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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJan 25, 20091 topic

Why Small Businesses Should Care

What about small businesses? Can they sit this one out? In a word, no. Here are six reasons why:nn1. Laws that once applied only to big business are encroaching on smaller enterprises. Even bakeries and gas stations must now comply with clean air regulations.nn2. Small companies often have an edge in innovation. Of the more than $100 billion in R&D money that each year is plowed into the "clean tech" marketplace, the bulk goes to new, smaller ventures who historically have pr

Primary topic: Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJan 25, 20091 topic

The Great American Heart Hoax: Economic and Political Implications

Cardiovascular care in America is spiraling out of control. We are now spending more than one hundred billion dollars a year for treatment and management of cardiovascular catastrophes (heart attack, stroke and diseases of the vascular system). This extraordinary amount of money is spent on victims of a disease that is largely preventable.nnIn The Great American Heart Hoax I have outlined the problems of cardiovascular care in America that is draining our healthcare dollars a

Primary topic: Heart Disease

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJan 13, 20091 topic

The Speed of Life and What it Means to You!

The speed of life is a global condition that presents a strategic challenge for everyone. The speed of life combines excessive amounts of unrefined information with a glut of choices and opportunities and presents itself in the form of confusion and distraction! How well we function within this constant condition determines value, competitive advantage and the ability to create results that will convert a vision or a dream into reality. These issues are always important but i

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJan 8, 20091 topic

Why Did You Write Your Book?

It never fails. On every author's book tour, every interviewer, every moderator, every talk show host always asks the same question, especially when the room goes silent and they need to rescue the interview -- "Why did you write your book?" This is a failsafe method to get the author chatting again. Hopefully, after the author spends the next three minutes answering this question, other people will finally be inspired or emboldened to ask yet another question to keep the mom

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonJan 7, 20091 topic

New Year. New You. New Nest Egg.

Build a better nest egg with 6 easy, sound strategies for 2009.nnThe stock market lost 38% in 2008, but if you lost more than 20%, your problem wasn't really the stock market, it was the design of your nest egg. Storms occur in markets, as they do in the real world, but your home shouldn't be flooding every time it happens. nnYou know intuitively that your retirement plan doesn't work. Your nest egg has drowned twice now in the last eight years. You were elated with your retu

Primary topic: Financial Freedom

Financial Freedom

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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 AronsonDec 24, 20081 topic

Make Love with Your Money

You are a creator of our world. Your retirement dollars are invested in the corporations that define our existence. When you realize the power of your money and investments as tools to make you rich and to also enrich our world, you will start aligning yourself with other creative and motivated people who are invested in your success, the success of the companies you choose to support with your investment dollars and the world at large.nnThat is why I use such a provocative t

Primary topic: Financial Freedom

Financial Freedom

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 22, 20081 topic

The Dangers of Radiation

The most serious problem with the widespread use of CAT scans is the radiation these devices leave in our bodies. CAT scans are not simple chest X-rays, which deliver only a small amount of radiation. Instead, they expose the patient to a significant amount of radiation, and radiation in significant doses has been shown to increase the risk of cancer.nnWe are all exposed to "natural background radiation" -- that is, radiation from the sun, radon gas, rocks in the ground, cosm

Primary topic: Heart Disease

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 22, 20081 topic

Skirts in the Boardroom

I was raised around a lot of guys. I was the only girl. My brothers and cousins even started a club called BAM -- Boys Against Marshawn! Most of my mentors have been males. This has made me an extreme alpha personality, and very competitive. Some women, and many men, view this competitive nature as a threat. It wouldn't be in a man; it would be revered and praised. But as a woman, the alpha personality can often be seen as a liability. If I were to believe this, it would deme

Primary topic: Women's Issues

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 15, 20081 topic

My Father, the Witch Doctor

One day, back in the early 70s, my father suddenly discovered that he had the astonishing ability to talk to the dead and heal the sick (for real!).nnBy day, he was a successful interior decorator with clients ranging from the Presidents of Cuba and Haiti to assorted mobsters and the illicit rich. Mom was a brilliant, glamour-rama whose style lit up any room including when she was shaking the dice in some Havana casino.nnOvernight, our Miami home became like Lourdes as people

