The formula: H=N+F+K
Habit = Need + Frequency + Knowledge
“Despite having all kinds of devices which save us time and effort, we are beginning to have the feeling that we have less time for ourselves than at any other time in human history.”
Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, Washington
Do you sacrifice (almost) all of your free time because of the demands of work? Do you stint on sleep? These are two of the symptoms caused by the constant fear of not being up to the mark at work; and this fear has become a widespread disease, so widespread in fact that it has an official name, “Deferred Happiness Syndrome” (more…)
“Old age has two advantages: you neither have toothache nor do you hear the rubbish which those around you are spouting .”
So said the writer George Bernard Shaw. However, despite these undoubted advantages, we all struggle against the process of growing old. (more…)
There’s no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
Albert Ellis, psychologist
When we have come to a decision, any second thoughts, however well-founded, are not welcome. As a result, we amass all the reasons we can think of in order to plough ahead regardless. (more…)
