Tag: psychology

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                Who wants to spend their beach vacation reading about growing older? These recommendations just might surprise you. “The Accomplished Guest” by Ann Beattie Ann Beattie’s 1983 book of short stories, “The Burning House,” explored the drift, emotional detachment, and cynicism of boomers, whose worldview was darkened by…

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  “No one will ever pay you what you’re worth,” Casey Brown says in the Ted video above. An employee’s value is also highest when unemployment is as low as it is now – 4.4 percent in April – and employers are scrambling to fill jobs. Why would an employer pay more than it has to?…