Articles filed under Washington Post
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Dental phobia: Alleviating anxiety during dental visitsOct 12, 2015 5:45 am - The thought of sitting in a dentist's chair has filled me with terror for as long as I can remember. It started with some painful dental work I had as a kid. A bike acci...
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Work advice: Employees left to their own devicesOct 11, 2015 7:44 am - Q: I am a general manager of a store in a large retail chain. Recently, our VP mandated that each store conduct online consumer outreach through its own Facebook and Ins...
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Career Coach: Take a page from the pope. Be humble.Oct 11, 2015 7:43 am - "Humility is not thinking less of yourself; It's thinking of yourself less" C.S. Lewis Pope Francis' visit to the United States brought to light and reinforced the messa...
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The remarkable thing that happens to poor kids when you give their parents a little moneyOct 11, 2015 7:42 am - Twenty years ago, a group of researchers began tracking the personalities of 1,420 low income children in North Carolina. At the time, the goal was simple: to observe th...
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The staggering cost of day care when you make only the minimum wageOct 11, 2015 7:32 am - Child-care costs would now devour at least 30 percent of a minimum-wage worker's earnings in every state, a new report from the Economic Policy Institute has found. To ...
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Your credit score is eerily good at predicting your success in loveOct 11, 2015 7:31 am - When people are looking for a significant other, they often try to find someone whose values, education, earnings, hobbies and even height match their own. But new resea...
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Workplace wellness game: Zombies can get you movingOct 11, 2015 7:15 am - Despite the years I've spent trying to lose 20 or 50 pounds, my bad habits stymie me. The sense that I was a hostage to bad habits might explain why I was so intrigued w...
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Unlimited vacation is basically a no-brainer for employersOct 11, 2015 7:00 am - It sounds like the ultimate example of corporate beneficence: Take as much vacation as you like, as long as you get your work done. And in the right company, with the ri...
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ATM fees soar to new highOct 11, 2015 6:42 am - The cost of convenience is rising. Consumers who use any ATM outside of their banks' to withdraw cash are now paying record high fees, based on a new survey from Bankrat...
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Washington, D.C., could become best place in US to have a baby, get sick, or have parentsOct 11, 2015 5:52 am - Washington, D.C., would become the most generous place in the country for a worker to take time off after giving birth or to care for a dying parent under a measure supp...