Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world. View the full video of Professor Philip Zimbardo's talk at the RSA.
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These videos are spectacular, and I think adding an interactive visual, possibly including clickable areas that play corresponding speech segments, of the entire whiteboard for each video would benefit my ability to internalize the large quantity of information.
Makes sense of a unacknowledged characteristic of Irish society which says that planning is bad karma, at least planning beyond the most immediate future. I realised this one day when I was walking the course for a show jumping competition. I always walk the jump off course (a shorted course for all those who jump around clear in the first round) because that is the only opportunity and I want to plan the round in my head in case I get through the first round. I offered to share the jump-off course, written on the back of my hand, with a group of my fellow competitors. Their response ranged from "I'll worry about that when the time comes", "That would be bad luck!", "Let's concentrate on getting clear in the first round". And this is a familiar experience in participating in national and regional development planning.
In my case, clearly the English/Protestant family influence is winning over the Irish cultural upbringing in this instance. Now it all makes sense!