Getting a Good Deal: Job, relationships, purchases, physica and mental health, and overall life.

We all like to get a good deal, but how many not be so obvious. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers some thoughts on how to get an edge in life’s major categories: work, relationships, purchases, physical health, mental health, and overall  in life.

Finding Comfort: Part II

Previously, I offered eight sources of comfort in stressful times. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I add nine more all which are time-tested by an n of at least one.

Giving Up: You probably won't save your best for last

The media sings of old people doing amazing things. For example, it tells anecdotes sent to them by encore.org about people who, late in life, have spearheaded some help-the-poor initiative.

But the vast majority of older people reading such stories are unlikely to be inspired to do the same. They’re more likely to feel inferior, guilty for having realistically assessed that late-in-life success is too unlikely to justify expending their waning physical and mental capabilities in hopes of a last hurrah, to not go gentle into the good night, to save the best for last.

I defend that decision in my PsychologyToday.com article today. 

Education in 2040?

Education has long been held up as a bulwark of hope for an improved society, for example, reducing the achievement gap. Alas, that promise remains largely unfulfilled, with the achievement gap as wide as ever despite a $22 trillion spend to close it. And as ever more jobs require high-performance information-economy skills, the need for dramatically improved education grows.

So it’s no surprise that, for decades now, there have been calls for education’s reinvention. But powerful organizations with vested interest in the status quo have heretofore stalled major change.

Unfettered by such restraints, in my PsychologyToday.com article today, I posit what could be a dramatically more effective educational system, which by 2040, could even become realistic.

The Workplace of 2040? One possibility

In a recent article, I offered a possible scenario of what the average person’s life will be like in 2040, an era of diminished employment opportunities. 

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I project what life in the corporation or large nonprofit might look like.

: A Blockation: A more rewarding kind of staycation?

To experience something new, many people feel the need to spend big bucks and endure travel’s hassles.

Of course, for some, there’s no substitute for standing in Notre Dame or at the Acropolis or chatting with exotic locals.

But it may be surprising how much that's new you can experience without leaving your block. I call it a blockation. 

 I describe it in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

The Psychotherapist of 2040?

Yes, psychotherapists, indeed all sorts of counselors, will likely still be in demand in 2040. That's because any job requiring subjective judgment is tough to automate. Plus, people will always want to talk with someone about their problems. But the work of a psychotherapist in 2040 will likely change dramatically. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers one possibility: