Marty Nemko

Fresh ideas about career, education, the life well-led, and improving the world.

Monday, September 30, 2024

Awards: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, September 29, 2024

A Fundraiser: A fictional (I hope) short-short story

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Saturday, September 28, 2024

The Average-American President: A fictional (I hope) short-short story

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Happy Halloween?: A fictional short-short story for Halloween

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Worst Case: A fictional short-short story for Halloween

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Kilo: A fictional short-short story for Halloween

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Haunted Hike: A fictional short-short story for Halloween

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Train: A fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

We Are Self-Immolating

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"You Have So Much Potential:" A fictional short-short story

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SUMMER: Single words and phrases with piano/synth accompaniment

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SPRING: Single words and phrases with piano/synth accompaniment

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

WINTER: Single words and phrases set to my improvs on the piano/synth

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Fall: a series of single words and phrases set to music

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Monday, September 23, 2024

What an AI Genius Could Do: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, September 22, 2024

A Happy Shut-In: A fictional short-short story

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A Happy Shut-In: A fictional short-short story

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Saturday, September 21, 2024

Thoughts Before My Concert Today

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Friday, September 20, 2024

Thoughts for People Who Spend a Lot of Time Alone

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Work Complaints

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Work Needs Work: A blueprint for reinventing work in America and beyond

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Post-Nobel Depression: A fictional short-short story

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The Bay Area Ascetic

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Nod: A fictional short-short story

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Monday, September 16, 2024

Signs: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, September 15, 2024

Baby Steps or Cold Turkey?

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Lesson #2: On Weight Loss and Writing

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On the Word "Gentle"

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Saturday, September 14, 2024

On the Word, "Honesty"

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On the Word, "Wistful"

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The Lemonade Curriculum: helping all people thrive in the information ec...

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Friday, September 13, 2024

On the Word, "Business"

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Spock for President

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The Lesson

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Free Associations on "Carbonation"

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Free Associations on Patent Leather

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She Loves Dogs, I HateThem: A fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

I Confronted My Professor: a fictional short-short story

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Lessons from Our Childhood Toys

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Monday, September 9, 2024

What the Audience is Thinking: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, September 8, 2024

Price Controls? A thought experiment

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Saturday, September 7, 2024

Would You Prefer an AI Friend?

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"Kamala Harris's McJob", Wall Street Journal, Sep. 3, 2024

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Friday, September 6, 2024

Beware When Hiring

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

I Try to be Amused By It All…But (expanded podcast version)

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

I Try to Be Amused By it All....but

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Monday, September 2, 2024

Adult, Should You Run a Lemonade Stand?

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Sunday, September 1, 2024

My Favorite Moments of the Day

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How to Win an Election

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Marty Nemko
Oakland, CA, United States
I love being a career and personal coach and writing my Psychology Today blog: How to Do Life. My latest books, are "The Best of Marty Nemko" (3rd ed), Modern Fables, Poems Practical, and Careers for Dummies.. Some of my best recent work is linked to on this blog, but my older writings and the archive of my KALW (NPR-San Francisco) radio show are free on www.martynemko.com. If you would rather email me than post your comments on this blog, my email address is mnemko@comcast.net.
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