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Readiness/prepared to launch: what motivates it
Almost 20 years down the line, what Dr. Sax wrote in “Boys Adrift” still rings very true today. This certainly applies to the five...
Mar 132 min read


Diminishing masculinity?
The ‘assaults’ seem to come from different angles. First, in “Boys Adrift” (published almost 20 years ago by Leonard Sax , 2007), he laid...
Feb 273 min read


A case for English literacy (English lit)
My two school-going children have lots of observations and questions about their schooling experiences. One of them is about why there is...
Feb 213 min read


The behavioral economics of holding on to losing stocks
The rule in the stock market investment is simple: buy low and sell high. This makes intuitive economic sense. Of course, buying low and...
Feb 32 min read


Holidays and leaves (part 3)
The situation of working during holidays/leaves is most applicable for the part of the job where time boundedness is (relatively) high...
Jan 283 min read


Holidays and leaves (part 2)
Before I continue, let me explain what I mean by working through the December holiday first as what counts as work, whether work has...
Jan 273 min read


Holidays and leaves (part 1)
Things used to be a lot clearer: work happens at the workplace (office, factory, company or wherever the workplace is), and when one...
Jan 272 min read
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