How To Do Life

Fresh ideas about career and personal issues

Marty Nemko Ph.D.

Are You Unsuccessful in Love?

12 questions to ask yourself that can unearth new hope.

"Why Can't I Get Into Graduate School?"

These suggestions may move your next applications into the “accept” pile.

“Why Can't I Get Promoted?!”

Suggestions for qualified employees who keep getting passed over.

The "Pretirement Sabbatical"

A usually missed opportunity to bridge to a good retirement.

"Why Can't I Land a Job?!"

Suggestions for qualified job-seekers who keep getting rejected.

Ghosted at Work

An idea for the ghosted and a tongue-lashing for the ghoster.

Becoming a Public Intellectual

Going from anonymous researcher to famed, more impactful one.

When the World Has Rejected You

Ideas for people who just don't seem to fit in.

Composure

Remaining calm but focused is an under-discussed key to career and personal success.

Being Practical

An underdiscussed key to career and personal success.

Efficiency

An under-discussed key to career success and personal satisfaction.

Making Others Feel Good About Themselves

In today’s era of insecurity, in which everyone is expected to do and be more, it's time for a reminder on the importance of erring on the side of making people feel good.

Gaining Resilience

Everyone has setbacks, and everyone tries to bounce back from them. But some people are more resilient than others. What is it about them?

Titration: An Underappreciated Human Skill

Consciously controlling your "gas pedal" can boost your career and personal life.

How to Address Procrastination

Procrastination is merely the symptom. The cure must address its cause.

Five Tips for Smart Adults

Tactics to enhance your career and your relationships.

39 Ideas for Your Career Success

"Tips of the Day" from Careers for Dummies.

10 Ultrafast Ways to Land a Job

When you'd love to avoid a long job search.

Finding Your Foundation

7 questions to help you make core life decisions.

Interviewing in the Media

Steps for pitching yourself, landing an interview, and executing it well.

Making a Radical Career Change

Tactics that boost your chances at a career change.

7 Unspoken Rules for Workplace Success

Tactics that help ensure you don’t get shortchanged.

Figuring Out What Makes You Special

11 questions to help you tease it out.

Curing Career Fear

Not-magic pills for reducing career anxiety.

15 Good Under-the-Radar Careers

Underconsidered options for the psychologically oriented (plus a few others).

Thought Stopping

A deceptively simple yet potent tactic for getting unstuck.

Be an Autodidact?

Self-teaching often trumps courses as a way to learn.

15 Top Tech Tools for Your Career

Low-cost, highly rated software and apps to help your worklife.

Aging Well...Part 2

A counterpoint to Part 1's more sober advice.

Aging Well

Tips for psychologically and practically dealing with The Big Challenge.

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