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39 Tweets to Improve Your Worklife

Sometimes, a bit of advice can be a time-effective way to improve. As my PsychologyToday.com contribution today, I offer the 39 tweets from among my 4100 that I believe are most likely to improve your worklife.

18 Tweets for Your Emotional Health

Sometimes, a bit of advice can be a most time-effective tool for growth. From my 4,100 tweets, I selected the 18 I believe most likely to abet one's emotional health.  That's my PsychologyToday.com contribution today.

Employer and Job-Seeker Ploys

Employment expert Claudio Fernandez-Araoz described a job interview as “a conversation between two liars.” No wonder that 1/3 of new hires are no longer there within six months. 

In a small effort to help ensure a better match between job seeker and employer, My PsychologyToday.com article today describes three employer and three job-seeker ploys and how to foil them.

Glass Man: A short-short story about lookism, loneliness, and reclusiveness

As my PsychologyToday.com contribution today, I've posted a short-short story about an unattractive man's unusual responses to being lonely.

"Should I Kill Myself?" A short-short story about the "duty to die"

My doctoral advisor and now friend, Michael Scriven, believes that we have a duty to die when the cost to the health care system and emotional, temporal, or financial cost to our family is greater than our quantity and quality of life justifies. 

My PsychologyToday.com contribution today explores the issue in a short-short story.

Self-Help: A short-short story about health care

I offer a short-short story about health care as my PsychologyToday.com contribution today.

Toppling the Boss: Ethical ways to oust a bad boss and to protect yourself if you're a good one.

Many a good (and bad) boss have been ousted because of a supervisee's machinations. As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer ways an employee can extirpate a malignant boss from your life and, if you're a good boss, protect yourself from unfair chicanery.

"Pig" A short-short story about struggle with weight

A man's lifetime struggle between love of food and desire to control his weight. I explore that in my PsychologyToday.com contribution today.

A Bomb: A short-short story about suppressed anger.

I offer a short-short story on suppressed anger as my PsychologyToday.com contribution today

Ways of BeingTactful...and When Not to Use Them

As today's PsychologyToday.com contribution, I list times when it's wise to be direct but opine that various degrees of sugar-coating are more often wise. I list a number of such tactics.