Explore useful resources on the professional skills that matter in your career. Articles on communication skills, leadership, critical thinking, and adaptability written from the perspective of an experienced HR professional.
Two Evergreen Learning Paths -Reading and Note-taking; Image created using DALL·E by OpenAI.
Reading and note-taking are among the first things we learn at school and are two evergreen skills that will accompany and impact our entire lives. At first glance, these skills may seem unimportant because reading and note-taking are fundamental in any educational system. The interest in these two lifelong skills can predict how well one will do with learning in the future. Reading a good book is an immersion in other worlds created by great minds that otherwise we would get to know. Surely, we will walk these evergreen paths as long as we can do so.
What Is Empathy?
What is empathy? Learning to read and understand people's states of mind, picking up their subtle emotions, and balancing a proper balanced response is a pathway of both emotional resilience and kindness. This is a short learning video about the role of empathy and how can it become a strength that enables us to go beyond our perspectives, acknowledge the struggles of others, and treat them with appreciation.
This article explores how fairy tales function as an effective learning method in early childhood development. By presenting future-oriented narratives, fairy tales help guide children toward emotional resilience and healthy growth. Children naturally respond to clear distinctions between positive and negative characters, making stories easier to understand and internalize. The simplicity and symbolic structure of traditional fairy tales support complex learning by integrating moral lessons, real-life challenges, and emotional awareness. Importantly, these stories do not avoid difficult themes such as conflict, fear, or injustice. Instead, they provide a safe framework for children to recognize and process emotions contributing to an adaptive behaviour.
