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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 17, 20081 topic

Beyond Nature-Deficit Disorder

Got dirt? "In South Carolina, a truckload of dirt is the same price as a video game!" reports Norman McGee, a father in that state who bought a small pickup-load of dirt for his daughter and friends.nnMcGee is turning consciousness into action. So is Liz Baird, who keeps a "wonder bowl" available for her children.nnnWhen Baird was a little girl she would fill her pockets with natural wondersâacorns, rocks, mushrooms. "My Mom got tired of washing clothes and ﬁnding th

Primary topic: Child Development

Child Development

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 10, 20081 topic

The Brain That Changes Itself: Book Excerpt

This book is about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself, as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together brought about these astonishing transformations. Without operations or medications, they have made use of the brain's hitherto unknown ability to change. Some were patients who had what were thought to be incurable brain problems; others were people without specific problems who simply wanted to improve t

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 27, 20091 topic

May: Vinegar Month

"It is better to be preserved in vinegar than to rot in honey."n--E. Cobham BrewernnAlthough the fine folks in Roslyn, South Dakota hold an International Vinegar Festival in June, May is actually National Vinegar Month. However, if you do make it to Roslyn in time, you'll see a mighty fine small-town parade consisting of the Roslyn marching band, children dressed as pickles, the Roslyn Firefighters (in my opinion -- the best part), the guy who mows all of the municipal lawns

Primary topic: Environmental and Green Living

Environmental and Green Living

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 28, 20091 topic

Premonitions: Making Money with the Mind

"If people have the ability to sense the future, why aren't they rich?" This is one of the most frequent questions I've been asked by readers of my book The Power of Premonitions. The fact is, some are very rich, and they attribute their wealth in part to their ability to sense the future. As Bill Gates says, "Sometimes, you have to rely on intuition." Or as Oprah states, "My business skills have come from being guided by my inner self -- my intuition." And as Donald Trump ad

Primary topic: Spiritual Guides

Spiritual Guides

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 16, 20091 topic

Tips for Helping Children Eat Healthy

Helping kids eat a healthy diet doesn't have to be difficult. Here are 12 tips:nn1. Make it fun. Serve broccoli and other veggies with a favorite fat-free dip or sauce. Cut foods into various shapes with cookie cutters.nn2. Recruit your child's help. At the grocery store, ask your child to help you select fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods. Don't buy anything that you don't want your child to eat. At home, let your child help choose what to eat, and also help you rin

Primary topic: Nutrition

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 3, 20081 topic

Education Accountability Version 2.0: A Letter To The Next President

Dear Mr. President:nnYour education platform was filled with noble generalities. I suppose you thought you couldn't get more specific because the No Child Left Behind Law is increasingly unpopular and unworkable, and there is no agreement about how to fix it. It is an issue that doesn't lend itself to sound bites. To fix NCLB, you must first understand the skills that matter most in the 21st century and the ways in which the NCLB law is actually getting in the way of more mea

Primary topic: Assessment Tools

Assessment Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 15, 20071 topic

Creating A Capital Congress

It's not hard to discern how most Americans look at Congress. Whether in public opinion polls or person-in-the-street interviews, citizens regard the national legislators the way they would disliked relatives: They know they have to live with them, but they hope to have as little contact as possible. Can Congress blame us for feeling this way? Year after year, the Congress seems hopelessly deadlocked on issues of immediate concern to the country. Global warming? It needs more

Primary topic: Book Reviews

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 26, 20091 topic

Rejection is Just an Invitation to Resubmit - Always RSVP

I started writing songs when I was seventeen. This was in the Sixties when life seemed like one opportunity after another, waiting to be fulfilled. I played in a band, and we did original songs, inspired by Dylan, The Beatles, etc. I wanted to record, found a studio through an ad at the back of the Village Voice. I had $600 saved from caddying that bought me twelve hours of studio time. I was off to the races.nnDemo complete, I read the credits on album jackets of the bands I

