Growing up, we took aspirin for every pain. Headaches, sprained ankle, go take an aspirin. Back then, if people felt depressed they sucked it up and suffered silently. Mick Jagger smugly sang about Mother’s Little Helper in the 1960s. When antidepression drugs came of age in the ‘80s, the floodgates opened for anti-anxiety and mood-leveling …
Much has been written about working remotely. After three years of telecommuting, let’s check the tote board to see how it’s going. More and more companies are insisting that workers come back to the office. The logic is, ‘we’re leasing the whole damn floor and I want to see butts in chairs.’ But nearly half …
If my dog doesn’t like someone, I probably won’t either. It seems that dogs have an uncanny ability to read people. Even happy dogs start acting weird if they get a bad vibe. Their natural instinct is to protect their owner and warn us when they detect something’s wrong. So, read their body language. When dogs …
It’s thrilling to think about self-driving cars. Imagine rolling like the Jetsons as you glide through traffic…with nobody behind the wheel. Autonomous cars sound incredible until you read about the horrific collisions and decapitations. That prompted the NTSA to investigate the autopilot systems in unmanned Teslas. They’ve been known to crash into parked emergency vehicles. …
Have you noticed that telemarketers are more aggressive? Since the advent of VOIP, phone scammers can blast out millions of calls for mere pennies. And they’re smart. More fake calls are coming from within your area code and are tempting to answer. After being tricked into answering and hearing their deceptive pitch, spammers expect us …
I was invited to try Bard, Google’s new entry into the AI-ChatGPT market. Say what? Here’s the deal in plain English. Google has unveiled the next generation of online search. It’s an app called Bard, a companion to Google’s online search engine. Bard acts as your creative collaborator by reading trillions of words, picking up …
I was scrolling through video reels of skateboard fails and cat wipeouts when my eyeballs stopped on the new campaign for Songfinch. Their ads are all over social media, offering to write and record a personalized song for $199. The company enlists dozens of singer-songwriters who’ll turn your love story into a tune. If you’re …
Folks, we’ve been sold a big lie. No, not that one. We grew up hearing that money isn’t everything. Yeah, those neighbors may be rich, but they’re probably unhappy. Well, new research is blowing up that myth. Let’s open the kimono. Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman found that people are generally happier as they earn …
Jeff Bezos is at it again. It’s not enough to dominate online retail, space exploration and grocery stores. Now, he’s coming for us. If you missed the story, Amazon just acquired One Medical, a leading telehealth provider. They’re famous for personal care and virtual access to doctors…24/7. So, if your kid wakes up crying at …
How important is it to be appreciated at work? It’s everything. For years, employee surveys rank ‘feel appreciated’ as the most important factor in a job. We crave recognition from people we respect. It’s right above a big salary and free soda. Of course, great companies excel at catching their people doing something good. They …
