psychology

Indian Call Centres -why I dislike them

I so much did NOT look forward to this call Today I had to call Sky to remove an element from my package and also to order a new sky Q box because the Sky Plus box is now redundant. I hesitated for two weeks before calling because my antipathy to Sky as a system is so great I really had to fight to overcome it. Basically the website has been dumbed down so much that outside certain lowest common...

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The Protocol of giving and receiving

The price of prescriptions for eye glasses Today was one of those days when I was relatively free from appointments but the day fills up as it always does. I went for an eye test to my local optician in Radstock. They are always very kind and helpful and the consulted found that I needed an alteration in my prescription I have got used to varifocals so I hope it was not going to be too expensive...

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Making New Friends

Today's soliloquy* is based on reading Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son in which he endeavours to give advice about various matters including relationships and friendships. This father is diligent and conscientious to deliver the best possible advice to his son and after reading it I'm going to give my version on how I would advise my younger self to increase the circle and meaningfulness...

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Giving detailed feedback to a retreat organizer

I wrote a few weeks ago about a recent conference that I attended. The organizers were unwise enough to ask me for my opinion little realising that I would write voluminously but this is my contribution to get things as good as they can possibly be. Greetings Dear organisers I'm going to give you my considered opinion on a possible future path of your interactions bearing in mind the great...

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Is wokeness out of control?

I have watched UK column for many years now and it is a stable and reliable source of information and opinion. I do not look at it as regularly as I could but then with so many demands on my attention sometimes I don't know where to start. I author or take part in five web domains which takes more time than it should. Today I visited the homepage of UK column and flipped through the many videos...

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Have our minds been psychologically reprogrammed

Please note, dear people, this is not part of the normal run of accounts and comments that I make, it's because thinking or lack of it is so important that it does affect in a profound way the way that people see and reflect on such writings as you see in this diary - Ed. It’s our subconscious that falls victim to propaganda This is an article from The Light Newspaper and I hope this will serve...

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