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Frustrated by Collaboration, A Man Decides to Work Alone

Today's workplace has heavily replaced individual initiative with collaboration. 

In the eighth installment in my series on reclusiveness in PsychologyToday.com, I offer a composite story of a man who could no longer stand it.

A Social Person Becomes Reclusive as She Ages

On my PsychologyToday.com blog, I've been posting composite stories of people who are reclusive. Today's is about a social woman who became ever more reclusive as she aged.

A Man Is Pushed into Reclusiveness Because He's Unattractive

On my PsychologyToday.com blog, I've been posting composite stories of reclusive people. Today's is about a man moved to a reclusive life because of his appearance.

Too Often Burned, She Becomes Reclusive

In my continuing series in PsychologyToday.com on reclusiveness, today, I present a composite story of a woman, how she became reclusive, and what her life is like.

Flavors of Reclusiveness

Some people feel pressured to be more social than they'd actually like to be. My PsychologyToday.com article today describes a half dozen part- and full-time flavors of reclusiveness. Perhaps one might tempt you.

A Workover: A Communications Specialist Wants Even More Creativity

A caller to my show wants a career more creative than being in communications for a nonprofit but, at 35, is reluctant to go back to school. 

The transcript of our exchange is my PsychologyToday.com article today.

A Workover: A Communications Specialists Wants Even More Creativity

A caller to my show wants a career more creative than being in communications for a nonprofit but, at 35, is reluctant to go back to school. 

The transcript of our exchange is my PsychologyToday.com article today.

A Workover: A Scientist/Professor Quits to Become a Caretaker

A caller to my show today quit being a health care professor to take care of her ill relative, whom she believes will likely live a few more years. She wants to take on a part-time activity that would enable her to change careers when that person dies. 

I used our exchange as my PsychologyToday.com article today.

A Workover: Tools to Aid Decision-Making

A caller wanted help identifying something new to study as an avocation. The edited transcript offers some tools for anyone trying to make a decision. I used that transcript as my PsychologyToday.com article today.

A Workover: Trying to Find the Right Volunteer Opportunity

A caller to my show was having trouble finding the right volunteer opportunity. The transcript of our exchange is my PsychologyToday.com article today.