Shifting The Burden – Why Quick Fixes Bear The Risk To Make Things Worse
On Symptomatic and Fundamental Solutions Quick Fixes Shift The Burden All too often we are in a rush. We choose fast food over long-term well-being or we lie to preserve peace. However, a lot of short-term decisions create a burden later on. What if the lie is revealed? I assume we all like problems to be fixed quickly. Some argue problems are part of life. Certainly, there are different ways to deal with them. Though quick fixes are the easy way and often obvious, often there are more fundamental solutions. What's more, symptomatic solutions bear the risk of making things [...]
On The Power Of Labels, And Why We Must Choose Them Carefully
There Is No Problem Until We Say It Is The Double Character Of Disease With diseases, we can speak of a double character. First, there is a biological deviation. Then your doc labels that deviation as an illness. It's a two-step process. I believe, Eliot Freidson was first to make this distinction. He is considered to be the founder of sociology in medicine. According to Freidson illness is more than a biological or psychological deviation. Social and cultural components, too, have to be considered. Deviations become an illness only if we label them as such. Illness is tied to judgment. What's more, [...]
Mobbing am Arbeitsplatz & dessen Folgen
Mobbing. Ein Begriff den so ziemlich jeder kennt. Mobbing gehört zu den schlimmsten Erfahrungen, die ein Mensch machen kann. Nicht nur in der Schule, sondern auch im Arbeitsleben kann mit dem Thema konfrontiert werden. Entweder müssen Sie zusehen, wie ein Kollege gemobbt wird oder sie selbst werden zum Opfer. Die Folgen von Mobbing sind gravierend und können bis ins Privatleben reichen. [1] Gerade in den letzten Jahren hat Mobbing in der Arbeitswelt zugenommen. [2] Unter anderem deshalb ist es wichtig, sich mit dem Thema Mobbing auseinander zu setzten und die möglichen Folgen zu kennen, damit es gar nicht erst soweit kommt. [...]
The Smart Way To Approach Exercise: 4 Principles
How To Leverage The Science Of Motivation To Make Exercise Fun And Easy "Push Or Pull"? Exercise for many is just another to do we have to fit into our schedules. Often we dread exercise because we've not found a way to make it fun and less of a to do. We have to keep "pushing" and rely on our willpower. Intellectually we know exercise is good for us, but all too often this isn't enough. Tony Robbins describes that dilemma like this: “Push will wear you out. When you're pushing to do something, you only got so much willpower. But [...]
Forget The Stress, Focus On Commitment
How To Create The Healthy And Productive Work Places We So Desperately Need Work & Wellbeing Health has become a guiding theme in modern society. Public interest proves that. So does the increasing interest in the work domain. However, there is a huge gap between the need for health promotion and supply of activities to meet this need - especially for mental health. This risk is avoidable. Premature health issues follow, that affect potential, and therefore work performance. The stress concept is the norm for most experts that fight health risks in the workplaces. It contributed to our understanding of [...]
How To Make A Healthy Habit
The Psychology Of Habit Formation I believe we tend to shy away from changing behavior. Exercising more, getting fit, or eating better are often perceived as huge tasks. But they don't have to if you follow a few simple principles, and take an incremental approach. The crux comes down to, what Franz Kafka would have put like this: "Paths are made by walking." In the beginning, every path compares to a narrow trail. Vegetation might be in the way, and progress is slow and effortful. But by walking the path often, it becomes more solid. What's been effortful in the [...]