As they traverse the education journey, students today aren’t just studying to pass exams but preparing for bigger career challenges. A recent study by Pew Research Center found that only 62% of students who enroll in degree- or certificate-granting programs complete them in less than six years. This number highlights the need for students to focus not just on academia…
personal development
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Mindful Living
Let Go of The Past to Make Room for New Beginnings (3 Tips)
by Vidya Sury May 19, 2023“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” ~ Marie Kondo Marie Kondo is an organization expert. Her mission, in part, is to bring order to people’s lives by helping them let go of the past, the things in their life that don’t ‘spark…
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Personal development
Why is empathy important? 7 effective tips to improve empathy skills
by Vidya Sury April 14, 2023Merriam-Webster defines empathy as: “The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.” To simplify, empathy is one’s ability to understand and share another person’s feelings. Being able to…
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Relationships
How to stop resentment from ruining your relationship (5 tips)
by Vidya Sury July 18, 2022If there is one toxic element that can completely mess up a relationship, it is resentment. Resentment is the feeling that you’re being neglected, treated unfairly, or not getting the respect or appreciation you deserve. It’s been compared to drinking poison but waiting for the other person to die. It eats at you, sometimes for years on end, but the…
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In all areas of life – business, personal, family, friends, health – we are constantly surrounded by the same people. The ones we live with, work with, work out with and so on who make our inner circle – this does not change all that much over time. It follows from this that we need to make sure we’re surrounded…