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Brain talk | Lyle Wildes | TEDxItascaCommunityCollege

2,353 views · Published 5 November 2014 · 14:29 · Indexed 16 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Lyle Wildes ponders the effect of thinking and  internal  self-talk on attitude and behavior, and how a long-term prison sentence impacted his own view of life.

Lyle Wildes, I was born and raised on a small farm near Lime Ridge, Wis.  I am a graduate from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville with degrees in sociology and philosophy.  I taught philosophy at the University of Wisconsin – Richland Center for a short time before leaving the academic community to become a business owner.  My brother and I own and developed a unique mobile home trucking business for over 10 years.  After getting bored with our success, I left the trucking industry to become an underground chemist to manufacture synthetic cocaine.  After completing a federal prison sentence, I wrote a Positive Attitude Development Workbook which was published December 9, 2008, by Whole Person Associates publishers in Duluth, Minn.  I will be finishing up my Master’s degree at the UMD campus this fall.  My lectures are on change and how it is related to one’s Core Values and Beliefs.

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