Primary topic: Writing Tools

1,194 views

By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJun 12, 20071 topic

From the Wild

He came out of the night, appearing suddenly in my headlights, a big, golden dog, panting, his front paws tapping the ground in an anxious little dance. Behind him, tall cottonwoods in their April bloom. Behind the grove, the San Juan River, moving quickly, dark and swollen with spring melt.nnIt was nearly midnight, and we were looking for a place to throw down our sleeping bags before starting our river trip in the morning. Next to me in the cab of the pickup sat Benj Sincla

Primary topic: Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 23, 20091 topic

Sharing Your Stories

Have you ever noticed, when you teach, that the moment you start sharing a personal story with your students, they instantly snap to attention? You understand the value of stories. But some teachers don't insert many stories into their lessons, because they're worried that they don't have gripping stories to tell, or that they aren't good storytellers. So maybe it's worth identifying which kinds of stories are effective in making ideas stick. The answer is this: virtually any

Primary topic: Business Consulting

Business Consulting

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 18, 20091 topic

The Secrets Unfold with Riddles and Rhymes

We must be open to many levels of reality and ways of looking at reality. Theology, science, history, archeology, and psychology have all been trying to discover the truth about how life evolved and what life is. Science can prove many things about the evolution of our planet and the universe. There have been some good scientific experiments on spirit communication, and I hope that these experiments will continue. However, means of connecting with the world of the spirit cann

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 6, 20091 topic

Jobs to Be Done When Spring Arrives

Keeping the Ground Clear of WeedsnnBegin weeding as soon as growth appears. Neglecting the job only leads to more work later on if the weeds are allowed to mature and disperse their seeds. Also, weeds flourish in well-prepared soil and deprive the perennials of both nutrients and moisture. Keep a basket nearby, and drop weeds into it as you remove them. If left on moist soil, many of them will reroot. Add the weeds to the compost pile. Once the ground has been cleared of weed

Primary topic: Gardening

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 28, 20091 topic

Premonitions and Spirituality

Spirituality involves an awareness of being connected with something greater than the individual ego or self. This "something greater" has traditionally been called God, Goddess, Allah, Great Spirit, the Almighty, the Absolute, and many other names. Some consider it as the Universe, or as a sense of infinite order and beauty. Many individuals prefer to attribute no name whatever to it. But whether named or unnamed, the awareness of a connectedness with something greater than

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 24, 20081 topic

10 Investing Habits of Rich People

Embody the habits of the rich to enrich your own wallet!nn1. Tax-free: Contributing and trading within a tax-qualified brokerage account means that you could be earning up to 30% additional in returns (which you don't give to the IRS for capital gains taxes). Compound that year in and year out and it could be worth millions.nn2. Play it Safe: Always keep a percent equal to your age safe, i.e. out of the stock market. Certificates of Deposits, savings accounts, money markets,

Primary topic: Investing

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 29, 20091 topic

You've Got Males

The mother of boys can't help but think, once in a while, of those female characters in children's literature who find themselves in all-male households: Snow White, looming large over the irrepressible dwarfs, or Wendy Darling, placed in a freakishly early state of pseudo-motherhood. I was neither coerced onto my island of boys, nor did I somehow lose my bearings and wind up there by mistake. And yet somehow I have found myself wondering at times how I found myself in this f

Primary topic: Family

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonAug 14, 20081 topic

One Person's Yummy Food Is Another Person's Yucky Food

Vegetables and protein (fish, poultry, meats, and beans) are the most common food aversions. Some children even reject fruits. The diet becomes extremely restricted to bland, white foods, including sweets, breads, pasta, crackers, pretzels, chips, and macaroni and cheese. These foods are glycemic and raise blood glucose, quickly increasing the demand for insulin production. Zinc is part of the insulin molecule and is depleted, resulting in abnormal taste and taste perception.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 18, 20091 topic

Chapter 7: A Little Girl Makes a Deal with God

When I was a little girl, growing up and going to a Congregational church with my grandmother and later a Presbyterian church with my sister, I saw God as a being who sat in heaven and spoke to me. In other words, my view of God was personified. I was also taught that Jesus Christ was the Son of God and that he died for our sins, and that when Adam and Eve disobeyed God's laws in the Garden of Eden, from that point on all children would be born in sin. It was only through the

