Marty Nemko's Blog, page 398

When No One Flirts With You: Remedying a flirt-free life

Even if you’re not looking for a relationship, it can be dispiriting to feel that people don’t flirt with you. 
If you feel unflirted with, my PsychologyToday.com article today might help. HERE is the link. 

Career Advice for a History BA Who Loves Playing the Guitar

The editor-in-chief of AOL Jobs asked me to write a piece today to try to help a liberal arts BA who majored in history and loves playing the guitar. He has $133,000 in college loans and the only job he's been able to get is menial work in a hospital cafeteria.  HERE is what I wrote.

Getting Past Regrets: Woulda Coulda Shoulda

So many people have regrets:  If only I had taken (or not taken) that job. If only I invested (or didn’t invest) in that. If only I had gone (or not gone) to grad school. If only I married (or didn’t marry) that person.
Yes, it’s usually good advice to stop beating yourself up and start moving forward. But  what if you can’t stop yourself from wallowing in regret?  My PsychologyToday.com article today attempts to help. HERE is the link.

Succession Planning: Finding and Grooming Your Replacement

Whether you're a clerk or a CEO, the time to leave will arrive. Often that's not easy, practically or psychologically. 

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers a step-by-step approach to choosing your successor so you feel good about it. HERE is the link.

Sick and Tired of Your Messy Place?

With everyone busier, it’s easy to let your house become a sty. Sink dishes piled up? That’s nothing. We’re talking the whole house piled up.

My PsychologyToday.com article offers both practical and psychological tips on how to finally get your place cleaned up. HERE is the link.

Stickball: In praise of nostalgia

To encourage people to take a moment to savor in detail a nostalgic moment in their lives, in my PsychologyToday.com article today, I relive a game of stickball that I played at age 12 with my best friend, David. HERE is the link.

Driving While Relaxed: Eight techniques for replacing road rage with commute calm.

A key way that government is trying to force us out of our cars and into mass transit is to build no more freeways despite the population increase. So our commutes are ever longer and more stressful. My PsychologyToday.com article offers eight ways to reduce the stress of driving. HERE is the link. 

Bored? 17 Antidotes to Apathy

Are you finding yourself with some extra time in your week? My PsychologyToday.com article offers 17 antidotes to boredom. HERE is the link.

Bored? 15 Antidotes to Apathy

Are you finding yourself with some extra time in your week? My PsychologyToday.com article offers 15 antidotes to boredom. HERE is the link.

The Queen of Denial: Might suppressing and even denying your problems be helpful?

Much psychotherapy is based on the whack-a-mole principle: Unless you explore the causes of rather than just tamp-down the problem, it will pop up elsewhere. Indeed, such psychotherapy has helped many people improve their lives or at least gain insight.

But an argument could be made in favor of tamping. I make that argument in my PsychologyToday.com article today. HERE is the link.