Everyone can think of an insensitive, maniplative boss, co-worker or family member who often steps on everyone else’s feelings. This is common among those who are so intent on “getting ahead” that they have no time for nor interest in the well-being of those around them.
And if you’re that insensitive person, the highest price of [...]

No relationship is exclusively one-way. When any two people interact, the influences flow in both directions.
So if there’s someone who consistently irritates you, peeves you, and just generally gets under your skin, know this: you are almost certainly part of your problem.
Guest columnist Peter Vajda returns this time with some very practical suggestions to help [...]

It’s infuriating, right? Somebody makes a promise to you, and then they break it. Or they agree to do something but then blow it off like it doesn’t even matter.
I’m not talking about an occasional can’t-be-helped situation beyond reasonable control, like late air flights, or a wreck tying up traffic. I’m talking about serial agreement [...]

Getting ahead in the world is a team effort. We all need mentors and people who will help us on the journey. But what does it take to attract the right people into our lives?
You’ve no doubt heard the old proverb about finding a love partner: to attract a wonderful person, you must become a [...]

We see them everywhere – on billboards, magazine covers and tv shows – and they always seem to sparkle. I guess that’s why we call them stars.
According to peak performance expert Peter Murphy, however, you also can learn the skills that the beautiful people use to stand out in any crowd and to charm everyone [...]

Sometimes our conversations just don’t go the way we want them to go.
We all have people, whether at home or in business, who are easy to talk with… but then there are also the other kind.
Let’s face it, we don’t need any help with the easy ones. But when it comes to the hard ones, [...]

They called my wife Monday evening, about 6:30, with the news that her father had just passed away.
There were tears of course, then we got moving. It’s a two-hour drive by expressway to the family home in Wakayama, and we were packed and on the road inside forty minutes.
Shioe, my wife, deeply regretted not being [...]

A question that I frequently receive concerns being surrounded by negative friends, co-workers or family members. A few days ago, I got another such email:
“My husband just doesn’t get it – I try to explain the laws of attraction, but he always rejects the idea, and sometimes ridicules me for my gullibility. How can I [...]

You like inspiring stories? Try this one:
Dick Hoyt… eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons.
Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars — all [...]

A reader from Europe writes:
A few weeks ago some new people moved in next door. They have shaved heads, dress really rough and go out of their way to be noisy and intimidating. They play music extra loud at odd hours and also yell and bang around the house. Everyone in the neighborhood has heard [...]