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Cultural Norms: Do they Matter?

by Winston Sieck updated September 11, 2021

cultural norms for women dress

In some countries, women are expected to cover themselves from head to toe. In others, bikini bottoms are plenty sufficient. In some places, baskets are carried in the arms. In others, they are placed on the head. Cultural norms are the standards we live by. They are the shared expectations and … [Read more...] about Cultural Norms: Do they Matter?

Filed Under: Culture & Communication, Popular Tagged With: general, values

Do You Struggle with Indecisiveness? Maybe it’s in Your Culture

by Winston Sieck updated September 11, 2021

decision dice cure indecisiveness

Indecisiveness is bad. Indecisive politicians are a bunch of wishy-washy flip-floppers. Decisive entrepreneurs grow great businesses (or at least fail spectacularly while trying). If a decision is a commitment to a course of action, then “indecision” is a failure to commit. Indecisiveness … [Read more...] about Do You Struggle with Indecisiveness? Maybe it’s in Your Culture

Filed Under: Culture & Communication, GC Science, Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: general, values

How to be Smart: A Simple Approach

by Winston Sieck updated September 11, 2021

how to be smart like einstein

Smart is in… And that’s intimidating. Most thinking people quietly belittle their own great brains. They envy the geniuses around them, wanting to know how to be smart like "those guys"? There’s currently a lot of confusion about how to be smart, what it means to be smart, and whether … [Read more...] about How to be Smart: A Simple Approach

Filed Under: Learning Skills, Popular

Can an Image of the Brain Reveal Your Cultural Adaptability?

by Winston Sieck updated March 2, 2025

colorful cultural brains

Some people can adjust to new cultures far more easily than others. Understanding why some find cultural adaptability to be relatively painless, whereas others struggle to adapt is a problem of longstanding concern. Many are interested in the results, including businesses with multinational … [Read more...] about Can an Image of the Brain Reveal Your Cultural Adaptability?

Filed Under: Culture & Communication, GC Science Tagged With: brain, general

Innate Intelligence vs. True Grit

by Winston Sieck updated September 11, 2021

grit

My dad used to say, “It’s not the dog in the fight, it’s the fight in the dog.” He had several other antiquated gems for expressing that core idea – success is often less about natural talent than it is about persistence in pursuit of one’s goals. Emily Hanford describes a study about the role … [Read more...] about Innate Intelligence vs. True Grit

Filed Under: Learning Skills Tagged With: general, intelligence

Evaluating Sources: Know What’s Credible on the Web

by Winston Sieck updated September 10, 2021

Evaluating sources on the beach

Search results can turn up lots of interesting-looking pages, but efficient web learning means spending most of your time looking at the high-quality sites. People who know how to learn from the internet tend to be highly discriminating in their web site selection. They are good at evaluating … [Read more...] about Evaluating Sources: Know What’s Credible on the Web

Filed Under: Learning Science, Thinking & Deciding

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