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Getting the whole picture
I hear my clients and colleagues complain of ‘Zoom fatigue’ almost every day. Our ears are essential to hearing and learning, but what is it about having meetings on screen vs in person that is so exhausting? Turns out that listening is as much a visual as an ‘aural’ enterprise. During a perfectly audible conversation,…
Read MoreHave you set a goal and not followed through with it?
Otherwise, have you reached a goal and then just not felt any happier than before? Experts say that this is because of ‘failures in conative process’. Huh? WTF is ‘conative process’? The human capacity to set and pursue personal agendas is referred to by researchers using this term. (It’s got nothing to do with the cone in…
Read MoreCan anyone tell me why it’s called ‘social distancing’?
I’m just not getting it. Everyone, from the highest heads of states and global organisations, to our families are telling us to stay home. It is one cohesive instruction. And anybody with a bit of sense is LISTENING and doing just that – we are staying home unless we are essential to the basic needs…
Read MoreAchieving a big objective requires colossal effort, right?
Yes, but this statement is only half true! The colossal effort happens in small steps taken one after the other over a period of time. The deal is that if you consistently bat away at your goal, you will get it – it’s a PROCESS-driven exercise. Visualising your goal day after day is lovely, but…
Read MoreHere’s some basic stuff that we IRONICALLY never think about:
Thinking is the flow of information and energy in your nervous system. Your brain constantly sends information and receives it from your five senses, from parts of your body and the nerve endings around your gut and heart, up and down your brainstem. This never stops if you are alive. Learning is building thoughts. Your…
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