Primary topic: Religion

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 7, 20081 topic

New Learning Styles

The Desire to multitask and be constantly Connected to the net and to friends as well as the hunger for immediate results influence how young people today interact with the world -- whether in school or at work or at home or while traveling -- and must be taken into account by both educators and employers. However, the ways in which young people are different today as learners may be the most fundamental change we need to understand as we consider hot to close the global achi

Primary topic: Achievement

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 19, 20091 topic

"Honor Killing" and Islam

The American Muslim community is reeling from news of the horrific beheading of Aasiya Hassan, allegedly by her husband Muzzammil Hassan. They were respected members of the community and co-founded BridgesTV, a television network ironically dedicated to fighting negative stereotypes of Muslims. As one of the first Muslims to succeed as a writer in Hollywood, I have been interviewed several times on BridgesTV and was delighted by the professionalism and media savvy of its staf

Primary topic: Religion

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 29, 20091 topic

The Energy of the Financial Meltdown

We are in a time of financial crisis. People are anxious. People are seeking solutions. People are scared. With all of this activity, tremendous bursts of energy are being expended, some positive but mostly negative.nnBut the energy that we project into the cosmos is not an isolated event. Your energy and my energy either merge or conflict. All of the negative energy that is coming from you and from me and from everyone else from our anxiety, only increases the negative energ

Primary topic: Anxiety

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonFeb 11, 20091 topic

The Obama Effect

During a recent segment on an ESPN sports show, Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers was being interviewed by one of the show's reporters. As the hour wound down, the in-studio host asked Mr. Iguodala, "Why did you do the interview outside? It's so cold, and you're not even wearing a hat." Iguodala replied, "Hey that's how President Obama did it -- in the cold with no hat. I have to step it up."n nIguodala then went on to mention how excited he was about President Obama,

Primary topic: Transformation

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 12, 20091 topic

Writing with Four Hands

When shooting a movie, every faculty is humming at its highest frequency. You don't sleep. It's intoxicating. You're operating on the edge of delirium and grandiose promises of immortality. You think that if you do everything right the gift of the gods is attainable. And then it ends. And there you are each morning. Alone again.nnWe were left with an emotional hangover after we finished directing "Touching Home," a movie about us and our father. Less than a year earlier our f

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 29, 20091 topic

This Land is Their Land

My fourteen-year-old son and his friends travel the streets of the city like Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger and co. -- not ripping off people's wallets and purses, but just hanging out in an excitable, ragged crowd, thrilled to be together and thrilled to be wandering, and certainly in no hurry to come home. When I told a friend about my son's new freedom, she replied, "That's why we live in the city, right? So our kids can have that urban, independent experience."nnBut t

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJul 28, 20081 topic

American Presidents And Energy: A Challenge Of Leadership

Every American president has wrestled with the question of how best to fuel the country's transportation and other energy needs. Even Abraham Lincoln chose to reject an offer from the King of Siam (the same one of Broadway musical lore) to send over Asian elephants who could propagate here and create a national transportation infrastructure. Lincoln explained to the King that America planned to rely on steamboats and steam-engine railroads, both fueled by burning wood. Modern

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 29, 20091 topic

Mothers of Contention and the Mommy Wars

What will become of the mommy wars in the flailing economy? My fantasy (and it is just a fantasy) is that they will eventually fade into obscurity like, say, the Punic Wars -- relics from a past that seems to have taken place a very long time ago. The idea of working mothers pitted against non-working mothers in a sort of mud-wrestling championship -- in which the winner gets what, exactly? -- has a kind of luxury about it that many people, whether they work or not, suddenly

