Dylan White

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Enjoy Independence Day with friends and family. They're the ones that will make it memorable. #independenceday #4thofjuly

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The lost art of splitting wood by hand. 👍 #smoker #bbq #stayactive #enjoylife #practicinggreat.

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Family experience... #floodof2018

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Terrible disaster. Many people have been displaced from there homes and at least one life lost. (DesMoinesArea) #bethankful #supportyourcommunity #floodof2018

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Terrible disaster. Many people have been displaced from there homes and at least one life lost. (DesMoinesArea) #bethankful #supportyourcommunity #floodof2018

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Enjoying beautiful, wonderful, fantastic scenery and weather in Slater, Iowa. #nothollywood #family #wehaveeverythingbutmoney

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This animal we call a pet is some sort of cross between a fox and Alf. #hybrid #beastmode

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We had a great time at the dragon boat races @raccoonriverbeach today. We lost first round😀. This whole event was only made possible by the many vendors and volunteers. #practicinggreat #iowarealty #dragonboatrace #charity

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"We" often tell girls to be careful and let boys be reckless. We just let Mae be herself; and she #nailedit .

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Growing relationships; be mindful and present.

Growing relationships; be mindful and present. #SafeHealthyHabits

My husband and I met when we were 19 years old. We were in college at different schools but connected at a weddingthe summer before our junior year. And so began countless phone conversations, letter-writing, and weekend getaways to visit each other during college and graduate school. I can still remember the way I felt the morning before I was going to visit him or he was coming to visit…

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When delayed gratification works

When delayed gratification works #SafeHealthyHabits

Think of the time and effort so many of us invest to get advanced training or to save for retirement — many even restrain themselves in the hope of reward in an afterlife.

One of our most powerful psychological traits is our capacity to imagine future events — to create mental scenarios of what could happen if, for instance, we were to make different decisions.

This ability, quite possibly unique…

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Get used to making changes for the better

Get used to making changes for the better #SafeHealthyHabits

Good habits are things we cherish. Bad habits, as the saying goes, are hard to break… so we think! Regardless of their category, we all have habits, no matter what!

Pulitzer-Prize winner Charles Duhigg present us readers with an interesting notion: If we are hardwired to develop habits, how can we utilize this inherent trait for our own personal advantage?

“The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We…

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Put the "Breaks" on a bad habit

Put the "Breaks" on a bad habit #SafeHealthyHabits

We’re creatures of habit. A lot of the things we do stem from unconscious actions and reactions. Some are pretty benign — sitting in the same seat at church every Sunday, buying gas at the same station, using the same old arguments when dealing with our teens.

Some are more significant — continuing to smoke when we know it’s harmful, driving far too fast on the same stretch of road, dismissing…

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How to make better choices now

How to make better choices now #SafeHealthyHabits

While adults have the basic cognitive ability to consider the future, we do not always imagine ourselves in the relevant future situations when we make decisions.

When we do travel virtually in time and mentally pre-experience how good or bad our current behavior might make us feel at a future point, we tend to make more prudent choices.

A wealth of recent research suggests having people take a…

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The Ripple Effect

The Ripple Effect #SafeHealthyHabits

In the mid-2000’s, Australian researchers Megan Oaten and Ken Cheng conducted a study on a group of people. For two months this group hit the gym three times a week for weight training and cardio.

Employing a well-known visual tracking test, which measures your ability to focus and concentrate, they tested the group of participants’ willpower before and after the two-month exercise program.

The…

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You are the Architect

You are the Architect #SafeHealthyHabits

You are the architect of your own happiness and you are the architect of your own sadness.

You are the architect of an abundant life and you are the architect of a life of scarcity.

You are the architect of your life.

Until you accept this fundamental fact of life, you will never truly have any control over your life. Like leaves on a fall day, you will float in the air aimlessly, without…

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One behavior change at a time. "A Keystone Habit"

Focus on a Keystone Habit #SafeHealthyHabits

As quoted in The Power of Habits, O’Neill (ALCOA) said, “you can’t order people to change. That’s not how the brain works. So I decided I was going to start by focusing on one thing. If I could start disrupting the habits around one thing, it would spread throughout the entire company”.

He chose improving safety as the key habit (keystone habit) to bring the entire company together. He chose a…

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