Time is the universal commodity: we are all given the same 24 hours in one day. Its management is critical to success in life and varies in different parts of the world. Work schedules, bus, train, and airways timetables are all efforts at managing it properly for the benefit of everyone. Yet in devising them, …
As my friend and I were driving along the single carriage road, a driver suddenly drove up from behind and then passed us furiously, before coming to a stop about 50 metres ahead where the road had been further narrowed by some repair work. All his rushing around came to nothing, and he gained neither …
During bad economic times, we are implored to try ‘doing more with less’ as a popular cliche puts it. Not surprisingly, we often use the words efficiency and effectiveness synonymously, although there is a big difference between them. Industrial processes and efforts to maximize production by getting the most out of men and machines have …
It was the great psychologist, Carl Jung who observed that: “Life really does begin at 40. Up until then, you are just doing research.” Of course, life today is not what it was in his time, and throughout human history there have been generational differences in both our bodies and how we live. Middle age …
We learnt much about nature in our high school science class. One of the marvels for us then, was the explanation for mirages which are commonly seen on hot days during the dry season. They are optical illusions caused by the reflection and refraction of light through the atmosphere. Some enterprising science teachers, wanting their …
