Tag: attention and awareness

Featured pic for Why most personal development practices fail May 11, 2026

Why Most Personal Development Programmes Fail

There’s no shortage of personal development programmes. Courses, coaching, books, workshops, and online trainings all promise some form of change, and most people who want to improve their lives have engaged with at least one of them, often several. That engagement is usually driven by a realisation that change is needed. Time is invested, money is committed, and attention is given with a genuine intention to change something meaningful. There are many goals. It might involve improving finances, building confidence, stabilising emotions, or gaining a clearer sense of direction. In many cases, something does shift, sometimes quite dramatically. People experience a change in how they think, how they feel, and how they respond, and life improves.

Image of a head in correct proportions and a child's drawing of a head next to it Mar 23, 2026

Why Do People Draw Symbols Instead of What They See?

Most people feel reasonably confident that they could draw a face from memory. Try a simple experiment. Take a sheet of paper and draw a head. Place the eyes where they belong, then add the nose and mouth. When psychologists examine these drawings, a consistent pattern appears. Anatomically, the eyes sit roughly halfway between the top of the head and the chin. In drawings produced from memory, the eyes are usually placed noticeably higher than this midpoint. The same pattern appears in children and adults across many cultures.