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Your email habits may say a lot about who you are and how you interact with others. You can gain a customer or lose one. Deepen a friendship or splinter it. It’s your choice.

If you find that your email is getting the better of you, here are 9 suggestions to put you back in control.

Ever since the 1970's, when lumptectomy was shown to be as effective as mastectomy for treating early-stage breast cancer, surgeons have been stumped by one of the most vexing problems in oncology: how wide should the margins be around the tumor to insure adequate removal of the cancer so that the risk of local recurrence or, worse, distant metastatic spread can be driven down as low as possible?

Early on, the conventional...

Who would’ve thought Barbie could rise to the pinnacle of cancer politics?  And still climbing.  In a country in which approximately 12,400 children are diagnosed with cancer each year (and the number keeps climbing), I can see why the topic of childhood cancer could and would touch on raw emotions.  It’s taken me some reflecting though to grasp how a Bald Barbie doll can...

This post originally appeared on my New Domains blog for Forbes.com 

An Initial Public Offering (IPO) can mean many different things for the future of a business. The (rumored-to-be-imminent) IPO for Facebook - the company that harnessed the collective conscious - is one that will be watched more closely than any other.  And that interest will come not only by those with the means to participate in the IPO, but also the...

My mother was known as a very wise woman.  On a regular basis, women would come to our house seeking my mother’s wisdom. I vividly recall her various friends sitting around the kitchen table, waiting for my mom to help them solve their issues and make sense of their predicament.  She somehow had a knack at understanding people and seeing through to the truth in every situation.

One of my mother’s favorite...

Have you ever set your goal or intention, charged ahead, and then suddenly stop at a brick wall that appears in front of you? The wall is big and tough, and you ask,

"Why is this so hard?"

"How is it possible?"

"What is this chaos about?"

Frustration, second-guessing, and anxiety move in.

And when you slow down your own insane internal dialogue, you are left...

This post originally appears in my Work In Progress blog for Forbes.com:

Hiring in 2011 was stronger than previous years, and the uptick has continued in 2012. This is no secret to your staff, who have endured low or no salary increases and a higher workload. The fact that job market reports are positive, coupled with the frustration and exhaustion of recent years, makes this a ripe opportunity for your staff to...

Note: the interview tips below are relevant not just for business school, but when you are looking for any team-based position.

Welcome to the MBA admissions waiting game. And it’s interview season! The rules for interviewing for a spot in the next business school class are really no different from the rules for interviewing for a coveted job. I reckon that most of you reading this have passed that test several times...