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Category:

Mentoring
Published:

08 May 2021

Why do we study? On average a well educated individual has anywhere between 14 to 22 years of formal education under their belt. Why do we spend so much time studying? And what if everythi...

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Peer Pressure in the context of Education Options

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

25 Jan 2018

“I want to join XYZ classes, BECAUSE my friends also go there” Man is a social animal. Therefore, he is always trying to belong. Countries, states, villages, homes – any social unit-...

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Building a Personal Brand

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

29 Aug 2018

In some cultures, building a personal brand is considered an anathema. Something that is really frowned upon. But the Generation Z does not really think that ways. A recent survey highlighted that I...

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“Mom, you are starving me.. for time”

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

06 Mar 2019

Sometimes we are willing to compromise on our time for the sake of money. Taking a hard assignment, putting in long hours, sacrificing time with the family or friends all in the hope of a good reward ...

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Critique of David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

Category:

Insights & Information
Published:

15 Feb 2018

Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, David and Goliath, like his previous others, is a riveting read. Like always, his assertions are backed by research, compelling evid...

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Experimental innovator who got into the Parsons, New York

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

08 Mar 2018

This girl was not a genius – she had to work extremely hard to make her creations come alive. She was not a creative genius who would lift a brush and paintings would come out. In fact, for the ...

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Active Forgetting

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

06 Mar 2019

Reading through an article in the Atlantic on active forgetting (How Active Forgetting Makes Memory More Efficient?), it occurred to me that the current age of cheap memory sticks and cameras in every...

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Pygmalion effect in Mentoring/ Admission Counselling

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

31 Jul 2019

The Pygmalion effect is the phenomenon whereby others' expectations of a target person affect the target person's performance. A corollary of the Pygmalion effect is the golem effect, in which low ex...

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Board Exams and Stream Selection 2021

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

05 Feb 2021

Grade 10 is usually a year of change. The development of students in this year holds a lot of key factors, and the results of this year’s exams may or may not help a tenth grader choose his stre...

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