile to learn piano. Huberman

Question 16

Spleen

Answer 16

Blood bank - when the body signals an increased need for O2, it releases red blood and increases the concentration of hemoglobin the body - increased ability to deliver O2 to muscles.
Studies with patients with no spleens showed poor performance

Question 17

Grounding techniques

Answer 17

1. Butterfly hug - bring up a pleasant scene, close your eyes and tap back and forth 10 times.
2. Cartoon character. Close your eyes and bring up the critical voice or person and have them speak in a cartoon character voice.
3. Imagine a giant eraser or water hose washing away and erasing the memory