How To Do Life

Fresh ideas about career and personal issues

Marty Nemko Ph.D.

What to Say - Intimate Relationships

Scripts for 5 ticklish situations.

What to Say

Scripts for 7 ticklish work situations.

How to Reinvent Education

Elementary through graduate school.

How to Reinvent Work

Choosing a career, training, hiring, taxing, offices, creating jobs

My Best Ideas on Aging

An augmented synthesis of my previous writings on the subject.

Secular Spirituality

6 approaches that may particularly appeal to atheists and agnostics.

COVID Recreations

Restriction-friendly activities.

Brighter

Advice to a person who isn’t as brilliant as their parent.

True Love

An expanded definition.

Stopping Smoking

It's more important than ever amid COVID. Here's a seven-step plan to help.

In Praise of Charity That's Not Tax-Deductible

An under-considered option for giving.

Wild Despair

Sheltering from the perfect storm of racial roiling, and COVID's medical and economic tolls.

True Independence Day

Toward replacing lemming thinking with free thinking.

Traveling to Gain Insight?

You may gain more at home.

Passing the Baton

The art of succession planning.

On Birthdays

Birthdays evoke emotions that vary across the lifespan.

Home in the Time of COVID

Especially amid the COVID lockdown, there is no place like home. Here are some things to think about when it comes to improvements.

Eating in the Time of COVID-19

The latest in a series on COVID-lockdown-approved pleasures.

A More Pleasurable Approach to Listening or Playing Music?

A COVID-acceptable pleasure, perhaps enhanced.

Reading Efficiently

Making the most of this lockdown-acceptable activity.

Upsides of Aging

Five advantages that older people may enjoy.

Job Searching Amid the Pandemic

Here are some ways you can prevail despite the economic shutdown.

“I’m Normally Quite Responsible, But...”

Stemming COVID's toll on motivation.

Better and More Enjoyable Networking

It's possible and more important than ever amid the COVID economic downturn.

Walk Therapy for Personal Growth

Here are some activities you might do while walking that not only pass the time, but facilitate personal growth.

“I’m Having a Hard Time Being Honest”

Three rationales for the more honest life.

“I’m Struggling to Stay Calm”

Some tools in this stressful time.

“I Can’t Seem to Motivate Myself”

A buffet of possible fixes.

“I Know I Should Be Thrifty, But…”

Ways to rein-in spending without undue pain.

"I Can’t Make Myself Assertive Enough at Work"

Speaking up, saying no, and networking.

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