Marty Nemko's Blog, page 294

"Set for Life"

The newest of my short-short stories that embed life lessons tells of a farmworker who won the lottery.  It's my PsychologyToday.com contribution today.

The Future of Work

U.C. Berkeley has invited me back to give my second  lecture there that is open to the public.  This one is called, The Future of Work." The university is sponsoring it so it is free. It's at 6:30 PM on Sep 12. Click HERE for details.

Who Gets Our Stamp of Approval?

Whom should we admire? I take an unusual approach to this question in my PsychologyToday.com article. I look at some little-known people who were eminent enough to have their picture on a U.S. postage stamp.

7 Keys to Coping With a Loved One's Serious Illness

Michael Edelstein is a psychotherapist and my friend. I have been amazed at how well he’s coping with his wife having serious cancer and cardiovascular disease. In hopes there might be lessons for us all, I asked him how he does it. He described seven keys. I post them as my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Failure to Listen: A short-short story about suppression and commitment bias

My PsychologyToday.com article today is the latest of my short-short stories that embed life lessons. This one is about a person whose commitment bias prevented him from considering important advice.

Should You Rely Just on Word-of-Mouth? The case against marketing

Self-employed people who market themselves well and relentlessly will usually be more successful, at least financially, than will even higher-quality professionals who rely just on word-of-mouth.

Yet if you can afford the possible financial decrement, it may be wise to eschew marketing, except perhaps to create a mailing list of your clients and customers and periodically give them useful bits of free content ending with a low-key solicitation. Why?

I make the case in my PsychologyToday.com article today. 

Flailing: A short-short story about an attempt to remain relevant.

My PsychologyToday.com article today is another of my short-short stories that attempt to embed life lessons. This one's about a person's attempt to stay relevant.

Older and Scared: Marty Nemko at the Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Civic Center

Older and Scared: That's the career talk I'll be giving at the Koret Auditorium in the San Francisco Civic Center's main library, THIS Sat 10 AM: Click HERE for info.

14 Career Myths

For millennia, people have had careers. So there’s been plenty of time for myths to emerge and then entrench. Have you bought any of the 14 I mention in my PsychologyToday.com article today?

Ultra-Fast Ways to Land a Job

Unless you’re a hotshot, landing a job is usually a slog. Especially if you're impatient, you might want to try one or more of the ultra-fast approaches I describe in my PsychologyToday.com article today. After all, if it doesn’t work, you can always revert to the slog.