Marty Nemko

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Showing posts with label life well-lived. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025

On Einstein's assertion that "Work is the only thing that gives substanc...

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Facing the Apocalypse: A thought experiment that can help us live more wisely

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While the chances of an apocalyptic even such as an all-out nuclear war are tiny, a thought experiment in which that were imminent can hel...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

How Important is it to Live Ethically?

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A previous post offered a s elf-assessment on how ethical you are .  Another post offered tips on identifying and living your principles....
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Living By Your Principles: Baby steps toward getting there

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Most of us would like to prioritize principles over expediency. As social reformer Henry Ward Beecher wrote, “Expedients are for the hour...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

Utilty: My guiding principle

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Everyone has a foundational principle from which everything flows. Mine is utility: what will make the biggest positive impact on me, on ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Becoming Much More Efficient...In three minutes. Efficiency: a vilified virtue

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Efficiency has moved from lauded trait to something negative, vaguely corporatist even militaristic. Yet that vilified virtue is crucial t...
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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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