02/10/2025
A sensory pro-tip NO ONE talks about is the idea of conserving your tolerance.
The concept is simple, the more you have in the bank NOW,
the more you’ll be able to spend LATER.
The morning of my TEDx talk, I came down for breakfast wearing headphones, a hoodie, and a weighted vest.
Why?
Because the less taxing stimuli you take in, the more you’ll have left to use on costly situations in the future.
I don’t HAVE to “just deal” with loud conversations and clanking dishes at hotel breakfast.
I can block all that out NOW, so that I can better deal with the bright lights and noisy crowds at the venue LATER.
It’s not a perfect formula, but it’s how I’ve learned to manage high stress situations at a professional level.
It works for me, maybe it’ll work for you?