Meaning Making Moments

We all experience defining moments in our lives. What events shaped your beliefs about yourself? What are your formative moments?

After taking a class with Mike, I started thinking of the element of surprise and how that can change our beliefs about ourselves. I…

ME? A DANCER? Did she know she was talking to a person who punched herself in the face during the one and only hip-hop class she ever took?

Watch for Surprises

Beliefs Trigger Self-Serving Agendas

Once we tune into how surprises work, we get to enjoy them, but they no longer trigger new beliefs in ourselves, outside our awareness.

Our Friend, Confirmation Bias

Researchers from the University of British Columbia studied the reaction of middle-aged men who were crossing a long, narrow…