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Getting a Referral That Lands You a Good Job

Employers' #1 source of employees? A referral from a trusted colleague.

If you're a job seeker, how do you maximize your chances of getting such a referral? I describe an approach in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Top Pleasures

In our overpacked days, it may be hard to find time to even think about what gives us pleasure.

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers 
a list of the 12 pleasures that appeared most often in two dozen lists of favorite pleasures. After that, I offer the 14 on my personal list.

Perhaps the lists will remind you of one or more pleasures you should more often give yourself.

Life is Beautiful vs Life is Hard and Then You Die: An Internal Debate

As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer an internal debate on whether life is beautiful or is hard and then you die.
 
Hopefully, it will trigger your thoughts on where on that continuum you believe your life is and then perhaps motivate you to change something.

The Danger of Relying on Your Looks

In our lookist society, many people get away with relying on their looks. But, per this short-short story that is my PsychologyToday.com article today, it's risky.

On Human Genetic Augmentation

New gene editing technologies such as Crispr have moved genetic enhancement from science fiction to reality. 

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I interviewed a preeminent expert in the field, Harvard's George Church, on the promise and perils.

How I Coach Actors

I use a number of techniques in coaching actors that may be useful in many forms of coaching, counseling, and management. I describe them in my PsychologyToday.com article today.
 

Music to Improve Your Mood

Music has been said to soothe the savage beast and to uplift the soul. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer 11 music videos that are picker-uppers and 11 that are calmer-downers.

The Smart-Shopping Gardener

Gardening can be expensive but, without sacrificing pleasure, gardeners can save much money just by following the tips I offer in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

In Search of a Religion

In an attempt to avoid the pontification and aridity of the how-to article, I've recently been embedding psychological and other how-to-do-life issues in short-short stories.

Today's offering tells of one person's attempt to find a religion.

She Wanted to be In Charge: A Short-Short Story

In an attempt to avoid the pontification and aridity of the how-to article, I've recently been embedding psychological and other how-to-do-life issues in short-short stories.

Today's offering is about a long-time assistant who thought it was time to be in charge.