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I have big fat pens with cushy grips printed with my logo on them. Personally, I can no longer write with a regular pen because I’ve become accustomed to using these fat pens. But why would anyone else choose to use one?

Can you imagine being 13 and having the same back pain your dad has? Back pain is what awaits many of our school age children as they head back to school this year.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if someday we see people who are older than 100 in the workforce.  The reason is that the 75 and older group is actually the fastest growing population in the workforce.  How does “old” get defined anyway?  The Bureau of Labor Statistics says old is 65 plus, but the [...]

During a recent lecture for the Department of Economic Development a couple of people asked me about setting up their laptops.  They are using laptops as their main computers and don’t use peripherals.  Here is a picture of one solution.  The key is to keep your elbows into your sides and stop looking down. As [...]

Okay, question, why do people use other people’s blogs to try to spam them?  Ever since starting this blog I have been getting spam “comments” about what I have written.  It is like someone out there has alerts set up so that if keywords come up they automatically send a random, and sometimes obscene, comment.  [...]

New year’s resolutions? Motivating a group to do something you want? Here is how motivation really works: WIIFM

What is in it for me? Answer that question and you may actually have a program that works. However, how many times do you need to answer it? That is a bit of a trick question, or is it?

For those of you that don’t know, the human brain cannot really multitask. The brain serial tasks very quickly (in some people that are well rested) and for those people who are able to do this fast serial tasking, it feels like multitasking. Basic rule of getting things done: focus. Focus even if you don’t feel like you need to and you will find that the task gets done faster and more accurately. Don’t believe me? Time yourself.

Recently there have been articles in the news about the proposed health care reform, the effects of people being un-healthy and insurance companies looking for ways to reduce costs.  One of the proposals from the insurance folks is to incentivize health.  What they are proposing is charging everyone higher premiums, then, if you submit to [...]

It is always nice to see your name in press (well, when it is for something good I should say).  I was interviewed after my last presentation at the National Ergonomics Conference and just found the article.  Read all about it: http://www.riskandinsurance.com/story.jsp?storyId=162717623&query=smarter
I’m heading back to the conference this year to talk about the psychology behind [...]