How to Deal with Big Life Changes

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How to Deal with Big Life Changes Change is like a home renovation: stressful, messy, and without a guarantee of how things will turn out. But with a lot of work, some help, and some luck, the end result can be breathtaking. Life’s big changes aren’t limited to the things your HR manager refers to as “life events”: getting married or divorced, losing or adding a family member, changing jobs, or retiring. A life change can be ...Read More 05/06/2016 1:51am View How Rate of Speech Impacts Diplomacy I recently received the following email: Hello, I read the article "how to be more diplomatic" and I found it really informative. In the future I will be sure to keep those points in mind when I communicate in a diplomatic manner. However, I was wondering - how important is one's pace of speaking when being diplomatic? And how can one permanently change the pace of the speaking to such a ...Read More 05/06/2016 1:51am View How Did Three Men Escape from Alcatraz? It was a routine inspection by the prison warders. On the morning of June 12th, 1962, the guards at Alcatraz high security prison made their morning check on the prisoners in their cells. When they came to Cell Block B, they quickly realized that something was not quite right. The men were in their beds but they were showing no signs of life ...Read More 05/05/2016 11:42pm View 10 Bad Behaviors to Avoid While Camping With summer approaching, that means many people will be hitting the roads and heading to campgrounds to spend time with Mother Nature. As we’ve been living on the road in our RV the last few months, we’ve come to realize that having good neighbors in a campground can really make or break the experience. Having a good neighbor can lead to sharing knowledge, sharing experiences, and even making new friends. Having a bad neighbor can ...Read More 05/04/2016 11:43pm View 9 Things You Don't Know About Your Primary-Care Doctor You may have come across my article on why doctor’s run late , which has also appeared on Business Insider . Why does this topic strike a cord with all of us, whether we are in the health-care field or not? One of the reasons the piece has certainly gone viral is because it does depict an accurate and typical day and struggle ...Read More 05/04/2016 11:43pm View EXPLORE THE QDT STORE

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