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Making our schools truly inclusive
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Using envy to better oneself
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The art of appreciating colleagues at work
July 25, 2022
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Create a culture of thinking in classrooms
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Achieving a higher order in classes for your wards
June 29, 2022
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Redefine what success means for your children
June 23, 2022
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Dealing with regret
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Perception and Performance
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Be the architect of your own career
April 20, 2022
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Gifted children have different benchmarks
April 20, 2022
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Teach in order to learn
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Can making predictions boost learning
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How your attachment style affects your relationships
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Can comprehension be taught?
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Accept your emotions
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Can remote teams feel cohesive
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A booster shot of self-efficacy
February 8, 2022
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Rest Builds Zest
February 2, 2022
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Bolstering conceptual understanding
January 27, 2022
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SeeingHappy.org — a platform to share and spread happiness
January 17, 2022
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Don’t be blinded by fear
January 8, 2022
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Make them fact-checkers
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Building Trust in Virtual Teams
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Be body positive
December 9, 2021
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Shared goals can spur remote work
November 19, 2021
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Why do we believe we can predict another person’s behavior based on situations?
November 9, 2021
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Learning to unlearn
November 1, 2021
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Self-awareness: Why is it important for success
November 1, 2021
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Inject creativity into your work
October 13, 2021
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Keep growing: You Can Change Your Personality
September 30, 2021
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The cost of the work commute
September 15, 2021
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Check in with yourself
September 6, 2021
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Peer Pressure: Maximize the Boons, Minimize the Banes
August 24, 2021
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Job interviews: Assessing the assessment process
August 19, 2021
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Understanding ‘understanding’
August 10, 2021
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No, thank you!
August 2, 2021
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Is it better to be a big fish in a small pond?
July 26, 2021
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When strengths can backfire
July 22, 2021
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Do the wise thing: How to make right choices
July 7, 2021
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The 7 strategies of learned hopefulness
June 28, 2021
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Teaching & Learning

Making our schools truly inclusive

August 9, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

According to UNICEF’s website, inclusive education “allows students of all backgrounds to learn and grow side by side, to the benefit of all.” While educational institutions may aspire to this laudable goal, being ‘inclusive’ in the broadest sense of…

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Self-Improvement

Using envy to better oneself

August 1, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

One can rise above envy and petty feelings and enrich our lives and that of others While you are at a meeting, you receive a text from your best friend announcing that she has been admitted into a Master’s program…

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Work

The art of appreciating colleagues at work

July 25, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

Nakul has toiled for seven years at his current firm. Just two days ago, he got an award for being a Great Team Leader. However, Nakul is not buoyed by the plaque or the certificate. For all his efforts, he…

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Teaching & Learning

Create a culture of thinking in classrooms

July 6, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

What can students do to foster critical thinking in the classroom?   That students may blossom into creative and critical thinkers is one of the main tenets of education. Yet, teaching in classrooms continues to follow an old-fashioned delivery model,…

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Teaching & Learning

Achieving a higher order in classes for your wards

June 29, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

Students should move beyond rote memorisation to “higher-order thinking”. This is a concept recognised by most school boards. Most Indian boards make it a point to include “higher-order thinking” questions in exams, while the IGCSE schools tend to fo…

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Parenting

Redefine what success means for your children

June 23, 2022
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The scramble for a Kindergarten seat is only the beginning of an almost lifelong quest of bagging limited resources so our kids are not left wanting. From getting admission into an elite school to a prestigious college to landing a…

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Dealing with regret

June 7, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

Like other negative emotions, regret too can serve a useful purpose if it is used judiciously “I wish I had pursued Bharatanatyam in my teens instead of rebelling against my mom’s wishes.” “If I had studied harder in college, I…

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Teaching & Learning

Perception and Performance

May 4, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

Does your professor like you? Does he/she think you’re capable? Or, treat you as if you are incompetent? Does your lecturer appreciate your diligence or disapprove of your lackadaisical attitude? Does he/she believe that your tardiness is a personal character…

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Be the architect of your own career

April 20, 2022
Aruna Sankaranarayanan

During our scholastic years, our responsibilities and goals are clearly delineated. While we progress from one class to the next, we also receive feedback in terms of grades that indicate whether we are on track and meeting expectations.

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Teaching & Learning

Gifted children have different benchmarks

April 20, 2022
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When Classes 9 and 10 enacted The Merchant of Venice, Tarun received a standing ovation. His authentic and nuanced portrayal of Shylock stunned the audience, who believed the kid was indeed gifted. But a week later, Tarun’s academic report told…

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    Aruna Sankaranarayanan is the author of Zero Limits: Things Every 20 Something Should Know. She was the Founder & Director of PRAYATNA, a centre for children with learning difficulties in Bengaluru & Chennai for 22 years.

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