Left-brain, right-brain profiles. Learning styles. The Mozart effect. The lizard brain. These ideas shape training programmes, coaching frameworks, and leadership development worldwide. A well-referenced 2021 practitioner article examines nine of the most popular brain-based claims and finds that most of them have no credible neuroscientific support whatsoever.
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I have been an active property investor since 2002. However, my love of property started much earlier than this; a passion evident
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To finish this series of lessons I have learnt, I want to turn to my working life. I have worked from an
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As a pracademic, it would be fair to say that I’m passionate about education. Human beings learn and adapt to their environment
