It’s Time to Attack Perfectionism By Kevin Housley In emergency services there is very little room for errors and mistakes can be costly to say the least on actual calls. This pressure is real and we feel it just as much as you do on a daily basis. Have you considered your relationship with perfectionism […]
Own Your Impact! By Kevin Housley There seems to be a lot of chatter around emergency services lately about lack of training, lack of quality training and lack of buy in from “that other crew”; and by lately I mean over the last 17 years of my career…. It got me thinking about where this […]
Self Determination Theory and how to maximize your effectiveness using it! In the human performance psychology world a very common theory that is assessed and discussed at nauseam is Self Determination Theory (SDT). This theory is based around the assumptions that people are generally on a quest to not suck, are active participants in their […]
I Can’t Fall Back Asleep! Arrrrgh!!! One consistent question we hear when teaching Human Performance classes to emergency responders is “When I am at work I have a really hard time falling back asleep after a call. How Can I fix this?!” There are a lot of different tips and strategies that could be applied […]
This week we’re extremely excited to announce two massive releases in the journey of helping you obtain ultimate success in your career, personal life, and eventually retirement. Take a look at some projects we’ve been working on for a real long time and let us know what you think! 🧠 Brain Training:Presilience for the Emergency Scene After a […]
By Kevin Housley We Train 27 Hours A Day & If You Don’t Then…. A concept that I’ve been learning about over the last couple weeks is called overtraining and while the reason for this deep dive was in relation to an exercise physiology class, there were some clear correlations to basic skills training and […]
Getting Moody? What’s the Iceberg Profile Say? In the late 1980’s a researcher came up with a tool to help assess and track the moods of athletes. This concept was developed to help assess the overtraining principle and was used to increase productivity and performance on the field of play. The more we assessed this […]
Aerobic vs Anaerobic? What’s the Deal?! There’s a ton of great and not so great information out there about all things fitness. The simple fact is there is no hack and no shortcuts exist to getting reliable and sustainable results. We as firefighters and emergency responders need to assess what is needed for the job, […]
The Generation Effect There seems to be endless chatter about generations in the fire service lately. This typically surrounds the values of work ethic and entitlement but sometimes it is used to reference how an instructor can best reach a certain group of people to make their class as effective as possible. We wanted to […]
Recently we had the amazing opportunity to teach at the 2021 Mile High Firefighters conference and had the students in attendance create a book list that included some solid titles! The cool thing about learning and training with engaged firefighters from across the country is the diverse ideas and knowledge that everyone possesses. Here is […]