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Whistle a happy tune – your future depends on it

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By PNG Echo From the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I comes a song that goes like this: Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect, And whistle a happy tune So no one will suspect I’m afraid. The result of this deception is very strange to tell, For when I fool the people I fear I fool myself as well. The latest press release from the Office of the Prime Minister puts me in mind of this song. It’s all about perceptions, confidence and the positive effects that flow from the display of confidence. Accentuate the Continue reading Whistle a happy tune – your future depends on it→

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Student protests: the missing Ingredients

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By PNG Echo. They say that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Here are a few historical lessons I’ve dug up for the protesting students of PNG to keep in mind. What’s the issue? On initial reflection, it seemed to me that the difference between the protests of the PNG students and other past student protests elsewhere in the world is that the PNG protests have been partisan and blatantly political, right from the word go – targeting one man, not even a government or a party and that’s not usual. For even though the Continue reading Student protests: the missing Ingredients→

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