We begin a column that will address cognitive, social, and emotional issues that impact young adults. The countdown to your exams has begun. Three weeks to go but every time you glance at the textbooks on your desk, you feel…
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We begin a column that will address cognitive, social, and emotional issues that impact young adults. The countdown to your exams has begun. Three weeks to go but every time you glance at the textbooks on your desk, you feel…
Research suggests people have an innate tendency to be overoptimistic about their capacity to meet deadlines. How can we guard ourselves against it? Almost everyone who has constructed a house or an apartment has underestimated the time it would take…
Positive comments can make a dramatic difference to sagging motivation levels. Nita is elated when her professor hands back her Zoology exam answer sheets. She has topped the class and eagerly scans her paper for her teacher’s comments. [pb_blockquote component_description=”Blockquote”…
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.