Author Archives: Pilar

Emotional lows

We are currently in the midst of a major economic crisis which is taking a huge emotional toll on many people. This is a period when everything seems to be falling apart and there is no place for optimism. What’s … Continue reading

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Three cheers for enthusiasm

We really are very lucky. I know that this may sound rather hollow in the light of over 4 million people out of work in Spain, and persistently gloomy economic news.  But if we keep things in perspective, we’re bound … Continue reading

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It’s all a question of habit

Have ever paid a full year’s membership to a gym in advance, and then only gone once or twice? If you have, don’t worry, you’re not the only one! The reason why this happens to so many people is simple: … Continue reading

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Group intelligence: the forgotten intelligence

In 1968 the American nuclear submarine, the USS Scorpion, disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean, 50 miles south of the Azores. Finding the submarine proved to be an arduous and difficult task since it could be anywhere within a 20-mile radius … Continue reading

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Learning is a question of attitude

Reading is ‘the most important thing that’s happened to me in my life,’ said Mario Vargas Llosa in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, since it helped him to ‘transform dreams into life and life into dreams’. Continue reading

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