http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PsychologyFind stories, videos, and photos about Psychology from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:59:12 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/LIVING/personal/04/29/marriage.studies/tztop.weddingkiss.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Psychology14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Psychology from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/04/29/marriage.studies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/04/29/marriage.studies/index.html#cnnSTCTextNo one can truly know what goes on inside a marriage except the two people involved, but researchers are getting increasingly good glimpses at what makes couples tick, how relationships are stressed and what factors can keep the spark alive.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:32:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/04/09/stafford/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/04/09/stafford/index.htmlThe Jay Cutler telenovela having played out, a consensus seems to be coalescing among NFL draftniks that the Detroit Lions will make Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford the top pick in the draft.Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/milgram.experiment.obedience/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/milgram.experiment.obedience/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf someone told you to press a button to deliver a 450-volt electrical shock to an innocent person in the next room, would you do it?Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/10/happiness.possessions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/10/happiness.possessions/index.html#cnnSTCTextEven in tough economic times, you may find yourself with a bit of cash to spare. You've been working hard, and you want to treat yourself. Should you spend it on an experience, such as a baseball game or concert, or a material object?Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/23/shiller.animal.spirits/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/23/shiller.animal.spirits/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama's National Economic Council head Lawrence Summers noted in his speech March 13 that the economic crisis has led to an "excess of fear" that must be reversed.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/23/recession.therapy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/23/recession.therapy/index.html#cnnSTCTextStacey Rosenberg, a former marketing manger in Boston, knows the catastrophic feeling of a layoff. She has lost her job twice in the midst of the recession.Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/25/truman.syndrome/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/25/truman.syndrome/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life.Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:06:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1842191,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1842191,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe nation's leading psychologist's association has voted to ban its members from taking part in interrogations at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other military detention sitesThu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/08/07/lw.angry.women.work/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/08/07/lw.angry.women.work/index.html#cnnSTCTextTen years later, Marlene Chism still gets upset when she thinks about the time she lost her temper in front of the higher-ups. Every time she tried to talk during a meeting at the manufacturing plant where she worked, she says, the male human resources manager discounted her idea.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/16/db.secondlifetherapy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/16/db.secondlifetherapy/index.html#cnnSTCTextSometimes a sign of the times is subtle.Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/06/18/o.empathy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/06/18/o.empathy/index.html#cnnSTCTextI swear on the "Thelma & Louise" video we watched into a scratchy oblivion: I didn't mean to be the worst friend ever. When Lisa -- my roommate and boon companion of three years --stepped into our apartment, sank to the floor, and clutched our cocker spaniel, I asked, "What's wrong?" with sympathy.Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/05/28/par.happy.mom/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/05/28/par.happy.mom/index.html#cnnSTCTextAsk a mom if she's happier now that she has a child, and she'll usually say yes. But psychologists who study happiness often report a different picture. Being the mom of a young child (especially one under 3) is rewarding, but also a real strain on your mood. Wed, 28 May 2008 13:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/05/07/blog.therapy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/05/07/blog.therapy/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen a 24-year-old woman who called herself "90DayJane" launched a blog in February announcing she would write about her life and feelings for three months and then commit suicide, 150,000 readers flocked to the site. Some came to offer help, some to delight in the drama. Others speculated it was all a hoax.Wed, 07 May 2008 18:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/19/paul.sarah.edwards/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/19/paul.sarah.edwards/index.html#cnnSTCTextCNN spoke with radio show hosts, authors, consultants and home-based business owners Paul and Sarah Edwards to find out some of their hard-learned secrets to being successful while working from home. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/columbia.noose/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/columbia.noose/index.html#cnnSTCTextA rally Wednesday afternoon at Columbia University was held to protest the discovery of a noose on the office door of an African-American professor.Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/10/05/rs.worry.cures/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/10/05/rs.worry.cures/index.html#cnnSTCTextDo you agonize too much? Simple ways to spot the signs and find better ways to handle life's most common stressorsFri, 05 Oct 2007 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1667340,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1667340,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe New York Mets just finished the worst collapse in baseball history. How should sports fans deal with disaster? Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/23/pf/zweig_kahneman.moneymag/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/23/pf/zweig_kahneman.moneymag/index.htmIt isn't often that a psychologist helps explain personal finance, but Daniel Kahneman isn't an ordinary psychologist. In 2002 he won a Nobel Prize in economics for his research into how people confront uncertainty.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:31:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1642023,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1642023,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe American Psychological Association is embarking on the first review of its 10-year-old policy on counseling gays and lesbians, a step that gay-rights activists hope will end with a denunciation of any attempt by therapists to change sexual orientationWed, 11 Jul 2007 14:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/07/10/virtual.disabled/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/07/10/virtual.disabled/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf you have a new product or service and want to hold a launch party, Simon Stevens is your man. He'll take care of the logistics. He'll provide a DJ and live musicians. He'll take care of the security, too, discouraging obnoxious types from ruining the event.Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/09/law.emotional/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/09/law.emotional/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen it came time for Sally Jennings to retire in 1989, she didn't know what to expect.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/06/15/military.mental.health/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/06/15/military.mental.health/index.htmlA Pentagon report released Friday says the military's mental health services need some serious therapy.Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:23:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1630551,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1630551,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFather's Day salutes the world's great dads, but it takes science to explain why some aren't so greatThu, 14 Jun 2007 22:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/03/19/fs.robotrights/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/03/19/fs.robotrights/index.htmlFrom rebellious mechanoids taking over our lives to subservient droids that do our bidding, concepts of robots are often stuck in versions of fictional dystopia. But as fanciful as it seems, the issue of robot rights to protect both them and us is currently being debated by scientists and governments. But can robots ever know good from bad and what should we be more concerned about, robots abusing us, or bringing out our worst traits?Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/parenting/02/15/par.happier.mom/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/parenting/02/15/par.happier.mom/index.htmlAsk a mom if she's happier now that she has a child and she'll usually say yes. In fact, around the world, children top the list of the most enjoyable things in life. But psychologists who study happiness -- a new field in the past decade -- often report a different picture.Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:05:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/08/01/8382225/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/08/01/8382225/index.htm"Whoever said money can't buy happiness isn't spending it right." You may remember those Lexus ads from a few years ago, which hijacked this bumper-sticker-ready twist on the conventional wisdom to... Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/07/02/siblings.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/07/02/siblings.tm/index.htmlFrom the time they are born, our brothers and sisters are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales.Sun, 02 Jul 2006 12:52:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/07/01/8380210/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/07/01/8380210/index.htmHannibal Lecter might have greater career potential than the man in the gray flannel suit. So say industrial psychologist Paul Babiak and famed forensic psychologist Robert Hare. Their groundbreaki... Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/06/23/pf/expert/expert.moneymag/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/06/23/pf/expert/expert.moneymag/index.htmQUESTION: For the past year my wife and I have been putting an additional $500 per month toward the principal on our 5.25% 30-year fixed mortgage.Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:05:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/05/01/8375749/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/05/01/8375749/index.htmForget "plastics." Today's career advice, in a word: computers. In two words: health care. Job opportunities in those fields will abound over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Stati... Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:49:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/16/news/economy/annie/fortune_annie0317/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/16/news/economy/annie/fortune_annie0317/index.htmRemember the story of Archimedes lolling in his bathtub? To an observer, he'd have seemed to be wasting time. While ostensibly doing nothing, however, he discovered the principle of displacement, a cornerstone of physics. Would he have reached the same insight in a quick shower?Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/berrill/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/berrill/index.htmlAuthorities are scrambling to find out who set churches on fire in rural Alabama. Nine fires appear to be linked: Investigators ruled five Baptist churchs near Birmingham found burning on Friday were deliberately set, and four Baptist church blazes on Tuesday were suspiciously similar to those.Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:12:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/09/28/youth.sports/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/09/28/youth.sports/index.htmlWhen it comes to signing your child up for a sports program, look before you leap.Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/08/01/8267035/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/08/01/8267035/index.htmPrepare to meet your unconscious mind. It could be the best acquaintance you make this summer. Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/07/pf/money_type_0508/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/07/pf/money_type_0508/index.htmPrepare to meet your unconscious mind. It could be the best acquaintance you make this summer.Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/24/survivor.attitude/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/24/survivor.attitude/index.htmlWhat makes some people pull through, and others give up?Tue, 24 May 2005 16:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/wedding.woes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/wedding.woes/index.htmlJennifer Wilbanks dealt with it one way. Years earlier, Nicole Contos -- almost literally left at the altar at a high-profile Manhattan gathering -- changed into a black dress and went on with the party.Mon, 02 May 2005 20:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/04/01/8254979/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/04/01/8254979/index.htmBE HONEST, NOW: Have you ever told your spouse you paid less for something than you really did--say, a great pair of shoes, or maybe that very cool 52-inch TV now gracing the family room? Have you ...Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/03/29/guru.gladwell/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/03/29/guru.gladwell/index.htmlThe hair may be more suggestive of an otherworldly academic but Malcolm Gladwell is currently being taken very seriously in the business world.Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:40:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/29/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/29/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htmInstead of paying my tuition and expenses for grad school in psychology, my parents have decided to give me $250,000 that I can use however I want. Now I'm wondering whether I'm better off getting a Ph.D. in psychology or using my $250,000 to open a business. What's your take?Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/04/16/pinker/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/04/16/pinker/index.htmlAccording to Steven Pinker, every human exclamation, every chuckle, every expression of love stems not from life experience, but from millions of years of human development.Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/22/globaloffice.tests/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/22/globaloffice.tests/index.htmlFrom investment banks to the Anglican church, plenty of employers rely on psychometric tests to make hiring decisions, particularly in overcrowded job markets.Sun, 22 Feb 2004 04:16:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353753/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353753/index.htmFor two decades Julie Norem has worked to make it safe for the pessimists of America to come out of the closet. So far she has little cause for optimism. Only 10,000 copies of her 2001 book, The Po...Mon, 24 Nov 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/11/01/351936/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/11/01/351936/index.htmJust how nutty are bosses? Psychologist Robert Hogan has administered personality tests to well over a million people in the past three decades and claims that at least 55 percent of managers in Am...Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/08/01/346313/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/08/01/346313/index.htmIn a conference room called cuddle bug at the Dallas headquarters of Match.com, three men and a woman sit around a long table talking about lust. But this is not the conversation that the topic b...Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/05/01/341314/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/05/01/341314/index.htmOn a July afternoon 16 years ago, I put down a magazine that I'd been leafing through and gazed out of an airplane window. I was at 31,000 feet and halfway through a London-to-Newark flight; outs...Thu, 01 May 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/12/01/314333/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/12/01/314333/index.htmJust two years ago, when stocks were soaring, the concept of risk meant little to most investors. The greatest risk, it seemed, was that you might bump into somebody at a barbecue who was getting r...Sat, 01 Dec 2001 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/05/01/301274/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/05/01/301274/index.htmWhen people ask me which investment thinker I've learned the most from, they expect names like Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch and John Bogle. But I always give the same answer: Daniel Kahneman. Tue, 01 May 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/02/05/296149/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/02/05/296149/index.htmBruce Wong was a recruiter's worst nightmare. He liked his job as a clinical scientist at SmithKlein Beecham and had no desire to leave. Wong had agreed to interview at archrival Bristol-Myers Squi...Mon, 05 Feb 2001 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/07/01/282734/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/07/01/282734/index.htmSometimes journalists begin reporting a story with a preconceived notion about what they're going to learn. That's what I thought when I heard about a Manhattan-based investment club composed almos...Sat, 01 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/05/01/278243/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/05/01/278243/index.htmIn America today there is a psychotherapist for every emotion. There are specialists for your anxiety attacks, your eating disorders, even your confusion about whether to have a sex change. And a g...Mon, 01 May 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/21/273859/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/21/273859/index.htmSince Mary Bradford took over as sales manager of the New England region of Met Life's resources division a year ago, her sales office has acted more like a New Age institute than an old-line insur...Mon, 21 Feb 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/10/259558/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/10/259558/index.htm"Most of my patients are CEOs or doctors or attorneys or priests," says Patrick J. Carnes. "They are people with a great deal of power. We have corporate America's leadership marching through here,...Mon, 10 May 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/12/258106/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/12/258106/index.htmMicrosoft, a company that has turned intellectual intimidation into a core competence, is notorious for peppering job candidates with brainteasers. Steve Ballmer, the software juggernaut's presiden...Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/17/247088/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/17/247088/index.htmMany people, including his wife, thought he was crazy. A few actually believed he was evil. All Rob Rodin knew for sure was that he was worried. He was about to do something extremely radical for t...Mon, 17 Aug 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/28/203924/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/28/203924/index.htmGUN CONTROL, NEW YORK-STYLE Mon, 28 Oct 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/07/08/214330/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/07/08/214330/index.htm"An amazing day. Amazing. I don't know how it happened. He had played so great. It was the strangest turn of events I've ever seen. I feel so sad for him." So said Nick Faldo about Greg Norman, whi...Mon, 08 Jul 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/29/211877/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/29/211877/index.htmINVESTING IN PRISON Mon, 29 Apr 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/07/01/204202/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/07/01/204202/index.htmLAST DECEMBER, WHEN UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO economist Richard Thaler was called to testify before the Senate Finance Committee about the nation's savings habits, his appearance threw a spotlight on a...Sat, 01 Jul 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/05/01/202473/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/05/01/202473/index.htmIf ever there were a failure destined to kill a career, New Coke was it. Sergio Zyman was the marketing man behind the most disastrous product launch since the Edsel. Wounded, he left Coca-Cola a y...Mon, 01 May 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/26/80094/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/26/80094/index.htmIN THE DAYS of misty towers, distressed maidens, and stalwart knights, a young man, walking down a road, came upon a laborer fiercely pounding away at a stone with hammer and chisel. The lad asked ...Mon, 26 Dec 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/03/79797/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/03/79797/index.htmPull up to the Marriott Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois, and you'll find the red-blazered Tony Prsyszlak ready to help you with your luggage. But please don't call this gregarious 23-year-old a doorm...Mon, 03 Oct 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/25/79570/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/25/79570/index.htmBECAUSE WE believe in you, we are raising your sales quota 20%. But your relationship with customers is already strong, so we're trimming your travel budget. Also, would you mind sharing your secre...Mon, 25 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/12/27/78776/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/12/27/78776/index.htmI HATE MEMOS. My people know that. If a deal didn't go through, tell me face to face. Even when I get good news in a memo, I'm inclined to yell. I know I shouldn't. So I got a gadget, a mechanical ...Mon, 27 Dec 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/11/01/88421/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/11/01/88421/index.htmIt starts innocently. You're at a dinner party and toss off a flip remark about how men are more aggressive investors while women simply don't take risks. An awkward silence descends. All you can h...Mon, 01 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78455/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78455/index.htmWILLIAM Ernisse, vice president of field operations for Xerox's western region, first freaked out on a plane in 1985, on a routine flight from Dallas to San Francisco. The attack started with nause...Mon, 18 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75679/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75679/index.htmYour servant was about to reach for a newsmagazine in the local stationery store when he suddenly found himself staring fascinatedly at an adjacent publication with the arguably grabbiest headline ...Mon, 04 Nov 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75563/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75563/index.htmWHAT WE DON'T understand about stress could fill volumes. And it does. Some books say stress is an invigorating tonic; others, that it's lethal. Stress stands implicated in practically every compla...Mon, 07 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/12/75348/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/12/75348/index.htmCaptain Queeg. Mr. Dithers. Harold Geneen. Frank Lorenzo. Just about everyone carries with him an image, cartoon or otherwise, of the boss from hell. A disconcerting proportion of employees -- near...Mon, 12 Aug 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/24/74091/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/24/74091/index.htmONE TENET of women's liberation was that the movement would liberate men too. Straitjacketed executives could share the burden of breadwinning with their wives, peel off those pin stripes, and work...Mon, 24 Sep 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/06/01/85871/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/06/01/85871/index.htmFace it: no matter how smart we are, we all make dumb mistakes about money that cost us thousands of dollars every year -- often without being aware of it. The culprits: a series of mental blind sp...Fri, 01 Jun 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/02/26/73096/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/02/26/73096/index.htmWe