As another year approaches, we are tempted to use this temporal marker to affect change in our lives. We update our To-do lists, resolve to alter our habits, undertake new ventures, or renew our relationships. A desire to improve ourselves…
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As another year approaches, we are tempted to use this temporal marker to affect change in our lives. We update our To-do lists, resolve to alter our habits, undertake new ventures, or renew our relationships. A desire to improve ourselves…
Though Covid-19 has taken a huge toll on human lives and has engendered unprecedented levels of economic hardship, we can’t deny that it has also bestowed some blessings on our planet. Pollution receded for the first time in years. Anecdotal…
Attention is a limited resource for most people. To increase your power of concentration, get to know yourself better and practise mindfulness. Pay attention!” How often are children jolted out of a reverie by teachers and parents with this command?…
In a world that requires us to be quick thinkers, there is plenty to learn if we take the time to observe and pay more attention to details In my previous column, which was the first of a three-part series…
Research suggests that behaviours that impede studying can be changed. Just looking at the books piled on you study table makes you queasy. Your exams are a few weeks away and you are trying hard to be disciplined. You lock…
Learning to observe deeply is an invaluable tool in any field “Pay attention!” Almost all students have been at the receiving end of this injunction, at some point in their academic lives. But, what do teachers really mean by this…
It takes a lot more to being a good listener than just nodding one’s head and offering solutions No doubt, we live in a noisy world, both literally and virtually. Expressing our opinions on all matters, trite or significant, has…
Just as charity begins at home, so do career and social success — look inwards first Vani didn’t feel comfortable going out with her friends though she was part of the coolest group. Though she didn’t really want to drink,…
Make checklists. Bring more order and success into your life. Have you gone on a college vacation only to discover that you did not pack your blue sweater? After feeling quite euphoric on doing well in a Board exam, have…
Does multitasking delude us into thinking we are being more efficient? You return home from college with your head buzzing with all the things you need to get done. Being the class monitor, you have to coordinate the logistics of…
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.