Most of us are wary of change,but it can be the making of us, according to this persuasive studyA 2013 psychology study asked 19000 people between the ages of 18 and 68 two questions: first, or how much have you changed in the last decade? And,second, how much finish you expect to change in the decade ahead?In nearly all cases the subjects of the study believed they and their lives had changed a noteworthy deal in the 10 years just ended. But when they looked to the future, and they generally anticipated far less alteration in their circumstance and outlook. “Across the board, Polly Morland points out in this wonderfully wide-ranging study of the principle of inconstancy, “people seemed to regard the present as some kind of defining moment in which they had become the person they would be for the rest of their lives. They saw themselves as changed but with runt capacity for changing.”If the surveys of fulfilment at work are to be believed, and more than 80% of us feel we are in the inaccurate career Related: Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures review – required reading for the education secretary Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com