5 Strategies for Positively Dealing with Challenging Personalities

I came across this article (excerpt below) on dealing with difficult employee personality types and it jumped out that it transcended the workplace was applicable even here on News Talkers. I am sure we can see others in these categories, perhaps several categories ---- I am equally positive that...

The Death of Common Sense

I received this in an email, with no author credited, and claim no original ownership but wanted to share the story as it seems to be very illustrative of the world we sometimes find ourselves inToday we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who was with us for many years.No...

Content Contrary to the Best Interests of News Talkers

Of late I have begun to wonder, if the site moderators should have the ability to simply delete articles and seeds deemed to have no positive value to the site or its members and if members who persist in seeding/writing such articles should be censored in some mannerArticles meant to mock, to...

Character - Different Meanings to Different People

Character, integrity and loyalty are three qualities that my grandfather told me were the basis of what kind of person we turn out to be and what kind of example we are to others/I saw this on line and it captured a lot of what he meantCharacter - what does it mean to you?

Judging Others

Managers versus Leaders -- Big Difference

I ran across this the other day and it immediately reminded me of the great leaders (bosses) that I worked for (in and out of the military) as well as the really bad ones (mostly in the private sector).I have been retired for a number of years and a couple of the people I worked for in the...

Manufacturing Jobs in the U.S. as a Career Choice

I saw this on LinkeIn and while the numbers can be argued, the underlying fact that fewer people are choosing the manufacturing floor as a career than ever before.The offshoring of jobs is certainly a factor, automation another, but as the operations/production based is renewed as part of the...

Too Busy Being ..... to be an American

Too many people in the U.S. are too busy to be Americans these days.People are too busy being liberals or conservatives or libertarians or progressives or socialists or ..... to simply be Americans.People are too busy being African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans...

Keeping Your Eye on the Prize

Leading a Successsful Life