The Creative Life: Portrayals vs the norm

A Practical Woman: A fictional short-short story

A Word With Marty: "PRACTICAL"

That Makes Sense: Practical advice on some of life's big decisions

Being Practical: An underdiscussed key to success and satisfaction

This is the fifth  in a series on under-discussed keys to career success and personal satisfaction. The first installment was on titration: In each situation, consciously deciding how intense, effortful, intellectual, etc. to be. The second installment was on gaining resilience. The third was on the art of making others feel good about themselves. The fourth was on efficiency. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I turn to practicality.

On Being Practical: An underrated way to live.

The word "practical" has kind of gotten a bad name, implying a certain dourness, a life lacking in purple. We tend to more admire life writ-large: the risk-taker, the idealist, the artiste.

Yet, with rare exceptions such as my irrationally exuberant doting over my sweet doggie Einstein, I've stubbornly remained practical in my career, writing, and personal life. I make the case for the boring, practical life in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Follow Your Dream?

I write my PsychologyToday.com article today as an antidote to the incessant polllyanism I see and read in the media.

These anecdotes about people who followed their dream are true. I've just  changed irrelevant details to protect my clients' anonymity.

Do You Know How to Be Practical? A Self-Assessment Tool

 In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer a self-assessment tool to help you decide if you want to be more practical and, if so, how.