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJul 18, 20071 topic

The Wedding Fund

If your in-laws want more at the wedding, then they should pay more. A side job at Marshalls would do wonders for the floral budget. See if your father-in-law is interested in applying.nnYour in-laws have so many "needs": top-shelf alcohol, a live Peter Gabriel cover band, authentic Scottish bagpipes, and a choral rendition of "Danny Boy." The list never ends. All of this adds up to one thing: the dirty green monster called money. Mr. Cha-Ching.nnThere are several different f

Primary topic: Marriage Coaching

Marriage Coaching

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJul 22, 20081 topic

AIDS: The First 10,000 American Cases (1981-1988)

The XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City from August 3 through 8 has, as its stated goal, to conduct a forum that âpromotes scientific excellence and inquiry, encourages individual and collective action and dialogues, and fosters accountability.â The conferenceâs impressive agenda is testimony to how far we have come in dealing with the worldwide problem as well as how much has been forgotten regarding the early causes, and rapid spread, of the illness in A

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 29, 20091 topic

Go Organic to Shrink Your Gardening Budget

Saving the Earth and protecting children and pets from dangerous chemicals are the reasons most gardeners cite for giving up pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, but guess what? Making the switch to organic gardening methods will save you money too! Here are six examples of how going organic will put money back in your pocket.nn**Plant veggies, spend less on doctor bills. A recent article by a Texas research biochemist summarizes some bad news: many scientific studies show t

Primary topic: Personal Finance

Personal Finance

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMay 7, 20081 topic

The Cast: The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian book excerpt

Family ReunionnnMaking a full-scale motion picture like Prince Caspian is a journey unto itself -- not only a physical one that took hundreds of filmmakers thousands of miles across two hemispheres, but also a spiritual and emotional voyage for the film's family members.nnWith mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, and husbands and wives away from home for close to a full year, the film company's 600-plus members bonded closely, sharing in both work an

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMay 12, 20091 topic

Genealogy for the Rest Of Us: A Writer's Guide to Diving into Family History

I am not a genealogist. I am a storyteller.nnThe difference? Well, Iâll tell you a story.nnIn the spring of 2006, I was racing against a loudly-ticking generational clock, trying to find as many living relatives as I possibly could before their advancing age caught up with them. I was hoping that they could shed light on a long-ago family secret, one that my mother had created in the early 1940s and kept throughout her life. She had hidden the existence of a disabled sister

Primary topic: Family

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 12, 20091 topic

Seven Thoughts on Our First Hell-Ride Through Filmmaking

What follows was written from the IGNORANCE of having only produced and directed one film, and the ARROGANCE of having only produced and directed one film.nn1. Every day is the Cuban Missile Crisis: Your world could blow up.nnShooting an independent film is a radioactive adventure more volatile than a drunken dictator scratching his back with the nuclear joystick. At any moment the entire project could get really TOASTY. Why? Because making a movie is an interdependent relati

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 17, 20091 topic

Tips for Healthier Eating for Stuck-in-Their-Ways Adults

Are you stuck in a food rut and having a hard time changing to healthier eating habits? If you want to make lasting changes to the way you eat, you need a plan. Follow these steps for changing an unhealthy behavior into a healthy one:nn1. List your behaviors that you think are unhealthy. For example, maybe you eat too fast, or snack throughout the day instead of eating regular meals, or eat whenever you're under stress.nn2. Choose one behavior that you would like to change. (

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJan 31, 20081 topic

In An Instant- Book Excerpt: Lee

Orlando, Florida, January 28, 2006nnThere is a ride at Disney World called the Tower of Terror, and on the weekend of January 28, 2006, my four children, even the twin five- year-olds, begged me to go on that ride over and over again.nnHoused in a re-created aging Hollywood hotel, the ride begins where you climb into a creaky elevator that snakes its way through the creepy premises. An electrical storm kicks up, and right on cue something goes wrong with the power. The elevat

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 18, 20091 topic

Spiritual Experience is for Everyone: Communicate Comfortably with the God of your understanding