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 15, 20081 topic

Divas, They're Just Like You and Me

Do you demand only the finest 1000 thread count Egyptian Cotton sheets or require that your bath be drawn only with bottled spring water? Do you insist that your coffee be stirred only counter‐clockwise? If so, then, like many celebrities, you're a diva. Are you surprised to learn that you don't need to be famous to be a diva? Don't be, because divas, they're just like you and me.nnLike many Americans who try to stay tuned in to the popular culture, I rely on a number o

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 9, 20081 topic

Prologue (Walking on Walls excerpt)

It was late July.nnThe summer mangoes had dropped from the trees and were lying rotting on the ground, ripped open by feasting bugs and birds. Their intoxicating, sweet smell mixed with the heaviness of the nightblooming jasmine. This languid perfume created a thick, rarefied atmosphere that at times made breathing difficult. In Miami nature is often a mix of colorful abundance and dark decay.nnThis evening I was walking home from a friend's birthday party. We had listened to

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 9, 20081 topic

A Jewish Graveyard and a Battlefield

November 30th, 2008 -- Today was our last day in Medina, the city of the Prophet, before we head to Mecca, the center of the Islamic world. My mother has adjusted well and is beginning to overcome her phobia of crowds. We have had the good fortune of meeting friendly Muslim women who have taken my mom under their wing and eased her into the hectic experience of the holy city. They have taken her to the mosque with them every day, as I can only accompany her part of the way, t

Primary topic: Religion

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 5, 20081 topic

Why I Wrote Hurry Down Sunshine

It was with a feeling of trepidation that I first sat down to write Hurry Down Sunshine. I don't think of myself as a memoirist in the usual sense of the word, and Hurry Down Sunshine is not about my childhood or my "awakening" or the "turning points" in my life. It's about a dramatic event that took place in the time-span of a single summer, when my daughter Sally, at the age of fifteen, had a manic breakdown.nnAfter writing about sixty pages, I decided not to go on. The sub

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 5, 20081 topic

Hurry Down Sunshine Excerpt

On July 5, 1996, my daughter was struck mad. She was fifteen and her crack-up marked a turning point in both our lives. "I feel like I'm traveling and traveling with nowhere to go back to," she said in a burst of lucidity while hurtling away toward some place I could not dream of or imagine. I wanted to grab her and bring her back, but there was no turning back. Suddenly every point of connection between us had vanished. It didn't seem possible. She had learned to speak from

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 5, 20081 topic

How Is Sally Now?

Many people ask me, after reading Hurry Down Sunshine, how Sally is doing now. The book tells the story of Sally's first manic attack at the age of fifteen, during the summer of 1996 in New York City. My aim was to recreate the experience of Sally's astonishing leap into psychosis from both inside and out, and to show its effect on those of us who are closest to her. Writing Hurry Down Sunshine, I sometimes felt as if I was describing a great storm: an unexpected wind had com

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 5, 20081 topic

Why Mnemonics Are So Effective

Where would we be without mnemonics? We use them all the time, probably without realizing. Doctors and dentists invent funny phrases for vital workings of the body. Taxi drivers have signposts all over town to remind them how to get from A to B. Actors learn their lines with the rhymes and rhythms of Shakespeare. Chefs need to know the difference between desert and dessert. (A dessert has two ss or two sugars, so it's sweet, not dry and sandy).nnQuite simply mnemonics are ins

Primary topic: Learning

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 3, 20081 topic

Counsel from a Successful Self-made Woman: It's Better on Top

I am a self-made multi-millionairess. (I love that "ess" part.) I own three national companies, have over 100 employees . . . mostly women, and just finished my first suspense romance novel at the age of 59. I feel I am an intelligent, well educated, articulate woman with a good sense of self and humor. I am not particularly pretty but I am interesting looking (what that really means is that I don’t mind a little nipping and tucking here and there. Screw that aging grac

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonDec 3, 20081 topic

Five Quick and Easy Recommendations for Career Women

1. Know how to shake hands. Your grip must be firm and you must make eye contract. Smile and squeeze. Human contact is the first step in initiating a relationship.nn2. Determine what you and/or your services are worth right from the start. Don't sell yourself cheap at the beginning just to get some business. If you or your product are too cheap, you won't attract the best customers. I had the same price for the first several years, which was significantly higher than my more

