Three courses from Lectera to make a difference this summer
It’s the height of summer! The nights are shorter, and the sun is hot. Now is the right time to take life into your own hands and initiate positive changes in your life, because if not now then when? After all, the development and conquest of new heights are impossible without inner transformation, overcoming obstacles and self-improvement.
Seven tips to help you remain in demand as a sought-after specialist in the labour market
Recent studies by Harvard Business Review and Deloitte have shown that the knowledge that a student now gets at university becomes outdated after just five years. Moreover, according to LinkedIn statistics, most of the 20 fastest growing jobs appeared less than five years ago.
Answer these questions to become better with every day
To follow the right path in life, you need to ask yourself the right questions. Even Voltaire believed that people could be judged by the questions they asked rather than their answers. This approach is still relevant today, hundreds of years later. Questions inspire self-reflection, open you to unexpected discoveries and can even serve as a substitute for therapy.
Learning at Different Ages: from Childhood to Adulthood
We absorb new information in different ways at different ages. Learning depends upon both the state of our health status, brain activity, and also our psychological state of mind. Then there’s the widely held misconception that adults have more trouble learning than children, and older people learn with more difficulty than adults.
16 Online Services to Improve Yourself and Your Mind
Technologies, gadgets and the Internet are not evil if you know how to use them properly. Today, we spend most of our time staring at the screens of our smartphones, or other digital devices. Since these technologies aren’t going anywhere, it’s high time we changed our attitude and started making the most of our smart devices and our time spent online.
If you are interested in complex or obscure topics, your chances of finding relevant courses at an online university are much higher than at traditional universities or colleges.
Knowledge is power, or How to find time to study as an adult
If education still evokes images of school and university that requires a lot of time (and only while you’re still young and free of responsibilities), it’s time to destroy this stereotype once and for all! Thankfully, the world is moving forward, and traditional educational institutions are no longer the only option for people who want to learn something new or develop their professional skills.
The limits of perfection, or Why perfectionism is dangerous
Five or seven years ago, perfectionism was in. The word had just made it into the vocabulary of the cool crowd, so if your eye started twitching when you saw a photo of floor tiles that were poorly aligned, people nodded understandingly and proclaimed you were a ‘Perfectionist!’
A mind map for self-study or to discover your path to knowledge
In almost every article I write, I always reiterate that continuous self-learning is the key to success and career advancement in today's job market.
Guide: an overall introspection of your career and life using the SWOT technique!
When looking for a job and putting together a CV, it is difficult to accurately assess one's abilities, skills, and strengths.
From time to time, we all face problems that cannot be resolved overnight. At some point, you may have no way out.
Why is rational thinking extremely rare today, and how can this be remedied?
The digital age, or the era of new media, is marked by the rapid growth of innovative technologies and their active use in everyday life.
Which planet do you think you could have been born on? A short quiz from Lectera
Who knows what planets humanity could reach in the next 100 years; maybe we might stop at Mars or colonize another galaxy. Let us imagine that we are already living in the 2100s and can opt to live on any solar planet.
Which Ancient Greek God Are You? A Quick Quiz from Lectera
Would you like to be an ancient Greek god? Which one? Maybe Zeus, the ruler of Olympus? Or are you more interested in being Hades because his underworld intrigues you more than the pantheon of gods? Or Poseidon, who was capable of flooding anything?