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The New Normal: a Boon for Introverts Work, home, and more

When COVID wanes sufficiently, some people will blast off into the Roarin’ 20s: party hard, travel often, shop ‘til you drop at the mall.But many introverts will react differently. They'll plan to largely continue their mainly solo life, despite no longer having COVID as a socially acceptable excuse. And the New Normal will likely make life easier for the introvert. I explain in my Psychology Today article today.

If You Had Just 8 Hours Left to Live: A thought experiment

If you had just 8 hours left on earth, what would you do? I offer a sample in my Psychology Today article today, in hopes it makes you want to try that thought experiment.

About Love: On its potentials, permanence, and problems

Love is extolled in song, philosophy, and by most people as core to the life well-led. My Psychology Today article today offers my diverse thoughts on love.

A Simple But Potent Way to Choose a Career

The Optometry Game is the most effective of the tools I’ve used to help people choose a career. My Psychology Today article today adapts it so anyone can use it.

Aesop for Adults: Timeless lessons applied to today

Aesop's Fables are unsparing. Hiding behind animal characters, Aesop speaks unvarnishedly about humans' dark side, While thought of as for children, some of Aesop's fables offer lessons for us all. I describe them in my Psychology Today article today.

Co-Mentoring; An under-considered approach to professional and personal growth.

I thought about what has helped me grow most. One of them is co-mentoring with a respected friend or colleague: thirty minutes by phone. In the first half, we discuss an issue s/he chooses. Then we reverse.  I describe how it works in my Psychology Today article today.

Have You Long Been Unwanted? Toward improvement and self-acceptance

Have you spent much of your life unwanted, personally and professionally? You’ve probably spent much time trying to figure out why.

So, after just a few questions that might help to unearth any new ideas you might want to try, most of my Psychology Today article today focuses on how, moving forward, to improve the situation and to come to deserved self-acceptance.

How Risk-Oriented Are You? A self-assessment

We tend to operate on autopilot but, especially with risk-taking, it’s wise to make decisions consciously. Answering these questions in my Psychology Today article today may help.

Making the Most of Your Best Ideas

Every experienced professional has nuggets s/he’s shared with clients again and again. It’s thus tempting, if only unconsciously, to diminish their importance—These nuggets seem old hat. So the professional's  tone in offering the idea, which used to be of urgency, is now flat, almost a throwaway line. And attentive clients interpret it as such. Or because you’re bored of an idea, you might not even mention it. It's old hat to you but may be fresh and important to your clients.

So consider, for each subset of the work you do, creating a written treasure trove of your most valuable nuggets, including your oldies but goodies. That may both remind you of their existence and that they’re nuggets, not throwaways.

To give you a sense of what I’m talking about here as well as to share a few of my best ideas, My Psychology Today article today offers a few favorite ideas that I haven't previously written about in much detail. At the end of the article, I offer links to posts with other favorite ideas.

Remotely Happy: Upsides of the Zoom-centric worklife

Of course, many people, especially extroverts, would rather go into the office. It’s easier to get questions answered and to say hi to and take breaks with coworkers. Plus, some people like getting out of their home, which can be noisier and more stressful than the office. Some young people have told me that they feel more grown-up getting dressed up and going into a nice office.

But even if the pandemic subsides, many people will continue to work remotely at least part of the time. So it might be comforting to recount the Zoom-centric worklife’s advantages. I do so in my Psychology Today article today.