How to Target and Find the Best Employers for You
I recently had the pleasure of attending a workshop conducted by Mr. Steve Dalton, MBA, who is a Senior Career Consultant and Associate Director at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. As you...
View ArticleLeading the Way Up the Corporate Ladder :
“You have a woman boss? Oh no, I feel for you. I had a woman boss once, and it was terrible.” Heard those words before? Why would someone feel that way about having a woman boss? Who would you rather...
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This Is Why There Are So Many Defibrillators in Casinos
My brief experience in a casino was pretty typical, I’d say.Flashing lights. The faint smell of booze. Not much chatter among patrons. The sounds of dice rolling, machines buzzing, and coins clanking....
View Article5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Dump Your Kids' Halloween Haul
Halloween is an eating disaster. By some estimates, the average Halloween haul contains about 7000 calories in candy. (That’s more than 13 Big Macs.) But that's the nutrition perspective. From a habits...
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Small Thinking Errors Can Leave Big Dents in Your Net Worth
There are some thinking errors that are so common that virtually all of us make them from time to time. Here are 7 that can put a big dent in your net worth over time. The Halo EffectYou do something...
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When Addiction Becomes the Boss
A surgeon passes out drunk in the operating room yet blames dehydration and fatigue. A commercial pilot downs more than 15 rum and Cokes at a bar just hours before flying a 727. A doctor memorizes his...
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The Stigma of Masculinity
Men today face a new challenge in Western Cultures: How to gracefully transition from a gender-polarized society, to one that has women and men, girls and boys sharing and exchanging roles...
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Perpetrators Are People Too
In the wake of the NFL domestic violence scandal the media has exploded with questions about what we need to do governmentally, institutionally, and politically to better manage partner abuse. Some...
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How To Braid The Strands Of Your Story Together
When we try to tell our stories we are often confronted by several threads which all seem as important. This is the same whether we are telling our personal story in an essay or writing up someone...
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Stop Traumatizing Yourself by Watching the News
Most people fill their heads with images of death and destruction every day by following "the news." Profound anxiety results, and you may not even know it's caused by your news habit. You may think...
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The Power of Dressing Up: Comicon NYC & Halloween To BDSM
With the runaway popularity of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy of novels, and the hotly-anticipated film adaptation (due in theaters this upcoming Valentine’s Day) women and couples across the country...
View ArticleQ & A: Wisdom of the Aged
Herb Geller is 92 years old and still going strong. Born in the South Bronx in 1921, he came of age at the start of World War II and enlisted after Pearl Harbor in 1942. Later, when he returned home,...
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The Bravery of a Princess
Today I went to my daughter's preschool Halloween parade. During the parade I saw about 30 Elsas, many superheros, and a ton of doctors. But one little boy's costume stood out in my mind. He was...
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Reasons Why Your Teen Is Drinking
Alcohol and substance use is widespread among adolescents with recent figures finding that 71% of students have tried alcohol and 54% have reported being drunk at least once by the time they leave high...
View ArticleConversational Blind Spots
Seeing Around the Corner…Twenty-eight years ago I began my first experiment in Conversational Intelligence. I was hired by Union Carbide to work with 17 high-powered sales executives in danger of...
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Shared Experience of Depression Heals Two from Two Cultures
Four years ago, Andrés Correa clicked on a radio and listened to a woman speak about her experience with depression, suicide attempts and recovery. That first coincidence set in motion a cascade of...
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What’s Wrong with Inaccurate Memory?
Personal memory involves recalling an event that we remember actually living through. The primary subjective experiences are the perceptual quality of the memory and the sense of reliving the event...
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What to Do when Your Soul Screams, “Enough!”
You’ve been putting so much energy into this. It might be a relationship, an arduous task, or the pursuit of a far-away goal—one that you aren’t sure you can actually reach. You’ve expended great...
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Inflammatory Diet Linked to Colon Cancer, Metabolic Risk
Sometimes there’s nothing like an AICR press release to make you feel good about your lunch.You see, just before perusing the latest press release from the American Institute of Cancer Research, I had...
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