I was reading Derren Brown’s “Tricks of the Mind” and the section on hypnotism. A quotation: you can start to realize that in fact you are only guiding your subjects down an easy path to what you want them to experience. You are not making them do anything. Think of it like a seduction. A seduction.…

I’ve written before about the joylessness and insanity of making an enemy of yourself: “I’ve got to get these approaches done.” “I’ve got to get this victory over myself.” “I’ve got to get these 10 approaches down or I’m worthless.” It’s being over goal-oriented. And the problem with fighting yourself is that’s where all the…

“You can learn to approach and attract the girl of your dreams in one day!” The companies do give it a lot of that, don’t they? The spiel. I’m an ABRSM Diploma pianist. That means I have a high level of playing the piano. Now, how do you think I achieved this? Here are three…

“Laughter is the best medicine.” SOD OFF. Daygame is the best medicine. A bit of back-story. One of the reasons laughter is a good medicine is that – apart from the brain drugs it releases – it brings you firmly into the present moment because you can feel your lungs and diaphragm twatting about. That’s…