Getting Eaten Alive at Work

Getting Eaten Alive at Work

“You don’t follow the rules,” my wife said, “for avoiding a shark attack.” My wife had been reading about the sharks in Cape Cod this summer. Main rule: stay in shallow water. Also avoid the ocean entirely if your friends keep saying,...
Stressed out? Consider the upside.

Stressed out? Consider the upside.

The best job, Time magazine reports (7/6/15), is an audiologist.  That’s largely based on stress—or lack of.  Audiologists get a stress score of 6.3; firefighters, by contrast, 71.6. Note the assumptions:  1) Stress is bad, so a low score is better. 2)...
Getting Eaten Alive at Work

Getting Eaten Alive at Work

“You don’t follow the rules,” my wife said, “for avoiding a shark attack.” My wife had been reading about the sharks in Cape Cod this summer. Main rules: avoid swimming far from shore, alone, or at certain times (night, dawn, dusk). Also...