Surprise!

The Neurological Spark to Personal Development

Learning the neuroscience of surprise is NeuroWisdom. Learning how to use it strategically is Practical NeuroWisdom. Practice the exercises and strategies in this eBook to learn how to craft moments of surprise to create richer lives for your children, students, athletes, employees, clients, and patients.

  • The neuroscience of surprise (it may surprise you)
  • Using the power of surprise
  • How to spark surprise and enrich lives
  • A formula for getting the greatest effect

This ebook provides practical strategies you can use to increase your use of surprise for yourself and others.



Michael Rousell, PhD, studied life-changing events for over three decades and established his expertise by writing the internationally successful book Sudden Influence: How Spontaneous Events Shape Our Lives (2007).

His pioneering work draws on research from a wide variety of brain sciences that show when, how, and why we instantly form new beliefs. Rousell is a teacher, psychologist, and professor emeritus at Southern Oregon University. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.