Active Listening

 Have you ever been perplexed or upset because someone dosent understand your point of view or the level at which you are speaking? Do you find it hard to comprehend that someone dosent understand the littlest things you expect them to know? We'll I've brought a simpler concept to help you realize what going on If you fall under this phenomenon then congratulations..you have been cursed with knowledge! The curse of knowledge , illustrated by Elizabeth Newton In 1990, a Stanford University graduate student in psychology , summaries the A cognitive bias which is a systematic pattern of deviation from rationality, which occurs due to the way our cognitive system works.  Accordingly, cognitive biases cause us to be irrational in the way we search for, evaluate, interpret, judge, use, and remember information, as well as in the way we make decisions. In simpler words, When under the Curse of Knowledge, we assume people know more about a topic than they actually do.  We are esp...

  Do you find it hard to make out plans for your day or even accomplish it? Do you  determine your day or does it determines you? Not to worry, I've put put together a few helpful tips to help you make the best of your day. Before we begin, do well to understand that these tips are flexible and don't necessarily have to be followed in order. Just make sure to have fun with whatever you set out to do.   Also this might not work for everyone so you should try to find or adjust this to what would help you be more productive. Why do we most times have our days determine us?  I mean it's okay to take few chilling days off but we all, most times have issues with being accountable for our day.   So I'll teach you a simple trick The reason why we relax so much is because we feel we have twenty-four hours. And that looks regular, normal and not exciting..I bet most of us don't even time some crucial activities we do.  We literally spend hours on social med...

  How many times have you given excuses for achieving a goal? Hello Activers, welcome back to an enlightening forum where we learn, unlearn and grow in self development. Today we're gonna be talking about reasons why we give up on dreams. Its so common that we have a lot of negative thoughts and fewer positive aspirations. If there's one thing I've realized in life it is, Don't be afraid of taking that step Be even more afraid of regret! Cause its the most horrible feeling in life. Having a chance to do something great but being a coward and forfeiting the mission. I just want to give a little motivation to start your day. Make that choice to do something great. I promise you , it wont always be fun on the journey. When I wanted to write out this powerful message to you , I did felt reluctant, stressed but I remembered one thing, THE GOAL ! It all starts with a WHY ? Every great accomplishment has a story behind it.  What is your WHY behind your idea? What change or c...

  We all have a beginning. That time when we made that decision, taking that first step to achieving our desires. Just like I did. I am Ololade, a freelance content and ghostwriter, blogger, podcaster, poet and language enthusiast. Im currently a final year student of a diploma Course in orthopedics, "Prosthetics and Orthotics''. I love ancient history and archeological discoveries, I speak Spanish, English , Korean, a little bit of Chinese, German and Ukrainian. I am an entrepreneur , achiever , love enthusiast (I believe in love and self appreciation ). I love music and play a bit of the violin and piano. I'm an inventor and my view of the world is amazingly unique. I am an advocate of self development and I currently run an "Active Listening Community '' where I enlighten people on several ranges of topics and create an environment where people can share ideas, problems and get help without being judged. We have a blog and a newsletter received through ...