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Curiosity. It’s the Gaps that Count.

Curiosity. It’s the Gaps that Count.

In our busy world, we are continually bombarded with sights, sounds, and even smells that overwhelm our senses and stretch our brains. But while we are busy making sense of what’s there, have you ever stopped to think  - to have curiosity - for the opposite? For what...

How to Find Motivation

How to Find Motivation

Motivation is both a thought and a feeling. It is the desire to do something — an inner drive that keeps you going until you reach your goal. But the key to motivation is to not just keep these thoughts and feelings inside your head but actually to translate them into...

Nudging.  Being a Choice Architect.

Nudging. Being a Choice Architect.

Nudging: Being a choice architect.  Last month, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (in Memory of Alfred Nobel and therefore sometimes called the Nobel Prize for Economics) went to Richard Thaler, a Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the...

Get Motivated!

Get Motivated!

I don't even think about the prospect of not winning – it never occurs to me. I really am that confident. – Daley Thompson, Olympic gold medallist Now, get motivated! If only it were that easy. Daley Thompson is perhaps one of my most admired sportspeople, but even he...

New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions

It’s February. Memories of Christmas may be fading fast but in the New Year some things are undoubtedly still playing on our minds. Whether it’s a touch of guilt about festive over-indulgence or a sense of the significance of the New Year as a new opportunity, there are a number of reasons why many of us think about making New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions are important because give us an opportunity to improve ourselves for our own benefit and for the benefit of those….

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