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Category Archives: Dissertation and Research
Cal Newport on Quitting Facebook, and The Death of Concentration (Part One)
Several years ago, I quit Facebook and never looked back. There hasn’t been a time when I regretted the decision or somehow looked with envy upon those well-connected friends of mine who get all they need to know from Social … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dissertation and Research, General Musings, State of the Nation
Tagged declining concentration, facebook
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One More Reason to Quit Facebook
I am not a fan of Facebook. I quit using it about 4 years ago. I won’t be going back, and not just because the company is inept at maintaining privacy, but largely because I see it as the biggest … Continue reading
Quit Social Media – PLEASE!
This article appeared in the New York Times on the 19th of November, 2016. It captures my sentiments about things like Facebook and LinkedIn almost perfectly. Therefore, I am reproducing the article here while claiming no ownership of it whatsoever. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Counseling Concepts, Dissertation and Research, General Musings
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The Key Word is “Affirm” – A Russonian Take on Ward v. Wilbanks
Julea Ward has become, sadly, a whipping girl for the American Counseling Association. And because it is so easy and intellectually unchallenging to do so, demeaning her publicly has become something of a cause célèbre for the faculty in many … Continue reading
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Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development – a RussoReview
This very long post will concern itself with a review of the work of Erik Erikson and his Stages of Psychosocial Development. I want to have this up on the Blog for future reference. I will begin by reviewing the … Continue reading
Posted in Counseling Concepts, Dissertation and Research, General Musings
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Drexel-Sibbet: A model for team performance
The tenets of this model were presented in a TEC meeting in mid-2014 and I found them fascinating and worthy of a post here at www.jvrusso.com. The first thing to remember as you look at the DS illustration is that teams … Continue reading
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Why Can’t They Say Thank You?
I am waging a private war (not so private now, I guess). I am tired of spending money at retail stores and then having the clerk say to me, “Have a Nice Day” instead of “Thank You.” If I … Continue reading
Posted in Dissertation and Research, General Musings, State of the Nation
Tagged Gratitude, Have a Nice Day, Thank You
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