Humans naturally seek shortcuts to simplify complexities, especially in understanding interactions with others. While human behavior is infinitely intricate and often unpredictable, establishing a strong personal presence can ease social engagement and influence. Achieving this shift requires consistent mental practice, leading to more effective interactions without exhaustive analysis.

2. We humans are hard wired to look for
shortcuts.

3. Once we figure something out, we'd
like to automate it, simplify it, or
otherwise reduce the amount of
brainpower that goes into it.

4. In physics, scientists have long been
looking for a "Grand Unifying Theory."

5. One super equation that could explain
all behaviors of all objects, large and
small.

6. I had a friend who would always ask
me to give him a one sentence
summary of any book he saw me
reading.

7. Once when I was in high school, me, a
bunch of buddies,and a few parents
were driving down to Mexico to watch
some big road race.

8. One of the adults asked me if I'd ever
driven in Mexico before.

9. I said no, and he told me the simple
rules:

10. "Don't hit anybody, and don't let
anybody hit you."

11. Humans love simplicity. We don't like
to think if we don't need to.

12. However, sometimes life is incredibly
complicated.

13. So complicated that you could spend a
hundred lifetimes trying to understand
it, and all you'll do is uncover more
questions.

14. Scientists can't even predict the
weather more than a couple of weeks
ahead of time, and even then, they
can only approximate.

15. The weather is a simple system with
only a few variables.

16. Human interaction, on the other hand,
is infinitely complex.

17. Each of us has a HUGE collection of
subjective wants, needs, desires,
beliefs, shortcomings, and on and on.

18. And every time we interact with
others, all these variables change a
little bit.

19. If you tried to understand it all, you'd
go mad.

20. You'd never leave your house.

21. But all the good stuff you want in life
will come from other people.

22. Which means you've got to not only
interact with them, but influence them
in some way.

23. Get them to help you, get them to
support you, get them on your team.

24. There's not much you can accomplish
all on your lonesome.

25. The good news is that there's a very
simple, and very powerful way to
simply ALL human interaction.

26. Sure, you could get a PhD in body
language reading, learn to drill down
in between their words to see what
they REALLY mean, and plan every
conversation like a championship
chess match.

27. OR, you could simply build up a hugely
strong frame, so all you need to do is
show up, and people will decide to
help you out for THEIR own reasons,
before you even open your mouth.

28. Clearly, this switch won't happen
automatically or overnight.

29. But with a little bit of consistent
mental practice, it WILL happen.

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