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 24, 20081 topic

Texting in Dating and Relationships: Avoiding the Ten Deadly Mistakes

I think texting rocks! It means that no matter what you are doing you can be in touch with and connected to your loved ones. Texting has absolutely deepened our dating and love relationships. Now your "A" level friends and lovers can be in a constant secret dialogue with you. Of course texting can be overdone and work in reverse: how many times have you seen others texting away and ignoring you or others they are with? As a psychologist I can tell you that there are certain t

Primary topic: Relationship Advice

Relationship Advice

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 24, 20081 topic

Single at Holiday Time? The Ten-Step Recipe for Turning Holiday Stress into Joy

Thanksgiving is coming fast. Christmas. Hanukkah. Are you doomed to a miserable holiday if your relatives drive you crazy? What if you are just introducing your family to a serious date, someone who could be the One? Does Aunt Millie always cluck about what a shame it is that you are single or how your kids need a dad? Even if your family is a battlefield, or you are super stressed-out you can turn any holiday one of the best holidays you've ever had. Simply use my ten-step d

Primary topic: Relationship Advice

Relationship Advice

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 21, 20081 topic

The World of Work

The world of business and employment can be a cutthroat one, which is why it helps to be ahead of the game and gain an advantage over competitors whether individuals or entire companies.nnBusiness Internet Domain NamesnnAs with all aspects of selling yourself, choosing a name for your website is as vital as any other way of making sure people notice your business and, most important, remember it.nnHere's the list that the UK Freeserve website defines as the key to success: RA

Primary topic: Business Etiquette

Business Etiquette

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 21, 20081 topic

Confessions of a Former Mistress

For 16 years I was the mistress of a married man. I was single, he was rich. I wanted to be someone. He was a doctor. I was a single mom. He had three kids and a Nanny. I wanted romance and passion. He was horny. His wife was the turkey. I was the gravy. I was, "The Other Woman."nnBeing a mistress is exciting . . . at first. Romantic trysts in clandestine restaurants. Lunch quickies. Having sex on the operating table (not that comfortable) or on the exam room floor (oh my ach

Primary topic: Women's Issues

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 18, 20081 topic

Hurry Down Sunshine

The writing of a memoir is a tricky proposition, and not only because the form has been dragged through the mud by its own practitioners in recent years. Philip Roth has a passage in his novel The Counterlife about "the strange bind" in which the family members of a writer find themselves: "Their own material is articulated for them by someone else who, in his voracious, voyeuristic using-up of their lives, gets there first but doesn't always get it right." Having written a m

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 18, 20081 topic

World History

The Greek PhilosophersnnThe names of the three most important Greek philosophers, in order of their dates of birth and also their influence, are:nnSocrates (469-399 BC)nPlato (c. 429-c. 347 BC)nAristotle (384-322 BC)n nSocrates taught Plato, and Plato taught Aristotle. Together they created the foundations of Western philosophy. Use your visual memory and imagine them meditating in a health SPA. Or think of the phrase: Smart People of Athens.nnnRoman EmperorsnnAfter Julius Ca

Primary topic: Learning

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 15, 20081 topic

The Parts of Speech

After learning the alphabet, the next step is to devise coherent sentences. The rhyme below categorizes each of the parts of speech, giving a clear example of each grammatical term. The rhyme dates back to 1855 and was written by educators David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed:nnA NOUN'S the name of any thing;nAs, school or garden, hoop, or swing.nnADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun;nAs, great, small pretty, white, or brown.nnThree of these words we often seenCalled ARTICLES --

Primary topic: Learning

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 14, 20081 topic

Social-Media Impact: Balancing Metrics And Insight For Advertising Success

Brands can benefit from advertising in social-media space. The approaches offer a means to engage consumers, enhance brand reputation and image, build positive brand attitudes, improve organic search rankings, and drive traffic to brand locations, both on- and off-line. The steps in any advertising campaign will begin with setting campaign objectives and end with assessing the effectiveness of the strategies and tactics to determine the degree of success in accomplishing the

Primary topic: Business Networking

Business Networking

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 14, 20081 topic

Friendvertising: Advertising And Brand Building With Social Networks

Social media encompass communication possible throughout all of the forms of social communities online. Social-media communities include forums, virtual worlds, social news organizations, social opinion-sharing sites, and social networks. Social networks are built around site platforms that enable members to develop identity profiles, interact with other members, and participate in various site activities. Social networks are 2D environments with identity representation limit

Primary topic: Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 12, 20081 topic

