Marty Nemko

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

Thursday, March 3, 2022

My First Commandment: Be happy now

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Yes, "Be happy now" sounds cliched or unrealistic, but I make the case in my Medium.com article today.
Monday, February 28, 2022

Nuanced Words for "Worried:" Toward expressing what you mean to convey

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You're worried. What word do you want to use to convey it? Perhaps one of these ...
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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Ideas for a Better Bucket List

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Many people's bucket lists are conventional: perhaps going on safari and eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Especially...
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Nuanced Words for "Happy" and "Sad:" Conveying the feeling you want to express.

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We're more likely to be understood when we use nuance in our language. Pre...
Friday, February 25, 2022

11 Nuanced Words for "Anger:" Using language to convey the feeling you want to express.

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If you’re going to express anger, it should reflect the nuance of your feeling. Sometimes, “angry” doesn’t quite do it. My Psych...
Thursday, February 24, 2022

In Search of Simpler Times: How to make modern life less frenzied

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Today, when you ask someone, “How are you?” you may hear a perfunctory "f...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Preventing Partnerships From Deteriorating: Romantic, business, exercise, tutoring, co-authoring

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The partnership highway is littered with roadkill, not just romantic partners and business partners, but virtually any sort of partnership....
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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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