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A leading medical journal recently reported that only a quarter of doctors wear name badges, despite evidence that most patients believe their doctors should do so. The study showed that three fourths of patients were unable to name anyone when asked to recall the name of the physician in charge of their care, causing additional frustration. The irony is, most patients get dozens of identification tags from the moment…

Making major life decisions when you’re emotionally overwhelmed is a bad idea. That’s like going grocery shopping during a five day fast. All those strong emotions distort your perception of reality, activate the decision making process with little oversight by the logical part of your brain, and incite you to take action on the wrong grounds. You begin pumping a cocktail of stress hormones into your bloodstream, feeling helpless…

Have you ever had an art attack? Not a heart attack, but an art attack? This is a real thing. Stendhal syndrome is what sometimes happens when people are exposed to art of great beauty. Audiences experience psychosomatic responses such as rapid heartbeat, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations. Kind of like those iconic black and white photos from the sixties. Beatles fans would watch their heroes arrive at the…

Changing jobs can feel like attending your own funeral. Whether you quit, are forced to resign, get terminated, or go through corporate layoffs, the sensation is quite morbid. Particularly if there’s a time lag between the announcement and your departure. During those last few days or few weeks, fellow employees greet you with a look of fear. They see the devastation in your eyes and speak in hushed tones…

Everyone is the same everywhere. We’re all on the same side of the fence, for better and for worse. Wherever we go, we end up with the same beauty and craziness of humanity, no matter who we meet. People are people. They generally act the same. Now, if this sounds like a gross overgeneralization to you, let me invite you to not be so ethnocentric. Because it’s a philosophy…