You can sit under a tree and meditate or visit your beloved house of worship. You can climb mountains, plant flowers or chop wood for the fire. You can find spiritual experience everywhere as it is within you, no matter who you are.nnWhy do so many people doubt their direct spiritual experiences with the God of their understanding? As you become more comfortable with your relationship to the Divine, you will be of more service to yourself and others. You will also stop giving

Primary topic: Religion

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonFeb 22, 20091 topic

The Strengths Code

In the early years, parents can do four things to set the stage for a child's self-discovery:nn * Record observations of preferences, quirks, and choices n * Stimulate imagination through creative playn * Create rich memories with tradition and ritual n * Model positive attitudes and positive approaches to lifennIt's never too early for you to begin molding your child's memories and his imaginations. A positive environment will give your child a sense of security and confiden

Primary topic: Learning

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 6, 20071 topic

Traits Of The Perfect Salesforce

Want to hire a top producing salesperson for your company? Sure, everyone does. In all my management and consulting years Iâve never been mandated to hire average salespeople.nnBut hiring top producing salespeople on a regular basisâthose individuals who consistently sell at least four times more than their average counterpartsâis perhaps one of the greatest challenges in business. In this chapter we look at the first of the six best practices used by the worldâs best

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMay 12, 20081 topic

Wall Street Won't Tell You It's a Bear Market

We are in a bear market, but Wall Street will never admit it. It is so emphatic in a bull market, but loath to address bad times. I know the market is only off 10-15% from its October 2007 peak, but just wait. I spent 32 years as a securities analyst on Wall Street, and unlike the current youthful generation of analysts, I experienced several major downward cycles. The current economic and financial backdrop is probably the worst since the 1930s depression. But it doesn&#8217

Primary topic: Investing

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 26, 20091 topic

The Story is in the Details

I am often asked, "What sort of research went into your story to bring it to life so vividly?"nnThe truth is months or even years of research. If I do not acquaint myself with the ins and outs of the periods I write about, how will I take readers back in time with me?nnSo where does an author start the research? What sort of research goes into a novel?nnGustave Flaubert (1821-80), the author of Madame Bovary, wrote, "Le bon Dieu est dans le detail." God is in the details. I f

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 14, 20081 topic

Adventures In Infidelity

Back when I was a financial journalist, no one asked me if I had ever traded derivatives or shorted a stock. But in my new incarnation as a chronicler of global infidelity, my own experience with the subject seems to be my chief credential. Reviewers of my book, Lust in Translation, have routinely asked what my choice of topic says about my own marriage.nn''How's it going?'' an interviewer for a highbrow morning show asked bluntly.nn''So far, so good,'' I responded. Soon afte

Primary topic: Overcoming Adultery and Infidelity

Overcoming Adultery and Infidelity

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJun 18, 20081 topic

Is It Intelligent To Outsource Intelligence?

Another reality in the post-9/11 growth of intelligence analysis capability is outsourcing. We have outsourced the management of billlion-dollar technical collection programs, and we have contracted intelligence analysts. nnThe National Reconnaissance Office is a lot more than an office; may have the largest budget of all the U.S. intelligence agencies. It may also be the best example of how U.S. government contractors, i.e., private industry, are taking over the government a

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJul 30, 20081 topic

Boone Pickens' Energy Crusade: Prophet Or Con Man?

T. Boone Pickens has broadcast his way right into the middle of a presidential election debate about United States energy policy. Americans are upset about $4 a gallon gasoline, and the iconoclastic oilman has bought a lot of air time to tell us what he thinks about the situation.n nPickens' views have injected some fresh air into the public dialogue, and most of his ideas stand up pretty well to the scrutiny of serious energy analysis. But we must be careful not to replace o

Primary topic: Future Trends

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonFeb 22, 20091 topic

Top 10 List of Tips for Making Your Ideas Stick

Tip 1: Break expectations. Your audience will walk in with certain assumptions about your message. If you believe those assumptions are mistaken, you've got to confront them directly. Effective teachers do this well. Imagine an eight-grade science class: "The earth feels pretty solid, right? But it turns out that the surface of the earth rides on large moving plates, and if we understand how they move, we can understand the shape of the continents on the globe and we can unde

