After the seminar, I had a chance to talk with the discussion leader and remarked how unfazed he’d seemed by the silence that had greeted his question, which had seemed to stretch on for what I’d figured to be almost five minutes. He replied the silence had only lasted 30 seconds. “Wow,” I said. “Only 30 seconds? It seemed like a lot more.” He nodded. “It always does. But if
Self Development
May 5, 2024
This Is The Mind-Set You’ll Need In Order To Thrive In The Future Of Work
In the 1930s, long before machine learning was anything more than a figment of popular sci-fi imagination, the Swiss clinical psychologist Jean Piaget identified four universal stages of cognitive development. His work suggested that adolescents reached a final, “formal operations” stage, in which they remained throughout adulthood. This includes the ability to think through things in the abstract and draw conclusions, without the need for direct, physical experience. advertisement advertisement
April 29, 2024
How to find yourself in this crazy world and discover who you are
Fair to say you’re reading this article cocooned in your home under lockdown or self-isolation. Unfortunately, it looks like we will be hibernating in seclusion for a while. But social isolation doesn’t have to be all bad. When you think about it, it’s an incredible opportunity to learn more about ourselves. Because when we remove ourselves from the social context of our lives, we are better able to see how