The Promise Of Advertising In Social Media

In a Web 2.0 world, advertising exists in an interactive environment characterized by user control, freedom, and dialogue. In this context, advertising means inviting the consumption of branded experience, ideas, and knowledge, engaging consumers, and inspiring interaction. It is no longer appropriate to serve up advertising as an interruption in the lives of consumers but, rather, to position brands as contributing members of vibrant, social communities.nnSocial brands contr

Primary topic: Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 12, 20081 topic

Hiring the Right Skill Set And Motivating the Millennials

In an economic downturn, employers need to be even more careful with their hiring decisions. And recent graduates from some of the best schools may not have the skills that matter most in the new global knowledge economy. In researching my new book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need -- and What We Can Do About It, I have come to understand that there are "7 Survival Skills" for the New World of Wo

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 9, 20081 topic

A New Dialogue for Our Children's Future

We are not going to transform education by simply replacing one administration with another or even by passing new laws. Instituting better assessments is the one most important change we could make tomorrow that would have the greatest impact, but before we can consider a host of other policy recommendations, we first must have a long-overdue dialogues-a discussion that might well start with a simple admission and a question: I thought I knew what students needed to learn an

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 9, 20081 topic

A New Context for Schooling

Economic survival is not the only factor that we must consider as we rethink education goals for the twenty-first century. To better understand how all of our schools must adapt to new realities, we need to explore three fundamental transformations that have taken place in a very short period of time:nn * the rapid evolution of the new global "knowledge economy," with profound effects on the world of work -- all work.nn * the sudden and dramatic shift from information that is

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 7, 20081 topic

Women: How To Stop Starving Yourself Of Success

When we talk about starvation, or eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, we’re normally referring to behavior relating to food. For example, when someone is said to have the condition called anorexia, we are typically describing a behavior pattern marked by an aversion to or pushing away of food. When someone has bulimia, it typically means behavior characterized by the bingeing and purging of food (gorging on food and then inducing vomiting).nnBut when I first bec

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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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 AronsonNov 7, 20081 topic

Some Facts We Need To Face

* The high school graduation rate in the United States -- which is about 70 percent of the age cohort -- is now well behind that of countries such as Denmark (96 percent), Japan (93 percent), and even Poland (92 percent) and Italy (79 percent). nn * Only about a third of U.S. high school students graduate ready for college today, and the rates are much lower for poor and minority students. Forty percent of all students who enter college must take remedial courses. And while n

Primary topic: Achievement

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 7, 20081 topic

Living Well -- Diet And Nutrition

33 How do I know when I should see a registered dietitian?nnSee a registered dietitian (RD) when your diabetes is first diagnosed, when a new doctor changes your treatment plan, or twice a year for a routine review of your meal plan and goals. See the RD more often if:nn• You want to improve diabetes control.nn• You experience lifestyle or schedule changes, such as a new job, marriage, or pregnancy.nn• Your nutritional needs keep changing (this is true for c

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 3, 20081 topic

Satan's Utensil, Or "My Palm Is My Pilot . . . "

Charles Saatchi, Donny Deutsch: name any flog-master you care to. In my opinion they're second best, though, compared to the holy ones, those who bedeck Williamsburg's streets with the word of G-d. Suddenly last summer, out for a bike jaunt, my mind did a double take as I stopped to answer a cell-phone call. Plastered on a wall of one of the many Satmar institutions in Williamsburg, the fires of hell jumped out, licking at my heels. Was I in Brooklyn? Not.nnOn a Yiddish broad

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 3, 20081 topic

Lessons Learned from Second Life

Virtual worlds give participants an opportunity to be whoever they want, wish or hope to be. With a custom designed "avatar," you can look, behave and speak any way you want. It's your "second life," after all.nnBrands, however, don't have that luxury. They bring established reputations and perceptions into a realm where everything is new and anything goes.nnThe "Wild West" nature of virtual worlds frightens brand managers schooled in carefully crafted and controlled messages

Primary topic: Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonNov 3, 20081 topic

What Do Your Children Need To Know To Succeed in Today's World? And What Can You Do to Help Them At School And At Home?

The world is changing at an extraordinary pace. Twenty-five years ago, most young people who mastered the "3 r's" of reading, writing, and arithmetic and had a high school diploma were likely to be able to get and keep a decent job. Not so today. In research for my new book, I've come to understand that there are seven "survival skills" all young people need to master for success in today's world. The skills needed for careers, college, and citizenship have converged. Student

Primary topic: Achievement

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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 24, 20081 topic

A Tricky Treat . . .

