Fear and his best friend, Disappointment

  Developing a relationship with Fear is a critical for resilience. My dictionary describes Fear as “an unpleasant emotion caused by exposure to danger, expectation of pain, etc. … anxiety or apprehension…”* Some people are more comfortable co-existing with Fear than others despite having lived through scary experiences. Others feel immobilized and can practically hear…

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Start from where you are

In her book Healing Into Possibility: The Transformational Lessons of a Stroke, Alison Bonds Shipiro writes about her journey of recovery following two strokes at age 55. Her experience led her to identify eight principles of transformation, one of which is “start from where you are.” The essence of this principle is to carefully and…

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Soft skills are among the top 10 sought by employers in 2020

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), “By 2020, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have brought us advanced robotics and autonomous transport, artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced materials, biotechnology and genomics.”* The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) increases the importance of career planning—consideration of your specific skills, strengths and aptitude of value to potential employers….

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You know more than you think: tacit knowledge

We know much more than we think. Our tacit knowledge, sometimes called “know how” is a rich collection of learning from experience. Unlike explicit knowledge (easily communicated and documented), tacit knowledge* is: subjective, cognitive, experiential learning personal context sensitive/specific dynamically created internalized difficult to capture and codify difficult to share high value hard to document…

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Thinking strategy #2: Reflection

Reflection is essential—it’s how we discover what we think and what we know. At its simplest, reflection is a natural mental activity that occurs regularly and often involuntarily. It’s what we do while walking to the grocery store or waiting for an appointment. Focused reflection is a powerful thinking strategy that once learned can yield…

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Thinking about thinking

Most of us don’t remember learning to think—it just happens—whether we want it to or not. At school we learn to think about specific subjects… at least enough to learn/remember/understand and pass the exams. But what does thinking mean? The Oxford English Dictionary defines thinking as: “The most general verb for expressing internal mental activity,…

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