If you don’t know, I’m not telling you!
[dropcap4]M[/dropcap4]ost of us grow into adulthood carrying messages given to us by our parents. Some are wise (‘treat everyone as an equal’); some are obscure (‘always carry a rubbish bag in the back of your car!’); some are funny (‘never spit on old ladies, and they’ll never spit on you!’), and others are just plain [...]
Persisting in beliefs
I knew someone who didn’t wear their hearing aid. They needed to because they found it difficult to hear all sorts of things – traffic noise, birdsong, conversation. They said it was because the device was old and didn’t fit properly. So, arrangements were made to have this individual assessed at a local hospital and [...]
It’s OK to be human
We’re all familiar with corporate mission statements and, most likely, with the idea of building our own personal mission statement. [pullquote4 quotes="true" align="right"]I got up this morning and took part in the human race. But I came last![/pullquote4] And, if you’re a follower of self-help advice, then –assuming you’ve written a personal mission statement – [...]
Adversity Quotient
I discussed a nippy and straightforward measure of some facet of a person’s functioning, psychological make-up, emotional state, and so, on a few days ago (see I’ll have another quotient, please). In passing, I’d referred to the Adversity Quotient. I have to admit that this was a relatively new measure as far as I was [...]
Life Isn’t Lived in Chapters
[fancy_header3]Just something to think about today…[/fancy_header3] I like literary novels. Two favourite authors are Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Roberto Bolano. I try to read a few of the books short-listed for the Man Booker Prize each year. I enjoy grappling with the language: the images, the metaphors, the ambiguities. However, I realise that in comparison [...]
I’ll have another quotient, please
If you want a quick and simple measure of some aspect of a person’s functioning, then the chances are you’ll use a quotient. A quotient is simply a number obtained by dividing one number by another number. They purport to measure the relative amount of some quality or charactersitic. They are everywhere. Perhaps the most [...]
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