Motivation & Happiness

A lot has been researched about motivation over the years  and generally speaking one of the most common distinctions and definitions is between away from motivation: Avoiding  pain, disadvantages, fear, punishment, boredom  or blame, the negative aspects ot on the other hand more towards the positive benefits, pleasure, fun, reward, appreciation, recognition.

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May 20, 2019 /  

Silver Cars & Confirmation Bias

What do silver cars and unconscious confirmation bias have in common?

I drive a silver metallic car, a motor vehicle. Nothing special about that I hear you say. And you’re quite right. What if I were to tell you that according to studies and research silver metallic is is currently at the time of making this video the most popular colour of cars in the Europe and North America. This means there are more silver metallic cars than any other car out there. Think about that for a moment and why that might be.

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April 29, 2019 /  

Trainers: 4 questions you need to answer

If you are a trainer, educator or presenter you probably think you will have to deal with a myriad of different questions from the audiences. The good news is, as the work of Bernice Mcarthy demonstrates, you don’t.

 

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April 22, 2019 /  

10 tips for delivering webinars

10 tips for delivering webinars

At assist International Human Resources, we have been delivering webinars for the last 8 years. We are convinced that the future for international training and coaching is blended. At the same time, webinars, which are one great element of blended learning, are getting a bad reputation which is a great shame.  Everybody is offering them these days, not always with the right amount of care ad the right level of interaction. 

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March 26, 2019 /  

Escape the Badlands by going intercultural

Escape the Badlands by going intercultural

Language schools if I cast My Mind back about 25 or so years you had it great. In those days language teachers were like Knights in shining armour offering solutions to make businesses internationally more successful with language competence You had a big market with correspondingly high margins for language training. Even 10 years ago if you offered the right quality with a certain degree of differentiation you had a good chance of making decent money and paying your teachers a decent wage.

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March 26, 2019 /