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A Workover: A burned-Out fillmmaker, $68K in debt, needs money.

On my NPR-San Francisco radio program, I do Workovers: Callers call in with their career problem.

On PsychologyToday.com, I've been posting edited transcripts of Workovers.  Today's offering is about a burned-out and broke filmmaker.

Gaining Charisma

Alas, America is soooh much about artifice, the superficial. Succumbing temporarily to that because a client requested it, my PsychologyToday.com article today is on gaining charisma.

In Praise of Judgmentalness

 In our egalitarian ethos, we're far safer saying an idea is a "different perspective" than that it's a worse one.

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I make the case that we should be more judgmental.

Addressing Refuse-to-Work Syndrome

I have had many clients who work themselves to exhaustion, often to physical sickness, even a heart attack, to support his/her family, and begs the spouse to earn more than a pittance to contribute to the family income. Yet that spouse, who claims to love the person, refuses. 

I term such people as having Refuse-to-Work Syndrome. I address the issue in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Generating Your Big Idea

At some point, most of us have hoped to do something big. But for the lack of an idea, or the competence or confidence to see it through, we've let our dream drop.

Previously, for example, with this article, I've addressed the motivation question but heretofore, haven't discussed how to come up with a big idea.

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer questions to trigger your own Big Idea plus a list of mine, in hopes they'll trigger one or even make you want to attempt one of mine.

My Best Tweets: Part VI

I've posted 2,770 Tweets, each is an idea I think is fresh and useful. In my PsychologyToday.com post today, I reproduce 27 of my favorites. This group is on education, the life well-led, and a potpourri of "food for thought" ideas.

My Favorite Tweets: Part V

Every time I come up what I believe is a fresh, useful idea, I archive it as a Twitter tweet. I have posted 2,770.

For PsychologyToday.com, I've selected my favorites among them. I've divided them into groups of 20 to 25. HERE is Part I. HERE is Part II. HERE is Part III. HERE is Part IV.  

Today, I posted Part V.

A Workover: A Tilesetter Wants to Run the Business

I've been posting edited transcripts of calls to my radio program as PsychologyToday.com articles. Today's is about a tilesetter trying to go from worker bee to business owner.

Making Your Party a Success

Throwing a successful party needn't be expensive but requires some practical and psychological savvy. I try to provide that in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

How Counselors and Coaches Can Stand Out From the Horde

It seems there's a counselor and coach under every rock. How can one stand out without being cheesy? I offer ideas in my PsychologyToday.com article today.