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The Accountability Complex: Why Musk’s Email Gets It Wrong
By Jaime Raul Zepeda In late February, a directive from Elon Musk ricocheted through corporate America: “Email me the five things you did this week by Friday EOD.” The memo, […]
GOLDMAN: You Gotta Work More if You Wanna Work Less
You definitely want to work less, but are you willing to work more to work less? That’s the question. Journalist Bob Brody thought he had the answer. After retiring from […]
MARGENAU: Military Myths and Social Security
Not a week goes by when I don’t get emails from veterans who have been led to believe that they are missing out on some extra Social Security benefits allegedly […]
GOLDMAN: The Curse of the Office Vampires
If you want a truly terrifying horror film experience, don’t go to a movie theater. Go to the office. It’s true! There are more thrills, chills and jump scares in your […]
MARGENAU: Cutting Social Security Administration Staff Has Consequences
Before I begin today’s column, which questions some of President Donald Trump’s planned staff reductions at the Social Security Administration, let me confess that at the end of the column, […]
GOLDMAN: When Bad Meetings Happen to Good People
If you think that being forced to attend a bad meeting is the worst thing that can happen in your workday, I’ve got news. No matter how boring, unproductive and […]
MARGENAU: Older People and Social Security Disability
I often feel guilty if I write a column that essentially repeats information I’ve given in past columns. But readers often remind me that I shouldn’t worry about that. For […]
GOLDMAN: Time for a Time Management Time Out
You’ve decided that improving your time-management skills is essential to reducing your stress, boosting your career and retaining what’s left of your emotional health. Well, I’ve got news — you blew […]
MARGENAU: Clarifying the DOGE Allegations About Social Security
Many readers have been emailing me asking for my help in understanding the allegations made by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency about sloppy recordkeeping at the Social […]
GOLDMAN: DeepSeek vs. DeepSleep
You’ve heard about DeepSeek, of course. It’s the recently released low-cost Chinese-built artificial intelligence system that competes with old-school high-cost American-built artificial intelligence systems. In other words, it’s the Temu of […]
GOLDMAN: Unplugged or Unhinged — the Choice Is Yours
A job like yours? It’s like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer. It hurts like heck when you’re doing it, but it feels so good when you stop. But […]
MARGENAU: LBJ and Social Security
Poor Lyndon Baines Johnson. When it comes to Social Security, he gets blamed for something he never did. Our 36th president is often accused of being the first chief executive […]
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