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Accentuate the positive.(Editorial)
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IIE Solutions
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December 1, 2002
- Author:
- Elliott, Monica
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Monica Elliott
This is a most wonderful time of year, but not everybody feels that way. It is unfortunate and rather disturbing, but for many people the holidays are a lonely, stressful time that causes the already booming self-help market to flourish even more. You can't walk through a bookstore without running into rows of books about self-confidence and achieving goals. Channel surfing through the daytime talk shows reveals a predilection toward topics such as improving self-image and fostering successful personal and professional relationships.
Perhaps the deluge of self-improvement mantras is evolving to counter the abundance of negative influences in the world. ...