Tag: Curiosity

Interpersonal Edge: Bet on yourself!

By Dr. Daneen Skube From Tribune Content Agency Question: I have new career interests, but am not sure I have the skills to take on jobs in these new areas. I would not want to take a new job and fail to be up to the task. What do you advise clients when they’re not…


Lifelong Learning: The Key to a Happy Life is Daring to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone

Albert Einstein is best known for his outstanding contributions in the field of science. We can admire him for tackling unsolved mysteries in the realm of physics and making discoveries that changed the world, like the theory of relativity and the theory of quantum mechanics. To what does he ascribe his achievements? Einstein humbly summarized…


Kids Need Questions

The young boy had to know! He found a screwdriver in a toolbox, moved the microwave oven away from the wall, and began trying to take it apart. His mom entered the kitchen, and with alarm, shouted, “Stop! What do you think you’re doing?” Her son innocently responded, “I need to know how the food…


Bill Gates Says Lazy People Make the Best Employees. But Is Your Laziness Actually Masking a Deeper Issue?

By Aytekin Tank  Bill Gates thinks you should hire lazy people. No, seriously. He famously said, “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” I don’t disagree with the premise. Choosing a person who will do a job the “easy way” and…


Patients Can’t Be Categorized by Medical Algorithms

Each of us has a unique life with different mental, physical, and environmental factors affecting our health. We may get similar sicknesses but for entirely different reasons, and that means the treatments that will help us get better should also be different. This inevitable diversity should be accounted for in our health care, but it…