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My Talk Today to the Next Generation of School Psychologists

It’s been 39 years since I finished my PhD at Berkeley, and I was honored when, recently, I was invited back to give a presentation to Berkeley's current 4th-year school psychology doctoral students about lessons I’ve learned and my predictions for the future of school psychology. I made that presentation today, and my PsychologyToday.com article today summarizes what I told them.

My Talk Today to the Next Generation of UC Berkeley Schoo Psychology Students

It’s been 39 years since I finished my PhD at Berkeley, and I was honored when, recently, I was invited back to give a presentation to Berkeley's current 4th-year school psychology doctoral students about lessons I’ve learned and my predictions for the future of school psychology. That presentation occurred today, and my PsychologyToday.com article today summarizes what I told them.

Why You Too Would Choose Bytes Over You...and what you can do to get and stay well-employed

A new Brookings study supports previous ones that automation will indeed take lots of jobs, and many of the remaining ones will require interacting substantively with technology.

My PsychologyToday.com article today talks about how to thrive or at least survive in our brave new world.

Odd Man Out with Antonia Valdez

Toward Counselors Making Better Judgment Calls

I'll soon start teaching a course on counseling and have been thinking, “What’s the most important thing I can teach my students?” It’s not theoretical models or even practical tactics. It’s the art of judgment.

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers common decisions a counselor has to make and the thought process I go through before deciding what to do:

The Case for Opting Out: Maybe some people shouldn't grow up?

I’ve previously written The Peter Pan Syndrome:  why some people just won’t grow up. In essence, it was The Parent Lecture: an attempt to guilt-trip kick-back partiers into becoming responsible, self-supporting human beings. Although it was a mere blog post on Psychology Today, it has received 238,650 views.

I’m not sure it’s defensible but because, contrary to today’s zeitgeist, there often are lessons to be learned from across the spectrum, my PsychologyToday.com article today offers my best shot in defense of the Peter Pan Syndrome.

An Advanceed Lesson in Networking

I know, I know. You’re sick of hearing that you should network. But unless you’re one of the small percentage of people who love networking or whose career is where you want it and likely to stay that way, you probably need to network more, whether online and/or in-person.

That’s true even if you’re not looking for a job: Networking can create a stable of connections who can clue you in on new best practices, ground-floor trends, shortcuts to advanced certifications, etc.  But networking is particularly compelling for people looking for a good job.  

My PsychologyToday.com article today explains why and, importantly, how to do it well. 

Negotiating Compensation in a Time of Low Unemployment

This could be a good time to negotiate your compensation: Unemployment is near a 50-year low  and wage growth has been, perhaps surprisingly, twice as fast for the bottom half of earners than for the top half. 

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers an ultra-short course in negotiation 

Don't Argue

My Psychologytoday.com article today makes the case against arguing.

Procrastinating Doing Your Taxes?

Like most people, I don’t enjoy preparing my income tax returns. And sure, I could hire an accountant to do it, but s/he requires me to do most of the work anyway: separating all the income sources and deduction receipts, so I do my own.

Before and during the process, I’m tempted to procrastinate—and often succumb. I prefer even cleaning to doing my taxes: My house has never been cleaner: from toilets to, would you believe, the dust just underneath the rugs. 

Yet, here we are on March 23, more than three weeks before the April 15 deadline and my tax returns are almost done. Perhaps you might find it helpful to see how I avoided needing an extension. I tell all in my PsychologyToday.com article today.