What Women Want, What Women Need
According to recent research, what women want is ‘men who are kind’. Why? The characteristic of altruism – selfless concern for the welfare of others – suggests that a man may make a better parent and is not just in the relationship for sex. Macho risk-taking is not the way to a woman’s heart. What women need to hear is that having a big bum, hips and thighs...
Read MoreKnowledge is the Key: How to Learn and Study (Workshop)
Are you frustrated no one ever showed you how to learn? This workshop will teach you the skills of study. How do you ‘speed read’? Are there writing conventions and guidelines? How do you influence, argue and analyse when reasoning? What is the value of learning styles, mind maps and memory techniques? This workshop is for lifelong learners and students of all sorts. We are...
Read MoreThe Internet and Depression
Readers of this blog will know that we have an interest in the topic of depression and mental well-being. Among other things, Dawn and I run training sessions for the local anti-depression group Aware Defeat Depression, and I run workshops on positive psychology (NOT positive thinking). So I was fascinated by new research that suggests a link between ‘internet addiction’ and...
Read MoreCustomer Service Versus France
I’ve blogged before about the difference in customer service mindset between ourselves and our American cousins, coming out in favour of yankee doodle dandy every time. In a later blog, I speculated that a cause of this difference in customer care lies in our European reliance on a welfare system that leads to the buck-passing, couldn’t-care-less approach we encounter daily. No...
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