Monthly Archives: July 2007

Hindsight and two jars of marbles

I once met with a client who saved a neighbour from suicide. He was worried about this neighbour when he didn’t answer the door. He ended up breaking in and discovering the neighbour in the bathtub with his wrists slashed. This was a great act and one for which this client should be very proud. [...]

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Experience: does it matter?

Whenever we need to hire a psychologist at the institute, the directors invariably ask me to select someone with experience, at least five years if possible. When they do so, I usually ask them to think of the worst professor they had in university, and how much experience that person had. The usual answer is: [...]

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