"Cemetery." Not a great way to start a conversation with a stranger, is it? Today all things deathly are impolite. But it wasn't that way in years gone by. Passing was something to be embraced. For two hundred years, urban American Christians were buried in churchyards. Then things got crowded and large cemeteries were born. Boston's Mount Auburn, Philadelphia's Laurel Hill, and Brooklyn's Green-Wood were all founded in the first half of the 19th century on rolling expanses o

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 24, 20081 topic

Why They Talked, and What They Want

A great gulf exists between American military and civilian societies. But paradoxically, it can be hard to tell young veterans of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from their peers who haven't served. As I wrote a book about West Point recently, I would visit with vets who had left the Army and were attending some of America's most prestigious universities. I was struck that the veterans were often the ones walking around campus with the longest hair, and the most stylish clot

Primary topic: Inspiration

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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 AronsonOct 15, 20081 topic

Which Candidate Would Make The Better Pirate?

America, in a ritual that it undertakes every four years, is about to elect a president. Our choices for the highest office in the land are a man who has done absolutely nothing in two years in the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, and a man that has done too much for too long in the U.S. Senate, John McCain.nnHow are we to judge a candidate that has not enacted any legislation and must find it bothersome to roll out of bed and vote, since he does so little of it? How can we assess

Primary topic: Humor, Fun and Games

Humor, Fun and Games

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 15, 20081 topic

Shedding Light on Dark Marketing

Dark Marketing is slowly making its way into the advertising lexicon, and for good reason. Rock bands like Nine Inch Nails and burger giant McDonalds have unleashed its brand engagement and reinforcement capabilities with results marketing chiefs can cheer.nnBut, for many in the industry, the term is still more likely to conjure an image of Darth Vader opening a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos instead of what the concept delivers: legions of brand enthusiasts actively participating

Primary topic: Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 15, 20081 topic

A Rosh Hoshana Eid

Last week marked the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. I was particularly pleased that its end coincided with Rosh Hoshana. As a bonus, Eid, the festival following Ramadan, coincided with Gandhi’s birthday. It all seemed fitting, somehow, emphasizing our participation in an American tradition that's larger than the sum of our own traditions.nnGrowing up in Southern California at a time when I was often the only Muslim around, I often felt alone in the circle

Primary topic: Religion

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 14, 20081 topic

John McCain, Postmodern Candidate

One night after the presidential election of 2000 in November and before the ultimate resolution of that election by the United Stages Supreme Court in mid-December, as I lay in bed listening to Nightline, I heard James A. Baker III explaining to Ted Koppel why it would be wrong to supercede the mechanical counting of votes in Florida, which had favored Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush over Democratic opponent Al Gore, with manual recounts: Because, Baker argu

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 7, 20081 topic

Three Presidents And The Rifle

Three of our presidents have been particularly fascinated by rifles: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. But all for different reasons. nnWashington was what we would call an "early adopter" of rifle technology. As early as the French and Indian War (1754-1763), when he was first baptized into frontier warfare, the young, ambitious officer owned his own rifle. This was at a time when few, apart from frontiersmen, even knew what one was.nnIn 1775, for i

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 7, 20081 topic

The Apostles Of Clean Fighting: Who Put The Rifle Into The National Rifle Association?

Why is the National Rifle Association called the National Rifle Association? It seems an odd choice considering the organization's commitment to the Second Amendment, which refers broadly to "arms," not rifles, that require keeping and bearing. Wouldn't it make more sense for the NRA to call itself the National Firearms Association or the National Gun Association? Rifle comes across as a little . . . exclusionary. I mean, what about all those millions of pistol and shotgun ow

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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By Carol Tavris and Elliot AronsonOct 7, 20081 topic

America's Greatest Gunmaker?: Nobody You Know

Who was the most important gunmaker in American history? There must be at least half a dozen -- and maybe up to a score if you thought hard about it -- leading contenders. Let me get into the spirit of things by naming, off the top of my head and in no particular order, Oliver Winchester, Samuel Colt, Messrs. Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson, Christopher Spencer, John Browning, Christian Sharps, the Remington brothers, John Garand, Eugene Stoner . . .nnEach and every one of the

Primary topic: Writing Tools

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