4 key skills for the 21st century and yet so timeless The information age is above all the age of communication, but are we worthy representatives of these four verbs: listening, reading, writing and speaking? They seem simple and acquired, but they have never been so imperfectly mastered. These skills, which until the 20th century were the prerogative of the…
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If you were to tell your life story to your grandchildren one day, what would you tell them? Or, if you were to appear before the whole of humanity one day in the twilight of your life, what elements would you insist on? And if you are a believer, what inner dialogue do you have with God and why you…
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The word authentic comes from the Greek αὐθέντης, authentês (“author, perpetrator”) with the suffix -ικός, -ikós, literally “of the author.” It should be understood by the initial question, are you your own author or a copy of someone else? It’s a question we all ask ourselves at some point. Are we living as an expression of our purest essence or…
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Judo allows to develop various dimensions of the being. Let us see what they are. Character The purpose of judo is to improve the character of the practitioner by the assimilation of a certain number of values. If the ju jitsu from which it emanates was exclusively an art of combat to defend oneself and to overcome one’s opponent, judo,…
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“Hell is other people” Jean-Paul Sartre The relationship with others is necessary because it is the basis of life in society. It helps us to build our identity, which is done in suffering because to look at the other is to see oneself as an object and not as a subject. The other is not neutral, he projects on us,…
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Creolization is a process that creates a cultural mixture from several cultures in contact. Creolization is a constant phenomenon that takes on different magnitudes depending on which part of the world and at which point in history one is in. It has found its greatest expression in the context of slave societies that have seen populations from different parts of…
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Essentially, you could say that there are two types of people: those who get better with time and those who get worse as the clock ticks down. How can we explain this difference? Why do they get better while others go downhill? Even if nature has spoiled you, that she has been generous with you, it is always up to…
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Creatocracy is a neologism formed from the radical creato for creation and cracy for power, it designates a system in which those who lead, those who have the most political and economic power are those who create. This system insists that gradually the establishment of a society where technology is gaining importance through the automation of tasks and the development…
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If there is an inspiring period in history, it is the Renaissance, which saw the resurgence of the glorious figures and visions of existence long forgotten from the ancient past. This episode of Western history constitutes in a way an idealization of the Ancients, erasing at the same time the defects that one did not wish to see (systemic slavery…
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The best way to avoid being eaten by the dragon is not to go where he is. Chinese proverb You may have superpowers, but there are people who can act on you like kryptonite. Seeing beyond appearances Toxic people are everywhere, in our family, at work, in our circle of friends and eventually we are all a little toxic for…
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