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Crazy and Mischievous People

July 23, 2007

This came in today’s email: Dear. Dr. Rick, I love your book on Dealing With People You Can’t Stand.  Your diagramming of what the difficult people really want is especially useful.  However, all books of this genre assume that all people want to overcome obstacles – but I find that some people are content with the […]

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Dealing with the pain of put downs

July 20, 2007

I received this request for help just the other day. “Dear Dr. Rick, Is there any reason why a person feels happy seeing another person unhappy? My husband loves to see me sad, I can feel the pleasure in his eyes. When I´m happy, he finds a way to put me down. Is this a […]

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Agri Culture

July 12, 2007

Just got this in my inbox, from OrganicConsumers.org.  It turns out that the National Academy of Sciences published a study that indicts pesticide use on decreasing crop yields by a third.  Apparently, pesticides are killing helpful soil bacteria necessary for health growth.  Am I surprised?  Not even a little.  We eat organic food whenever possible, […]

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A political optimist: Interview with Peter Buckley

July 11, 2007

Today I had the good fortune of spending some time on the phone with Oregon State Representative Peter Buckley. You’ll be able to hear the conversation as a podcast over the next couple of months. Peter is an amazingly optimistic guy, and he’s been very effective in our state capital in bringing people together from […]

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Former mentor makes amazing blog

July 7, 2007

I just visited the website of one of my old mentors (he wouldn’t care for being called ‘old’, I’m guessing, so let’s be clear, I’m referring to his being an old mentor for me) Tom Peters. I had the pleasure of meeting Tom in the late 1980’s when I was a trainer with CareerTrack, at […]

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Hello world!

February 1, 2007

The default title for the first post on a wordpress blog is “Hello world!” Those are the famous words when Apple computer launched the Macintosh back in 1984, and they seem just right for me, so I’m leaving them as is. Because today, I begin my blog. If you came here through my new site […]

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