were sorry to see that the latest submission from the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility is labeled a ''final report.'' It seems that the esteeme...Mon, 26 Feb 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/11/01/85428/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/11/01/85428/index.htmCruising to a stop after a trial spin in a 1985 silver four-door BMW 535i, Joe Neal pats the dashboard and declares, ''I want this -- it's comfortable, quiet and smooth-driving. And at $15,000, it'...Wed, 01 Nov 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/08/14/72342/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/08/14/72342/index.htmSail a paper airplane out a window these days and you're likely to hit a person rushing to or from a gathering devoted to helping those in the grip of some sort of addiction. So-called 12-step prog...Mon, 14 Aug 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/04/24/71871/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/04/24/71871/index.htmShould we really feel sorry for a million-dollar-a-year CEO who finally has to retire, doubtless with an enormous pension and probably a fat consulting deal to boot? Well, maybe we should. Deep dow...Mon, 24 Apr 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/04/12/85072/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/04/12/85072/index.htmParents these days may notice that their kids display startling financial sophistication. By the age of three, they know how to get money -- from automatic teller machines. They are familiar with c...Wed, 12 Apr 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/02/71203/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/02/71203/index.htmTHE FINANCIAL world, as any weather-worn veteran knows, is a muddle of risk and opportunity. Separating the two is not always easy. All too often, investments beckon with the promise of princely re...Wed, 02 Nov 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/09/70507/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/09/70507/index.htmContinuing to quarrel with the mainstream media, we now come to their treatment of the intelligence quotient (IQ), one of the great inventions of the 20th century. The media do not like the IQ. The...Mon, 09 May 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/28/70358/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/28/70358/index.htmDO YOU COMPLAIN at dinner parties about the hardships of constant business travel, and then proudly drop the names of your exotic ports of call? When you leave the family behind, do you experience ...Mon, 28 Mar 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/28/69571/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/28/69571/index.htmThe American Psychological Association (APA) was conventioneering in the Big Apple recently, so naturally we Gothamites had to sit there and absorb still more lectures on the transcendent importanc...Mon, 28 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69517/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69517/index.htmThe days go by, and the self-esteem man never writes. Oh, sure, he was fast enough at producing an aggrieved letter to the editor of FORTUNE (published in the last issue), complaining about our gen...Mon, 14 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/07/20/69276/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/07/20/69276/index.htmLast November this department ran an ''Only in America'' item about the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility, or CTFPSEPSR (rhymes with ''dtfpsepsr'')...Mon, 20 Jul 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/22/69153/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/22/69153/index.htmFamiliar question: What kind of intelligence gets you ahead in the world of business? In Practical Intelligence: Working Smarter in Business and the Professions (Harper & Row, $17.95), Roger Peters...Mon, 22 Jun 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/03/30/68823/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/03/30/68823/index.htmESFJ SPOKEN HERE,'' reads the sign on the accountant's desk at Compass Computer Services in Dallas. Her boss, the controller, has a card that says he speaks ''ISTJ.'' The scrambled letters have als...Mon, 30 Mar 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/16/68656/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/16/68656/index.htmAt companies where cost cutting has become the watchword, the obsessive manager may well be crawling out of the woodwork and into the limelight. Watch him pounce: ''Ah yes, Gengerschneck, in review...Mon, 16 Feb 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/24/68340/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/24/68340/index.htmIN THE PURSUIT of wealth, investors face many foes: recession, bad management, product liability suits, even unscrupulous brokers. But none of these is as formidable, or as damaging to long-term re...Mon, 24 Nov 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/06/23/67722/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/06/23/67722/index.htmCorporate America worries a lot about stress. Studies portentously estimate that it costs U.S. industry maybe $150 billion a year. Hundreds of companies offer programs to help employees manage it. ...Mon, 23 Jun 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/26/67586/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/26/67586/index.htmMost managers take it as a point of honor to dislike meetings, at least meetings called by somebody else. ''If we didn't have so damn many,'' the standard complaint runs, ''we might actually get a ...Mon, 26 May 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/11/11/66560/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/11/11/66560/index.htmThe promises end here. Or at least here's where you stop believing them. ''Work hard, kid, give us your best, and you'll get one of the top jobs.'' Sure. ''Marry, start a family, make the money to ...Mon, 11 Nov 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/04/65500/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/04/65500/index.htmThe people at the top put their pants or skirts on just like you and me, right? Sure, they may draw down those fancy salaries, but for what? For politicking their way up the ladder and then taking ...Mon, 04 Feb 1985 05:01:00 EST