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"Always Trust Your Feeling." Really?

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"Always Trust Your Feeling?"  This dictum sounds familiar and appealing. It is often used by my colleagues to address the students who consumes without any thought analysis. It sounds wise, thus the popularity. However, the reality is nuanced and misleading. This article discusses why the dictum is appealing and explores to interrupt the assumptions that frame the popularity of the dictum. Why does this dictum sounds fascinating?  The combination of "trust," "your," and "feeling" powerfully blends to tap into appealing aspect of human psychology and experiences. It can be safe to assert that it is powerful enough to hijack our rational self. "Trust your feeling" offers us utterly unique reason that equivocally sound reasonable to justify our feeling and actions. This phrase also helps us shield from societal judgement which is either dichotomies or are not of our liking. Simply put, it helps in what I may call "social-self preserva...

Is prolonged meeting a symptom of system Deficiency or Efficiency?

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The ubiquitous nature of meetings in modern organizational life often prompts a critical question: does the tendency for meetings to extend beyond their scheduled duration hamper efficiency? Does it signify an underlying deficiency within the system? This review explores various perspectives on meeting length. While acknowledging that some complex topics necessitate extended deliberation, a significant body of literature across these publications suggests that consistently lengthy meetings frequently point towards fundamental flaws in organizational structure, communication practices, and meeting management efficacy. One prominent area of concern revolves around poor meeting planning and execution . Effective meetings, require clearly defined objectives, a well-structured agenda, and stipulated time. The absence of these foundational elements can readily lead to unfocused discussions, the reiteration of points, introduction of tangential subjects, and beating around the bush, inevitabl...