Steve Goodier Wisdom: Your Resilient Self

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our resiliency. Enjoy!

I often come back to a story about two men who came from similar backgrounds. They both grew up in “dysfunctional” homes. An alcohol-addicted parent raised them both. They both endured numerous hardships as a result of the many problems brought about by their unstable home lives.

As adults, however, their lives looked quite different. One man held a steady job. He was married with a happy home life. He was involved in his children’s lives. He felt productive and useful. Read more

Beautiful minds are free from fear (inspirational video)

From the TEDx.com YouTube channel: Robert E. Grant is sharing what makes a beautiful mind: any moment free from fear is an opportunity to taste immortality and new possibilities.

Why some of us don’t have one true calling (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you’re not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you’re not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls “multipotentialites” — who have a range of interests and jobs over one lifetime. Are you one?

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Write the Other Way?

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our creativity. Enjoy!

Henry L. Mencken said it first: “For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong.” Several 7-Eleven stores learned the truth of that statement. According to a New York Times article, a number of the convenience stores had a problem with teenagers hanging out in their parking lots at all hours of the day and night. Not that they didn’t like kids. But the teens were noisy. Customers had to walk around them to get into the stores. And they left discarded wrappers, cigarette butts and paper cups on the grounds.

Managers tried various methods to solve the problem. They asked the young people to move elsewhere. They asked them to pick up their trash. They even spoke to the police, but nothing worked. Read more

Wisdom from great writers on every year of life (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: As different as we humans are from one another, we all age along the same great sequence, and the shared patterns of our lives pass into the pages of the books we love. In this moving talk, journalist Joshua Prager explores the stages of life through quotations from Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, William Trevor and other great writers, set to visualizations by graphic designer Milton Glaser. “Books tell us who we’ve been, who we are, who we will be, too,” Prager says.
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How to Be Happy Every Day (inspirational video)

From the TEDx YouTube channel: The World Happiness Report states “Over 1 billion adults suffer from anxiety and depression.” How do we get to happy? Jacqueline Way, Founder of www.365give.ca shares a secret to happiness so simple a 3 – year old can do it. Jacqueline is a mother of three boys and social good activist dedicated to changing the world 1 give, 1 day at a time. You will learn through her powerful story how your body is hard-wired for giving. Researchers from all over the world have been studying the science and physiological of giving for decades. They’ve discovered giving makes you happy, makes you high, is our bodies natural “Fountain of Youth” and reduces stress. Her inspirational journey with her son and thousands of children will inspire you start a daily giving habit that will make you happy and change the world.
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Steve Goodier Wisdom: You’re Gifted for Something

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our abilities. Enjoy!

I heard of a woman who operated a daycare for children from her home. As she transported children in her car one day, a fire truck zoomed by. The kids were thrilled to see a Dalmatian on the front seat.

They began a conversation about the duties of the “fire dog.” One child suggested that they use the dog to keep the crowds back. Another said the Dalmatian is just for good luck. But young Jamie brought the argument to an end when he said, “They use the dog to find the hydrant!”

He reminds us that we all have useful abilities. Some of our skills are apparent. Some are hidden. Some can be improved with work. Some have yet to be developed. But all of us can contribute, and usually in more ways than we realize. Read more

Why our screens make us less happy (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: What are our screens and devices doing to us? Psychologist Adam Alter has spent the last five years studying how much time screens steal from us and how they’re getting away with it. He shares why all those hours you spend staring at your smartphone, tablet or computer might be making you miserable — and what you can do about it.

Reimaging Empathy: The Transformative Nature of Empathy

From the TEDx YouTube channel: Paul Parkin is a teacher, speaker, and researcher that focuses on relational communication. With over 10 years’ experience teaching at various universities, he began teaching at UVU in the Fall of 2014. His doctoral dissertation research focuses on the power of empathy.

Paul has a passion for teaching and for facilitating transformative change in and out of the classroom. He has won multiple teaching awards, the most recent being the prestigious University of Utah Student’s Choice Teaching Award (2013). He has a Master’s Degree from California State University, Sacramento, in instructional and leadership communication, and will graduate this year with a Ph.D from the University of Utah. As a speaker, Paul has presented to a variety of groups across the U.S. and has provided communication, leadership, and personal growth trainings for various companies and corporations.
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Steve Goodier Wisdom: Cool Heads and Warm Hearts

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about making good decisions. Enjoy!

If you’ve ever struggled making the right decision, you may appreciate this story:

A young man seemed to take an unusually long time to place his order at the flower shop. When the clerk asked how she could help, he explained that his girlfriend was turning 19 and he couldn’t decide whether to give her a dozen roses or 19 roses — one for each year of her life.

The woman put aside her business judgment and advised, “She may be your 19-year-old girlfriend now, but someday she could be your 50-year-old wife.” Read more

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