Sunday, August 6, 2017
The Future of Work
U.C. Berkeley has invited me back to give my second lecture there that is open to the public. This one is called, The Future of Work." The university is sponsoring it so it is free. It's at 6:30 PM on Sep 12. Click HERE for details.
Labels:
career advice,
end of jobs,
roboticization
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Who Gets Our Stamp of Approval?
Whom should we admire? I take an unusual approach to this question in my PsychologyToday.com article. I look at some little-known people who were eminent enough to have their picture on a U.S. postage stamp.
Labels:
heroes,
unsung heroes
7 Keys to Coping With a Loved One's Serious Illness
Michael Edelstein is
a psychotherapist and my friend. I have been amazed at how well he’s
coping with his wife having serious cancer and cardiovascular disease.
In hopes there might be lessons for us all, I asked him how he does it. He described seven keys. I post them as my PsychologyToday.com article today.
Labels:
caregiving,
marriage,
michael edelstein.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Failure to Listen: A short-short story about suppression and commitment bias
My PsychologyToday.com article today is the latest of my short-short stories that embed life lessons. This one is about a person whose commitment bias prevented him from considering important advice.
Labels:
cognitive dissonance,
commitment bias,
suppression
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Should You Rely Just on Word-of-Mouth? The case against marketing
Self-employed people who market themselves well and
relentlessly will usually be more successful, at least financially, than
will even higher-quality professionals who rely just on word-of-mouth.
Yet if you can afford the possible financial decrement, it may be wise to eschew marketing, except perhaps to create a mailing list of your clients and customers and periodically give them useful bits of free content ending with a low-key solicitation. Why?
I make the case in my PsychologyToday.com article today.
Yet if you can afford the possible financial decrement, it may be wise to eschew marketing, except perhaps to create a mailing list of your clients and customers and periodically give them useful bits of free content ending with a low-key solicitation. Why?
I make the case in my PsychologyToday.com article today.
Labels:
business ethics,
ethics,
marketing
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Flailing: A short-short story about an attempt to remain relevant.
My PsychologyToday.com article today is another of my short-short stories that attempt to embed life lessons. This one's about a person's attempt to stay relevant.
Labels:
aging,
remaining relevant,
retirement
Older and Scared: Marty Nemko at the Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Civic Center
Older and Scared: That's the career talk I'll be giving at the Koret Auditorium
in the San Francisco Civic Center's main library, THIS Sat 10 AM:
Click HERE for info.
Labels:
career advice,
older job seekers
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