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What Can President Obama’s Approval Ratings Teach Us About Our Personal Relationships? by Walter Jacobson Posted Tue 28 Sep 2010 6:56am . The relationship he had with the people who voted for him has been broken. Many have lost faith in his capacity to heal America. All of this has resulted in a nation that is more fragmented, conflicted, angry, scared and confused. How does this apply to our personal relationships? It is critically important in our personal relationships that we do what we Read on »

What Can The BP Oil Spill Teach Us About Our Careers, Our Sales Products, and Our Personal Relationships? by Walter Jacobson Posted Sun 23 May 2010 12:00am . WHAT ABOUT OUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS? The same advice applies: We need to take our time. We need to pay attention. We need to do the research. We need to look before we leap... that is damaging to ourselves or to others. It is wise to do these things even if it pushes back our launch dates and reduces our profit margin, because we may discover flaws Read on »

What Can Mosque vs Ground Zero Mutual Intolerance Teach Us About Our Personal Relationships? by Walter Jacobson Posted Wed 25 Aug 2010 11:15am against them in the future, which is counterproductive to their long-range goals. So what can these extreme positions teach us about our personal relationships? They bring to mind the expression, “Would you rather be right or happy?” In our personal relationships, when we are in conflict with our partner and in disagreement as to what should be done Read on »

What Can Overreactions in the Stock Market Teach Us About Our Personal Relationships? by Walter Jacobson Posted Fri 07 May 2010 12:00am this that we can apply to our personal relationships. That lesson is actually one we are all quite familiar with in theory: Look before you leap. When someone tells us something about someone we are in a relationship with that we find disturbing, it is best that we not make assumptions that the information is accurate and then jump to conclusions that something Read on »

What Can “Meet The Press” Teach Us About Our Personal Relationships? by Walter Jacobson Posted Sat 29 May 2010 12:00am does this apply to our personal relationships? If we don’t insist that our partners be held accountable and tell the truth, our relationships will not change either. To be sure, what happened on “Meet the Press” happens a lot in our personal relationships. When we question our partners about actions of theirs which we have a problem Read on »

What Can The Uprisings and Unrest In the Middle East Teach Us About Our Personal Relationships? by Walter Jacobson Posted Sun 06 Mar 2011 2:27pm relationships. Best we not control and manipulate our partners for our self-interest without any regard for theirs. Best we listen to their concerns and address... when we are wrong, refuse to apologize, and thereby compound the problem. Bottom line: If we want enduring, satisfying relationships, we must replace our oppression Read on »

What Can The Tea Party Movement Teach Us About Our Personal Relationships? by Walter Jacobson Posted Sat 19 Jun 2010 12:36pm in various respects, and which are, consequently, not necessarily in the nation’s best interests in the long run. The same scenario occurs in personal relationships... such that the relationship gets stronger and endures the test of time. Copyright © 2010 Walter E. Jacobson, M.D. . This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading Read on »

The Need for Truth in Politics, Business and Personal Relationships by Walter Jacobson Posted Sat 28 Nov 2009 10:02pm truth is in our personal relationships. It is so very easy to bend the truth in order to make ourselves be perceived by others in a better light. This is short-sighted. We make... the ethical foundations of our institutions so that they will stand the test of time and fear, we must rebuild the ethical foundations of our personal relationships. We must re-infuse Read on »

Name-Calling In Politics and Personal Relationships by Walter Jacobson Posted Sat 27 Mar 2010 12:00am interests, insofar as the United States needs to remain united. Now let’s use the above scenario as an analogy to personal relationships which are on rocky terrain. Oftentimes..., they converted their anger and frustration into hateful personal attacks that had nothing to do with the issues at hand. Rather than stick to the issues and address their concerns Read on »

What Our Political Passions For President Obama Tell Us About Our Personal Relationships by Walter Jacobson Posted Sun 31 Jan 2010 12:00am done their share of victimizing us. If we want our relationships to heal, to prevail and to thrive, whether they be relationships with our President, our boss, our associates..., by interpreting his words and actions to fit their perceptions that he is dangerous and disingenuous. Not wanting to give up their passionate position about him as a person Read on »

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