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Category Archives: Personal Development
On the road to Emotional Intelligence : The Emotions Map and other things ..
Emanuel Derman (here) draws a nice similarity between how Spinoza in his ‘Ethics’ approached human emotion as Euclid approached geometry : Defining three Primitives and ( Pain (sorrow) , Pleasure (joy) , and Desire ) and then proceeded to … Continue reading
Obliquity by John Kay – Book Review
This book discusses how it is impossible sometimes to pursue our goals directly, where oblique (indirect) paths yield better results. The writer basically validates this by examples from three fields. The happiest people aren’t those who pursue happiness, the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Knowledge & Education, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Psychology, Selected Readings, Sociology, Strategy, Thinking and The Mind
Tagged Complexity, decision making, Happiness, Indirectness, intelligence, John Kay, Leadership, Muddling Through, Obliquity, Personal Development, Planning, Power, Problem Solving, Strategy, Success
On Multitasking: Can you Multitask ?
Think-Grow: Multitasking is a huge discussion now… How beneficial is it ? Can it really deliver considerable benefits? a short article on HBR blogs discusses a negative point of view on multitasking and how it can actually reduce personal effectiveness. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Personal Development, Psychology, Studies, Thinking and The Mind
Tagged attention, Communication, concentration, focus, information, information overload, interpersonal skills, multitasking, Organization, personal effectiveness, personal efficiency, self help, Success, time management
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy .. Stuttering .. Children .. more The Economist had an interesting article on speech therapy, inspired by the movie ‘the king’s speech’… It discusses historical approaches to the problem, including blaming it on dryness of the tongue (In … Continue reading
The Real Cost of Obesity
It is very interesting to see the actual total monetary costs of obesity to society.. Needless to say that ‘real’ (i.e. social, emotional, etc..) costs are much more important. But the below information from Mckinsey helps give a closer look … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Economics, and Accounting, Health, Personal Development, Sociology, Studies
Tagged costs, economic, health, healthcare, obesity
Linkedin’s Most overused buzz words
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 85 million members worldwide, today released the most overused words and phrases in members’ LinkedIn profiles. The top 10 terms that are overused by professionals based in the … Continue reading
Posted in Fun & Humor, Knowledge & Education, Management, Personal Development, Sociology, Studies