Primary topic: Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonMar 25, 20091 topic

Unsticking an Idea

Since Made to Stick came out, many anxious people have asked us, "How do I unstick a sticky idea?" They want to unstick a rumor about their company or a false perception of a particular product. They want to unstick whispered mistruths about political candidates. Once, we were even asked, "How would you unstick Paris Hilton?"nnOur answer on that last one was a bit slow in coming. We finally admitted, "You can't." There's no Goo Gone for ideas. Sticky ideas stick. There are mi

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJan 28, 20081 topic

Making Sense Of Your Body's Signs

Have you ever noticed things about your body that are annoying, weird, smelly, or downright embarrassing? If so, youâre not alone. We all experience the often unsightly and sometimes unseemly signs and signals our bodies send us about our state of health. Ugly growths may pop up on our eyelids, or skin tags under our breasts. Our nails may be yellow or our partners may complain that we smell like ammonia.nnFortunately, many of these "body signs" are harmless and can be igno

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonAug 29, 20081 topic

5 Back To School Lunch Ideas

Lunch #1: BBQ Chicken for Championsnn * One chicken breast, cut in half and pan fried in olive oil for 6 minutes a side. n * Add salt and pepper. Cut into strips. Serve cold dipped in dipping sauce.n * BBQ dipping sauce -- ¼ C (put in BPA-Free container)n * Veggies: steam broccoli for 7 minutes, run cold water over it (or defrost frozen broccoli) n * Place in BPA-Free containern * Veggie dipping sauce in BPA-free containernnUse: BBQ sauce or honeynDrink: water, GFCF* V8

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonApr 18, 20091 topic

Motherhood Brings Meaning, But Maybe Not How You Thought It Would

It's long been assumed that motherhood brings meaning to our lives. We guide, love, nurture and support our offspring and sometimes feel appreciated in return -- all elements that can fuel our connectedness and satisfaction in the world. It's easy to find meaningful moments as a mom, but it's when things are tough that it seems we don't know how to interpret what meaning is. What if the greatest reward and meaning of being a mother is the growth our children force us to do?nn

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonFeb 22, 20091 topic

What's up Wittgenstein?

Wherever I go in the English speaking world someone will say something in words that are completely familiar but leave me scratching my head wondering "What the hell is he talking about?"n nTake the expression "What's up?"n nThe traditional answers are often one of several that have been easy to wrap my head around? There's the old ubiquitous NY evasive favorite, answer a question with a question, "Ey! What's up?" Which I always feel is an invitation to ask no further. Also i

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonSep 27, 20081 topic

Making Friends In Unlikely Places

The first person I met when we bought our "fixer upper" brownstone in Harlem eight years ago was a manic crack addict named Salami. This menacing apparition bolted out of the abandoned house next door to inform me that he planned to take over our new abode.nn"It ain't your house, Mama," he hollered about the property in which I had just sunk all our savings. "I used to squat there and I'm gonna get it back."nnThus began my adventure in what is euphemistically called an "emerg

Primary topic: Friendship & Loneliness

Friendship & Loneliness

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 21, 20081 topic

Understand Why

Many years ago my great grandfather told me of the persecution he experienced in Russia which led him to come to this country. He said the Cossacks would pursue him at night, when he was out teaching, and slash him with their sabers. One night he was on the hill above his village with his rabbi, the Baal Shem Tov. As they looked down they could see the Cossacks riding down and killing their Jewish brethren. They might have felt the same had they seen their loved ones being ta

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonSep 19, 20081 topic

The Role Of Executive Coaching In Talent Management And Succession Planning

Research indicates that as many as 70 percent of U.S. firms still do not have successful talent management or succession planning programs. And yet many authorities continue to warn that, despite the current economic downturn, a war for talent is looming. Indeed, the current economic downturn may in fact create an additional hardship for employers, since it may tempt many managers to take their human talent for granted as unemployment rises. In short, the "r" word (that is, "

Primary topic: Corporate Training

Corporate Training

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