The Role of Failure in Learning
The Role of Failure in Learning Failure, it is a word associated with such negative connotations, it is often linked with fear and anxiety. This is such a waste as failure has unlimited potential to help us grow. Through failure and making mistakes we can…
The Importance of Building Resilience
“The Importance of Building Resilience” A resilient person works through challenges by using personal resources, strengths, and other positive capacities of psychological capital like hope, optimism, and self-efficacy. Overcoming a crisis via resiliency is often described as “bouncing back” to a normal state of functioning….
Effective Time Management
“Effective Time Management” Many people know Steve Jobs as the Apple boss whose relentless drive and vision drove the company to become the largest in the world by market capitalization and more recently as one of the world’s highest-valued companies. But fewer are aware of…
Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent
“Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent” Important activities have an outcome that leads to us achieving our goals, whether these are professional or personal. Urgent activities demand immediate attention, and are usually associated with achieving someone else’s goals. When we know which activities…
Inventing the Future
“Inventing the Future” In 1963, Dennis Gabor published “Inventing the Future,” a book that contained his most famous quote: “The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented.” We are still the masters of our fate. Rational thinking, even assisted by any conceivable electronic…
Role of Emotions
“Role of Emotions” Emotions can play an important role in how we think and behave. The emotions we feel each day can compel us to take action and influence the decisions we make about our lives, both large and small. Emotions can be fleeting, persistent,…
Use your talents for the well-being of humanity
“Use your talents for the well-being of humanity” Humans coexist with one another. In a symbiotic relationship, one of the ideal relationships is Commensalism where the two individuals benefit from each other. Our gifts or talents are purposely created not just for ourselves but to…
Forgiveness is a constant attitude
“Forgiveness is a constant attitude” Sometimes things do happen for a reason. Some experiences may even mark us forever! The only thing you can do is to forgive and build upon it. It makes you a much better and stronger person. You build upon what…
Face Your Fears With Courage
“Face Your Fears With Courage” Courageous people don’t worry about things that are out of their control or things that are unlikely to happen. They concentrate on what they can control. You don’t have to lose everything to lose that particular fear. But once you…
Personal development
“Personal development” Personal development can be summarized as a two-stage process: Stage one includes the conventional self-actualizing objectives, such as developing self-awareness and identity, gaining expert knowledge and nurturing our personal potential. Stage two then necessitates the critical transition to reach beyond ourselves (self-transcendence), to…
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