Want to Work Faster With Fewer Mistakes? Try Using a Trauma Checklist
Think you have a busy day? Try working as a trauma specialist in one of the busiest hospitals in the world. Here’s what you can learn from someone who was there. — Think you have a busy day? Try...
View ArticleHow to Start (And End) a Conversation
The only way to get good at being human is to talk to more of them. But here are tricks to carry a conversation or end it whenever you want to. — The problem: We all want to be social, make friends,...
View ArticleBystander Effect: If You Need Help, You’d Better Ask For It
If you need help, you have to reach out to someone who can help you and specifically ask them for it. — Picture this. You’re out hiking in the wilderness—all alone and miles from civilization. You...
View ArticleDo You Owe it to the World to Share Your Failures?
There is no shame in sharing what you’ve learned because it helps everyone. — When you fail, do you owe it to anyone else to share the story? I say, “yes, you do.” But, to get to that answer, you have...
View ArticleIf You’re Going To Compare Yourself To Others, Do It Like This
If you’re looking around now and seeing a world full of people who have it better than you, you may just be looking wrong. — Today, I was feeling a little down. I checked my financial accounts, and it...
View ArticleLessons From a 5-Year-Old Soccer Player
Life is a game of inches. — I was five years old when my parents put me in the youth soccer league in the small town I grew up in. I don’t think I had any idea what was going on, but I did enjoy the...
View ArticleA Psychologist Broke Into A Cult. Here’s The Weird Thing He Learned About...
Your mind is an amazing and powerful tool. Harness it properly and you can live a life of great adventure and accomplishment. — In the 1950s, Leon Festinger was scratching his head over a group of...
View ArticleHow Would You Live Today if You Could see Yourself in 20 Years?
No one knows what the future will hold. But if we live a little less in the moment, and plan more for who we want to be in the years to come, we may facilitate our happiness today. _____ You need a...
View ArticleI Ran a Marathon on Every Continent for the Price of Your Parking Spot
Tyler Tervooren helps you map out adventure at an affordable cost. _____ On the heels of my recent TEDx Talk (now viewed 6,000 times), I’ve been getting emails from people excited about living more...
View ArticleCould Indulging A Distraction Actually Make You More Productive At Work?
We all deal with grief differently, and some of us, not too effectively. Here is Tyler Tervooren’s method. _____ Last night, I was sitting at a red light in my trusty Subaru when the guy behind me...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Giving into Temptation
Getting yourself worked up into a “hot visceral state” moments before being exposed to opportunity makes it almost impossible to resist temptation. Here’s how it works. _____ Ever been in one of...
View ArticleSample Rate: How The Fast Food Industry Hooks You (And How To Reclaim Your Diet)
Tyler Tervooren discusses the methods for us to take back our health and break bad habits, even when we’re surrounded by them everyday. ____ Ah, fast food. The great American equalizer. Studies over...
View ArticleIt Only Takes One Success to Erase 1,000 Failures
There’s a right and a wrong way to fail. Tyler Tervooren shows us how. _____ It was 1974 when a frustrated writer crumpled up three pages of — what he considered at the time — trash. Life was hard....
View ArticleThink You Might Be in a Dead-End Job? 11 Signs to Tell for Sure
#6. You don’t want your boss’s job. — We’ve all been there at some point—working a dead-end job we’re sure is a horrible fit just to pay the bills. If you haven’t, congrats! You’re one of few. One of...
View ArticleFor Introverts: How To Manage Your Overwhelming Social Calendar
Being an introvert need not relegate you to a life of solitude. A vibrant social life that fits your personality and honors your brain chemistry is well within reach. These are the rules Tyler...
View ArticleWant to Change the Way People Think? Start With a Great Story
If you want to help people change, don’t judge or criticize. Instead, tell them a story. ____ If you want to help people change, don’t judge or criticize. Instead, tell them a story. When I was a kid,...
View ArticleA Lesson On Overcoming Self-Doubt
Feeling self-doubt is just part of being human, but understanding your psychology can help you overcome it. — In 1911, a young man by the name of Harry was struggling with low self-esteem. He’d met a...
View ArticleWhat is Your Attachment Style?
There are 4 ways to build connections. Only 1 works. ____ When it comes to making friends and connections, I can be a tough nut to crack. As an introvert, I keep others at arm’s length. For a long...
View ArticleLife is About the Choices We Make
Your choices will make you strong and resilient…or weak and pathetic. — Charlie was stranded; his plane crashed on a desert island. With few survivors, they all had to work together to stay alive. But...
View ArticleTrue Resilience is Understanding Nothing Lasts Forever
The only way to build resilience is to accept that everything will, one day, fail. — Who doesn’t want safety and security? It’s built into our genetics to strive for it. You want a job you can count...
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