It is inconceivable that this month the London Underground Victoria line will have been running for five decades. That’s half a century. Who would have imagined that when it was constructed in the 1960s, that it would still be going strong and going to be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year? Fifty years ago, construction […]
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Managing the effects of social media
Could the theory about your choice of social media revealing your age and demographic hold any water? Some people have suggested that it is easy to make any initial assumptions about the target market merely by examining the social media platform used by social media users. While this could be an unproven generalisation, with clear […]
Uneasy about something? Don’t keep it bottled up
Should you take a person’s word at face value? If a person has promised something verbally, and later seemingly reneges on the promise, what sort of ways can you go about to address the situation? This is the situation facing an author in Canada. Shubnum Khan, the person in question, had signed up for a […]
Meaning brings information to life
Brexit. Are we in or out? Should we be in or out? It is likely when you put the question to teenagers, many of them will be of the opinion, “Who cares? Why I should care?” It is a sad state of things that many grow up to be ambivalent about the things that should […]
Notice: Professional Courtesy
Switching jobs is all part and parcel of life. Very few people remain in the one job for their entire career. While job hopping may have once been viewed as displaying a lack of loyalty, staying in one job is seen as being stagnant, lacking in exploration, and being narrow-minded. Most employers now realise that […]
Does technology exacerbate mental health decline?
According to news reports, media mogul Simon Cowell has ditched his phone for over ten months, and has been quoted to say the withdrawal from technology has been good for his mental health. He says he was irritated with how often he was using his phone, and ever since he ditched it, he was more […]
Music and Silence are both underpinned by the same thing
What does the fact that many people are listening to headphones nowadays tell us? Does it tell us the music industry is growing? Well, it is, but that is not the main thing. Does it tell us music plays an important part in everyone’s life? Yes, it does, but only to a certain extent. What […]
Knowledge
Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off. Have you ever encountered someone who is like a smart aleck? Someone who feels they always have something to say, to contribute, or feels that while everyone is entitled to an opinion, that they must also show it, […]
Listen, then talk
How can you help a friend who needs someone to talk to? Often when we think of someone in need, we should realise that what they need is someone to listen without judgement. This “without judgement” may even extend to listening without dispensing advice. Because when someone has an awful lot of their chest and […]
Expressing gratitude
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Have you noticed how people seemed to have forgotten how to say thank you properly these days? When you have a done a favour for someone, or gone out of your way, sometimes the only response you get is […]