Mary Lourdes Bonnici MBA

  When Fear Goes Viral: Natural Disasters, Social Media and the Importance of Critical Thinking By Mary Lourdes Bonnici MBA Introduction: Why I Decided to Write This Article I want to teach, inform and encourage people to think carefully before allowing fear to take control. After carrying out a great deal of research, I decided to write this blog about a topic that is becoming increasingly visible on social media. Every day, people around the world encounter dramatic videos of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, storms, tsunamis, unusual skies, auroras, landslides and other natural events. Within minutes, footage from different countries can be placed together in one video accompanied by alarming music and headlines such as: “Something is happening to the Earth.” “Everything is happening at the same time.” “Scientists cannot explain this.” “The signs are everywhere.” Some of the events shown in these posts are completely genuine. Natural disasters are real. People lose their ...

  Celebrating 10,000 Website Views: A Milestone of Gratitude By Mary Lourdes Bonnici MBA Today, I am delighted to celebrate an important achievement—my website has officially reached 10,000 views. When I created my website, my purpose was to establish a welcoming place where knowledge, education and inspiration could be shared. Through my articles and the Business Administration Learning Academy, I have worked to provide valuable information that supports continuous learning, personal development and professional growth. Reaching 10,000 views means much more to me than a number. Every visit represents someone who took the time to read an article, explore a lesson, watch a video or discover a new idea. Knowing that my work is reaching and helping others inspires me to continue developing meaningful educational content. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who has supported my journey. Thank you to those who visited my website, shared my articles, watched my video...

  Sometimes We Forget the Good Things Around Us: Learning to Notice What We Already Have By Mary Lourdes Bonnici MBA Sometimes we become so focused on what is missing that we stop noticing what is already there. We think about the goal we have not yet reached, the problem we have not solved, the person who disappointed us, the opportunity that did not arrive, the plans that changed, or the future we are still waiting for. Meanwhile, life continues quietly around us. Someone cares about us. The sun rises. A message arrives from someone who remembered us. We sit down with a cup of tea or coffee. We hear laughter. We look at a beautiful sky. Someone shows us kindness. We have another opportunity to learn something, change something, forgive someone, help someone or simply experience another day. None of these things makes life's genuine difficulties disappear. But sometimes we become so occupied by what is wrong that we stop seeing what is still good. That is why gratitude matters. Gr...

  Our Vancouver & Alaska Holiday 2026 A Personal Travel Diary Through Canada, Alaska and Beyond Welcome to my Vancouver & Alaska Holiday 2026 Travel Diary . This special travel series follows our journey from the very beginning, starting in Malta and continuing across Canada and Alaska through some of the most memorable places we visited during our holiday. Throughout this series, I will share the destinations we explored, the experiences we enjoyed, the scenery that impressed us most, and the small moments that made the journey so special. The diary will follow our adventure in chronological order, beginning with our flight from Malta to Frankfurt and onward to Vancouver , before continuing through Vancouver, Hope in British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies, our Alaska cruise, Juneau, Haines, Skagway, Carcross, Whitehorse, Victoria, Seattle , and finally our long journey back home to Malta. Along the way, each part will include personal memories together with useful informa...

  Why Time Feels Like It Speeds Up as We Age: The Psychology of Time Perception By Mary Lourdes Bonnici MBA Have you ever looked back and wondered how another year disappeared so quickly? As children, summer holidays could seem almost endless. Birthdays appeared to take forever to arrive, and even a school year could feel like a remarkably long period. Yet as adulthood progresses, months often seem to merge together and years can appear to pass with surprising speed. The clocks themselves have not changed. A minute still contains sixty seconds and a year still contains approximately 365 days. What changes is our subjective experience of time. Psychological research suggests that our perception of time is influenced by attention, memory, emotion, novelty, routine and the way experiences are encoded by the brain. Age can influence some of these processes, although researchers caution that there is no single universal explanation for why time appears to accelerate as people grow older...