• Question: who is your inspiration

    Asked by anon-215813 to Laura, Kathryn, Ian, Chris, Bogdana, Alex on 10 Jun 2019. This question was also asked by anon-215575.
    • Photo: Ian Cookson

      Ian Cookson answered on 10 Jun 2019:

      Wow. Mainly my family. In different ways, and at different times they’ve followed their own paths and been successful in different fields. Within psychology I look at people like Stanley Milgram, whose work in social psychology has been hugely influential.

    • Photo: Kathryn Atherton

      Kathryn Atherton answered on 10 Jun 2019:

      The mentors I have been lucky enough to have along my journey.

    • Photo: Laura Fisk

      Laura Fisk answered on 10 Jun 2019:

      I think I mentioned in my profile – my mum. She’s my inspiration because, as a psychiatric (mental health) nurse, she’s worked with lots of different people with lots of different needs and tried to help them n different ways. She’s always seemed to me to be caring and thoughtful about them, and to work hard to do right by them to help them – even when that’s caused her some challenges personally. I think those values – working hard, care and compassion – are essential to being a psychologist, or even just working with people in general. I had the ‘academic smarts’ that she didn’t (I went to uni but she didn’t), but she showed me how to put my knowledge into practice in order to make a difference to actual people’s lives.

    • Photo: Bogdana Huma

      Bogdana Huma answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      I was blessed to have many inspiring people in my life, starting with my father, several undergraduate lecturers, my PhD supervisors, and even my fitness coach. The one thing that they all have in common is a tremendous passion for what they do – a passion that is almost ‘contagious’, that energises others around them and pushes them to do their best (whether it’s to be a better person, to study hard, or to do 5 more push-ups).

    • Photo: Alex Lloyd

      Alex Lloyd answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      My mum has always been my inspiration! She has always taught me to work hard and help people as much as you can in the process.

    • Photo: Chris Fullwood

      Chris Fullwood answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      At the moment, I’d say my girlfriend is my inspiration. I thinks she’s the strongest, most determined and resilient person I’ve ever met. She’s had some really difficult times in her life, but she’s managed to maintain a positive outlook on life nonetheless.

Comments