Archive for March, 2008

Can You Multitask? More importantly, Should You Even Try?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Our culture values multitasking, but many people are not able to do this. Perhaps multitasking is over-rated. When you watch a teenager doing homework, having several IM windows opened, using a cell phone and clicking at war of warcraft does it look productive? Perhaps this is why many students do homework from 3-10 pm daily […]

Auto-suggestion and affirmation

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Autosuggestion is a declaration of an intention or a goal is stated over and over again until the mind of the person accepts the statement as truth. This type of affirmation is viewed positively and it mobilizes one’s resources and effort towards the attainment of the goals so stated.
It is also a means of harnessing […]

Choose how to React

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The human animal is the only organism so far known to be aware of its own existence. Untrained, this awareness does not help him overcome his instincts to react to any given situation. Frankl has found out that it is possible to use the will to make a choice on how one can react.
Other theories […]

Setting SMART goals

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

SMART is an acronym for the following bywords:
- Specific. The goal has to be as detailed as possible. This is to reduce the time to think about what the goal is. This must answer the basic questions of Who, What, When, Where, Which and Why.
The more specific the goal, the more the end result can […]

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