When we hear about air disasters and imagine what might have led to the fateful moment, it is usually technical problems, a sudden flock of birds, stormy weather, or perhaps a hijacking that comes to mind, but certainly not differences in character between nations, which played a huge role in the downing of Korean Air …
… but the bad news is that so is lack of control. Now let’s look at this in a sandwich: we’ll start by looking at cases when it works superbly to have infectious self-control, then we’ll get into the less rosy side of the phenomenon and finally end with a positive message (and it’s not …
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When visualisation is mentioned as the key to success, 90% of the time it is done with about the same depth as when the “experienced” language learner advises the beginner to “do Duolingo”, as if that is the holy grail and what language learning is about, but no, that is what drilling is about. However, …
With this characteristic question I’ll lead you a little bit astray if I let you think about the answer in general, but now I’ll help you and narrow the question down: the topic is procrastination and the answer is: as soon as possible:). In the previous article on this topic I promised to show you …
Back in November, Recogna held a workshop on procrastination for a group of participants, mostly executives and decision-makers who need to keep their day-to-day business running smoothly in order to do business well. And while there is the phrase “everyone is procrastinating”, we didn’t know how relevant the topic would be to this group. Well, …