10 Rules for getting along with people

Remember their names
Be comfortable to be with. Don’t cause strain in others
Try not to let things bother you. Be easygoing
Don’t be egotistical or know-it-all
Learn to be interesting so that people will get something stimulating from being with you
Eliminate the “scratchy” elements in your personality, traits that can irritate others
Never miss a chance to offer support [...]

What to do when children fight: Five Guidelines

Parents usually fail to intervene in escalated sibling conflict, according to a study recently published in “Developmental Psychology,” even though they think they should intervene. And this lack of parental action often results in life-long psychological problems, often severe, especially for the younger children who were victimized.
Here’s how parents can help:

AVOID TAKING SIDES, because it [...]

The essence of leadership

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith

Marriage and Divorce

One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague. – Robert Burton
Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

Do We Care Who?

When they came for the Jews, I did nothing, for I am not a Jew. When they came for the Socialists, I did nothing, for I am not a Socialist. When they came for the labor leaders, the homosexuals, the gypsies, I did nothing, for I am none of these, and when they came for [...]