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Critical Thinking

Why Are Women Still Underrepresented in the Hard Sciences?

Every year on 11 February, the world celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder of the persistent gender gap in fields like physics, engineering, and computer science. Despite decades of progress, women remain significantly underrepresented in these “hard” sciences. Why? Is it a lack of self-confidence, insufficient guidance in high school, or are we simply waiting for more women to … Continue reading Why Are Women Still Underrepresented in the Hard Sciences?

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Self-awareness

Self-confidence vs self-esteem

   These two terms are often used to transmit the same idea about self, but in fact there are two different aspects. Self-confidence refers mostly to trust, whilst self-esteem refers to the opinion we have about ourselves. One of them can be at a high level, whilst the other one on a low level.    For example, let’s say we’re looking to buy a new … Continue reading Self-confidence vs self-esteem

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Self-awareness

Get Honest With Yourself – Video

   One of the most important parts of the self development process is not to lie to ourselves which is easier to be said than done because of many aspects involved (aspects like the level of self esteem, the level of self confidence, the threshold for pain, the expectations and so on). If we get really honest with ourselves, we can see how often we … Continue reading Get Honest With Yourself – Video

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