Counsel for the Creative: Practical advice for those wanting an artistic career.

Many of my clients would like an artistic career. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers thoughts on how to maximize your chances of making one work.

Planned Happenstance

It’s often said that we make our own luck. But how? 

One way is to use what Stanford professor John Krumboltz calls planned happenstance: putting yourself where good things are likely to happen and there, taking the right actions. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I describe how to do that both in finding a better job and in meeting that special someone.

A Smarter Approach to Hiring

My Time.com article today offers an approach to hiring that makes it much more likely you'll hire an excellent employee.

Thinking Thanksgiving: Thoughts on planning

Although we’re supposed to be happy at the Holidays, many people’s aren’t. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers ideas that may help.

 

In Praise of Negativity:

America has a bias toward positivity--optimism, chipperness, gratitude. Criticizers get a bad rap. In my Time.com article today, I argue that critics, naysayers, and curmudgeons often deserve more praise than they get.

Networking for Introverts

Alas, in today’s society, it's often schmooze or lose. But if you’re an introvert, the idea of pressing the flesh at gatherings is anathema. If you decide you should go,  you take two days to prepare and two days to recover.

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer ways introverts can find it easier to network.

Why We Vote the Way We Do: The genetics of politics

Genopolitics refer to the study of how genetics affect who we vote for. I briefly explore that in my PsychologyToday.com article today.