The value of education

The value of education

OK, I confess, I’m addicted to learning. Or at the very least, I engage in the activity of learning at almost every opportunity, when there is no obvious financial benefit and the outcome for me is sometimes difficult to define. I just love learning. I do have...
The Power of Belief

The Power of Belief

I suspect that we’ve all heard of the placebo effect. It’s pretty old concept but I first came across it when learning how new drugs were tested to see if they were better than the existing drugs – or any good at all! What we learn from these studies is...