Interpersonal EDGE: Fixes for Soured Workplace Friendship
Q. I’ve been buddies for a couple of years with a coworker. I think she’s avoiding me. I consider her a good friend and want to fix the problem. What’s the best way to mend the rift?
Health & Advice
Your Other 8 Hours: Start-Up Help: How to Go From Idea to Business
By Robert Pagliarini
Tribune Media Services
My latest book has received endorsements from best-selling authors and thought leaders, as well as praise from readers. However, there are some who read “The Other 8 Hours” and get angry.
Retire Smart: How to Hire a Financial Adviser (Part 1 of 4)
“The nature of any human being, certainly anyone on Wall Street, is ‘the better deal you give the customer, the worse deal it is for you.'” -Bernard Madoff, convicted Wall Street swindler
Remember the Bo Diddley song “Who Do You Love?” When it comes to financial advice, a better question might be, “Who do you trust?” Bernie Madoff’s victims certainly wish they’d thought harder about that question, and the general cloud of scandal hanging over Wall Street these days reinforces the need to work with trustworthy-and competent-financial advisers.
Good Fitness Goals Are More Than Mind Over Matter
This time of year, everyone is talking about their fitness goals for the summer. It’s a pleasant reprieve from all the news about rising obesity levels and our nation’s lack of attention to fitness, no doubt.
Your Other 8 Hours: The Secret to Success for Artists and Creatives
By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services
So you want to be an author, an actor or maybe even a rock star? It doesn’t much matter what you want to do, just that you do it. Whatever your art, your only goal should be to create.
Retire Smart: Change is on the Way for Retiree Health Benefit Programs
By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
If you’re retired from a company that provides health insurance benefits, get ready for change over the next few years.
Interpersonal EDGE: Is Rage Over Political Correctness PC?
Q. I used a common phrase around a female coworker and was immediately attacked for being sexist. I didn’t know this phrase was offensive to her. I’m an older white guy and becoming paranoid about opening my mouth. How do I deal with a workplace that is increasingly politically correct?
Interpersonal EDGE: Co-workers’ War Wrecking Productivity? Here a Plan!
By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
Q. I’m working with a team composed of people from different departments assigned to implement a new program. Two individuals seem more interested in fighting with each other than getting the job done. Nobody wants to get in the middle. Ideas?
Your Other 8 Hours: Fear of Failure? Three Tips to Guarantee Success
By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services
It takes guts and determination to invest the other eight hours into improving yourself or starting a business. If you’ve taken night classes, started a blog or have participated at Toastmasters, you know you are putting yourself on the line. It’s hard work and there is ample room for disappointment, rejection and, yes, dare I say, failure?
Retire Smart: Economist’s Report Points to Best Job Opportunities for 50-plus Americans
By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
The debate over the future of Social Security will heat up this month when Washington policymakers convene for two major events focused on reducing the federal deficit.
Deficit hawks will be peddling the argument that Social Security is careening toward insolvency, and that benefits should be cut because the government can’t afford its obligations to the program.
So, is Social Security headed for insolvency? And, is it causing our budget deficit?