S is for Zach Sobiech: “You don’t have to find out you are dying to start living.”

Zach’s attitude to life inspired many people around the world. Here is the introduction to this video about him.

“Every teenager believes they are invincible,” said Zach Sobiech.

“It’s not the Read more

V is for Chad Varah: His Work With The Samaritans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5k9X3UruFoo

Chad was an Anglican clergyman who founded the Samaritans in 1953. Suicide was illegal at the time and he felt something could be done to help people in distress.

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H is for Edward Hallowell: Enabling People To Shine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wiDbhQrPtOc

Edward, who is known as ‘Ned’, is a child and adult psychiatrist. You can discover more about his work at his web site.

http://www.drhallowell.com/

In the video he explains several themes Read more

E is for Existential Psychology

“We are our choices.” Jean-Paul Sartre.

“Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.” Albert Camus.

“Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the Read more

H is for The Humanistic Psychology Approach

Humanistic psychology was considered to be the Third Force in psychology when it became popular from the 1940s onwards.

One force was Behaviourism. This saw human beings as strongly moulded by their conditioning. People Read more

V is for Peter Vidmar: Getting A Perfect 10

Peter Vidmar won a Gold Medal in gymnastics at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Looking back at how his event was scored in those days, he describes the steps people took to score the Read more

B is for Richard Bolles: Helping People To Do Satisfying Work

Richard Bolles has helped millions of people to find fulfilling work with his ground-breaking book What Colour Is Your Parachute?

First published in 1970, it pioneered the way for many books on job search. Read more

A is for Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Her Pioneering Approach In Education

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/three-new-zealanders-sylvia-ashton-warner-1978

The link above takes you to one of the few interviews with Sylvia Ashton-Warner.

Sylvia was a gifted but complex teacher who worked with Māori children in New Zealand from the 1940s onwards.

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D is for Hubert And Stuart Dreyfus: Going From Novice To Expert

There are various models for focusing on how to become an expert.

One of the best known was outlined by two brothers, Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus in the 1980s. In the video above they Read more

M is for David Maister: Being A Trusted Advisor And A True Professional

David is somebody who chose to do positive work. After leaving his role as a Harvard Lecturer, he spent the next 30 years advising professional firms in the law, finance and other sectors. He Read more