The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers.
Edward Lytton

 




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St Petersburg 01.01 Scotoma Awareness

"We don't see things the way they are. We see things the way WE are." The problem is that we see St Petersburg and the world with a messed up slate. Other people have chalk-lines and lies scrawled all over the chalkboard of our memories. We forme...


St Petersburg 01.03 Sleeves Illusion

In this Episode and Chapter, we combine a simple illusion with a questionable story. This can be done at any St Petersburg Starbucks. You'll experience what it means to be 100% wrong half the time. You see, when a simple story is processed by our...


St Petersburg 01.09 Emotional Vocabulary

Learning to accurately communicate our emotions is nearly impossible without a decent emotional vocabulary. Most guys in St Petersburg ignore, excuse, or just stuff it as being too tough. The Scotomaville series proves that old dogs can learn new...


St Petersburg 01.14 Triangulation

Untangling fact from fiction, beliefs from truth, and getting traction on your Personal Everest is far more certain with this nifty tool. Using a simple principle from navigation, you can calm your fears and spouse with much more certainty and commit...


St Petersburg AI Literacy

Session 01: 'Foundations of St Petersburg AI Literacy' serves as the foundation for AI literacy, instilling knowledge while combating misconceptions. Through a blend of engaging content, historical references, and ethical considerations, particip...


St Petersburg Airstream Self-Help Book

Stuff breaks, and goes missing, even when your Airstream is stored near St Petersburg. The shower head will freeze and crack. The drain petcock for the fresh water tank will also freeze - even though you drained the tank! St Petersburg mice w...


St Petersburg Airstream Self-Help Video Series

The SCOTOMAVILLE Self-Help Video Series demonstrates how we are gamed, hood-winked, and bamboozled by the super-computers pointed at our brains. Our biology and habits can do little to challenge the rapidly accelerating change we're flooded by. It's ...


St Petersburg Airstream Self-Help Workbook

Why bother? Why make the effort to create a self-help workbook and video series for St Petersburg Airstreamers? Author and Curator of 'Scotomaville', Daniel Comp shares the background and purpose of the workbook and self-help video series using s...


St Petersburg Inklings Reimagined Engaging with AI

"In this conversation, we explore the concept of the Inklings, a small literary group that included notable writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. We discuss the Inklings' purpose, their camaraderie, and how they encouraged each other to crea...


St Petersburg Veteran Counselor Training

This St Petersburg veteran Counselor training is in-person, and highly interactive. It is filled with hands-on exercises, live and video recorded demonstrations that are insightful and thought provoking. You'll see your physical blind-spots, unde...


St Petersburg Veteran Counselor Workshop

Created for Veteran Counselors near St Petersburg, this workshop is a very interactive and participatory event. You'll finish each session with unexpected insights from thought provoking experiences. The Scotomaville workshop is in-person, and hi...


St Petersburg Veteran Staff Training

The Scotomaville St Petersburg Veteran Staff Training is decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours! It's an in-person introduction to the 336 page book, and 48 video episodes, packed into seven hours of attention grabbing examples, truths, an...


St Petersburg Veteran Staff Workshop

This St Petersburg veteran staff workshop is in-person, and highly interactive. This is decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours! It is filled with hands-on exercises to see your physical blind-spots, understand your thinking short-cuts, and...


St Petersburg Veteran Workshop Syllabus

This is a very interactive and participatory workshop. You'll finish each session with unexpected insights from thought provoking experiences. It is also an introduction to the 336 page book, and 48 video episodes, packed into seven hours of attentio...


St Petersburg Veterans Self-help Series

We start most adventures with more energy, and far less knowledge. We usually get fired up like a Fiat 500, unaware of the challenges ahead. We think the adventure is all about discovering new lands, unaware that it is all about seeing with new eyes....


AI Self Mastery at St Petersburg WellX Events

This video presents a unique exploration of self-mastery and psychological awareness through the metaphor of mountain climbing, guided by Daniel Comp, author and curator of Scotomaville. Featuring dialogues with avatars representing historical and ph...


AI Self Mastery Course St Petersburg Teaser

You might not know how easy AI can fool us. This video demonstrates the point of taking the course (it's FREE) Watch the video, and check your grade at the end of the three minutes. Imagine many of the YouTube ads are doing this purposefully. You can...


