Marty Nemko

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

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Curing A Blaming Mindset: Toward an internal locus of control

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Friday, May 30, 2025

"My Life's Great, Yet Is That All There Is?"

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"My Whole Life Sucks”

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Heat: A fictional short-short story

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Cockapoo Meets Pit Bull: A fictional short-short story

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Better Than the Prom? A fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

My Three-Legged Hero: A fictional short-short story

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A Bad Tomato Farmer: A short-short story

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

My Pianos

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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Accept Yourself or Try to Change?

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Saturday, May 24, 2025

"I'm Good:" A fictional short-short story

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Interview Yourself

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Judgment Day: A fictional short-short story

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Zapped: A fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Pork and Beans: A fictional short-short story

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Reducing Your Sadness

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Finding Moments of Happiness

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Bluntly

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

The Creative Life: Portrayals vs the norm

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Tired: A fictional short-short story

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Cheating Death: A fictional short-short story

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Most Likely to Die by Lethal Injection: a fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

"The Future is Bright:" A fiction

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Lemonade: A fictional short-short story

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Monday, May 12, 2025

The Last Word: A fictional short-short story

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Most Likely to Succeed: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, May 11, 2025

Dribble: Rocky meets Mrs. Maisel

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Saturday, May 10, 2025

The Light Timer: A fictional short-short story

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Friday, May 9, 2025

The Machine Salesman: A fictional short-short story

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Thursday, May 8, 2025

Excerpts from Postcards: a short story by Joseph Epstein

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In Search of Peace of Mind: A fictional short-short story

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Pitching: A fictional short-short story

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The Freebie: A fictional short-short story

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Excerpts from Moe, a short story by Joseph Epstein

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Far From Town: A fictional short-short story

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Wistful: A fictional short-short story

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Excerpts from Felix Emeritus, A short-short by Joseph Epstein

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On Love

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Monday, May 5, 2025

A Case for Atheist Asceticism

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Sunday, May 4, 2025

A Tour of My Garden

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The Gala: A fictional short-short story, well, partly fictional

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Harvard is an Islamist Outpost: Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal, Apr. 25, 2025

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Saturday, May 3, 2025

A Taxonomy of Bores by Joseph Epstein

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A New Nobel. By Joseph Epstein

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I Bought a $10,000 Bag: A fictional short-short story

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Friday, May 2, 2025

Choosing a College

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Tomb of the Unknown Scientist

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"Conservatism Needed a Trump Reset: Op-Ed in WSJ, 5/1/25

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

My Declaration of Independence A partial fiction

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The One-Man City Government: A fictional short-short story

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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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