Mark Goulston Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 1:47PM 
Six year old (precocious) daughter: Is daddy an a-hole?
Mother: Why would you say that?
Daughter: He screams at Joey's soccer game and sometimes gets kicked out.
Mother: He's very competitive, which is why he is successful.
Daughter: When he reads me a bedtime story, he's always checking his BlackBerry.
Mark Goulston Posted on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 9:43AM Op-Ed - Los Angeles Times - Sunday, January 6, 2013
Scientists examining our moral core study intuition and calculated analysis to try to determine whether we are naturally good or bad.
Mark Goulston Posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 9:33PM 
One of the reasons that Deb Boelkes and I felt compelled to create the Heartfelt Leadership global community is that selfishness and self-centeredness appears to be a malady that is gripping more of the world.
It is also one of the reasons my co-author, Dr. John Ullmen, and I decided to write REAL INFLUENCE: Persuade Without Pushing and Gain Without Giving In (go to that link for some special free resources to coincide with our launch and ways to learn more) which was published today.
Mark Goulston Posted on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 1:03PM 
If you want to really win friends and influence people at work:
Mark Goulston Posted on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 9:37PM 
The Democrats and the Republicans are not enemies; they are merely opponents.
In fact, the Democrats and Republicans who have been “Washingtonized” for more than a couple terms have more in common with their fellow politicians than they do with their constituents.
Mark Goulston Posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 1:14PM 
I am a founding member of the "dread going/glad I went" club of socially-shy people.
I am also a "role-specific extrovert." That means that when the occasion calls for me to be "out there" I strap on some courage and give it my best shot, but it doesn't come naturally.
Mark Goulston Posted on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 9:34PM 
Disappointment is merely an unmet expectation; it’s only when you imbue it with negative meanings that it becomes painful.
World English Dictionary
dys- prefix
- diseased, abnormal, or faulty: dysentery; dyslexia
- difficult or painful: dysuria, dysthymia
- unfavorable or bad: dylogistic
[via Latin from Greek dus- ]
How many people do you know that handle disappointment well?
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