Buying a Car or Selling Your Soul? Top Tips to Avoid Losing Your Ass at the Dealership By Alexander R. Tipton Buying a car can be incredibly time consuming, infuriating, expensive and even ethically questionable. Some people can’t stand going to a car dealership, wading through all the hoops just to get something new. Once…
Dirty Words at Work: An In-Depth Look at Controversial Topics Avoided in the Workplace – A Multilateral Series by Angela L.M. Tipton and Alexander R. Tipton Words define the very meaning of communication. Paired with symbols, expression, and gestures, words play an integral part in the way people communicate with one another. Some words have…
Dirty Words at Work Ethnicity / Race noun: Ethnicity the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. “the interrelationship between gender, ethnicity, and class” For years and arguably all of human history, race and ethnicity have been the center of strongly debated political and social…
Dirty Words at Work Chapter 6: Boss noun: Boss a person in charge of a worker or organization. The idea of a boss and even the word boss has changed significantly in recent decades. A boss is someone in a position of authority or one that has power over another. Thus, a boss is someone…
Dirty Words at Work Age: Discrimination in the Workplace noun: Age the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed. “Protected class,” “retirement,” “experience,” and “seniority” often come to mind when people think of age discrimination in the workplace. At work a taboo topic like age is often avoided for…
Dirty Words at Work Chapter 2: Family noun: Family A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. All the descendants of a common ancestor. Family is another “dirty word,” or taboo topic in the work place. HR departments harp on “work-life balance,” and the health of their employees. However, the actions…
Dirty Words at Work Chapter 1: Gossip noun: gossip casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true. “Did you hear what happened to Sally?” Joanne asked her colleague, Samantha. “No, what happened?” Samantha replied. “I hear she was diagnosed with cancer and she’s starting…
By Alexander R. Tipton Console games have been around for decades. From the earliest days of pong to the Atari and Nintendo Entertainment system, to the days of the Xbox and Play Station, console games have come a long way. As technology has improved and games have become more sophisticated, such systems have only become…
An Eye Opening Glance Into How Modern Technology and Social Media Turns People Into Slaves By Alexander R. Tipton What are the unseen shackles? Modern technology both complements and robs from our lives. We live in a world struggling for control. It is likely that the very text you are reading is on such a…
By Alexander R. Tipton – MA. QMHP. LPC. In our modern world we face many challenges that our ancestors never dreamed of. Through evolution and advancement, our species have eliminated many obstacles. Now in order to survive, we face a totally different world of challenges. Managing stress and anxiety is no easy feat. Anxiety, the…