Rick Smith

With the waves of negative news bombarding us unrelentingly, I have been searching far and wide to find and write about something positive. It's time for a healthy dose of good news. My first thought was to identify people who are doing surprisingly well in the down economy. A few Google ...

Attention men, I have good news and bad news. The good news? God gave us both private parts, and a brain. The bad news...apparently She only gave us enough blood to operate one at a time.  Last week Susan Fiske, a professor of psychology at Princeton University, presented research showing that we ...

In the last week alone, I have heard of three separate cases where workers were told that they must accept a material reduction to their pay if they wanted to keep their jobs. I have lived through several economic cycles, but this aggressive employer approach seems new. In one case, ...

Here's a simple quiz. Are married, well to do men more or less likely to practice unprotected sex with prostitutes than their less established counterparts? The answer is surprising. According to a study by psychologist Dieter Kleiber, those men living the most stable and successful lives are significantlymore likely to practice unprotected sex ...

The sun has now set on another intriguing gathering at the TED conference. This year, I leave with a strange sense of fatalistic optimism. A very sobering tone was set early on, with multiple speakers showering the audience with an alarming array of data. A sample: - It is now projected that within ...

  There is a growing chorus these days claiming that trying to find deeply fulfilling work in a recession is like trying to milk a fish. I think giving up on the pursuit of passion at work is a cop out. The reason so many come to this dead end conclusion is ...