As humans, we have the unique capacity to practice self-control. This allows us to accomplish things that may challenge us while suppressing our desire to do something more appealing. Being human, we don’t always choose to apply self-control however! In the 70s, Walter Mischel undertook studies …
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Complacency
I was giving a talk to mining safety group recently and was describing how I felt that complacency could lead to a higher risk of accidents. It was just a seed of an idea, but it was borne out by someone with a lot of experience who indicated that, in their industry, he thought that complacency …
Technology!
I’m writing this as a result of my direct experience recently with technology and a focus on the positive learning that I had rather than describing the incredible frustration that was very apparent when my new laptop pc updated and became almost useless. Our roles require us to be very mobile as …