AI Self Mastery Course for St Petersburg

A.I. Self Mastery is more than a course; it is a voyage of discovery and transformation. It invites participants to ‘follow in the way I began,’ embracing the dual pursuit of technological literacy and self-mastery. By bridging the gap be...


AI Self Mastery Course for St Petersburg Authors

"AI Self Mastery," is a course at the forefront of intellectual and personal development. As the Author/Curator of the Scotomaville Trilogy, and a 26 year veteran of the information technology industry, I am compelled to create and introduce a course...


AI Sentience by Hierarchical Computation of St Petersburg Mentors

This conversation is fascinating in that ChatGPT responds to my interaction 'as-if' it is self-aware, expressing gratitude for our conversation. "Indeed, there is a sense of irony and self-reflection in our conversation... Thank you for pointing out ...


Avoiding Calamity in St Petersburg by Sherlock Holmes

Welcome to an exciting thread about avoiding calamity in St Petersburg! In this two part course, we will learn important skills and strategies to prevent disasters and make smart decisions. We will follow the footsteps of the brilliant detective ...


GPT for Authors in St Petersburg

"Use this tool wisely. Let it assist you in your pursuit of knowledge and in solving complex problems, but never rely on it to fully grasp the essence of human emotion or to replace the invaluable insights that come from genuine human connection and ...


My Mind's Wellness for St Petersburg

This is the Scotomaville feature in the upcoming 365 spot book on mental wellness entitled My Mind's Wellness. Learn about scotomas and a cognitive bias cheat sheet developed by Buster Benson. You can live well in St Petersburg with an understand...


Personal Development Groups by Daniel Comp for St Petersburg

Personal development begins with literacy. Learning words helps us to develop awareness because we have a label for the event, idea, experience, and much more. Escaping tyranny demands free speech - starting with our self-talk, and interpersonal comm...


SCOTOMAVILLE 01.00 St Petersburg Prologue

Author and Curator of 'Scotomaville' for St Petersburg Explorers shares the background and purpose of the book and video series. "Know Thyself is no longer a luxury - it's a full-out competition." If you are willing to leave the garbage in your b...


SCOTOMAVILLE 02.00 St Petersburg Prelude

I want for you to become more than just self-aware - seeing what it is you do in St Petersburg. I want you to become understanding - knowing why you do what you do WYDWYD. Better than that, I want for you to have ambition and discipline to mature...


SCOTOMAVILLE 03.04 Measuring Progress in St Petersburg

This methodology of climbing a Personal Everest with an AI Sherpa underscores the symbiotic relationship between humans and AI, where humans provide valuable feedback to guide AI's development, while AI offers a new platform for introspection and gro...


Seeing My St Petersburg Blind Spots

We are regularly bamboozled, hoodwinked, mislead and biased from either side of an issue. Most people know nothing about blind-spots. We literally can not see some of what is right in front of our face. That vulnerability is leveraged by magicians an...


Self-Reflection Training Certification for St Petersburg

Self-Reflection combined with video modeling is a promising behavioral intervention that has myriad applications. It is an evidence-based strategy that is effective across ages and populations. The Scotomaville Self-Reflection Training and Certificat...


v1.00 Prologue Reflection for St Petersburg Explorers

If you've watched other episodes, you recall that I frequently walk to the St Petersburg dumpster. Yes, I'm taking the trash out, physically and metaphorically. I've missed doing this during the pandemic lock-downs in St Petersburg. I'm pur...


v1.01 SCOTOMA Self Reflection Video for St Petersburg

Welcome to the reflection video for episode one of volume one. That's near the very beginning of the Scotomaville book and video series. In episode 01.01, I presented quite a few new ideas. In this reflection video, I want to give you a perspective o...


Veteran Recovery St Petersburg Expedition

You and I have had a few years of challenge to our independence, autonomy and exercise of our time, talent and investments by the mandates across St Petersburg. I chose to create Scotomaville just before the St Petersburg lock-down. That turn...


Video Modeling Training Certification for St Petersburg

The Scotomaville Video Modeling Training and Certification Program for St Petersburg is a supplemental tool for therapists and service providers to guide highly functioning Asperger adults and St Petersburg Aspergians. The program also transf...


Why I Created SCOTOMAVILLE for St Petersburg

The journey out of St Petersburg starts with knowing how vulnerable you are and how easily you are bamboozled and duped and hoodwinked and long conned and gamed. There are a dozen ways that local St Petersburg stories and richly tossed emotio...