Marty Nemko

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Consulting
Occupation Career and personal coach
Location Oakland, CA, United States
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Introduction I love being a career and personal coach and writing my Psychology Today blog: How to Do Life. My latest books, are "The Best of Marty Nemko" (3rd ed), Modern Fables, Poems Practical, and Careers for Dummies.. Some of my best recent work is linked to on this blog, but my older writings and the archive of my KALW (NPR-San Francisco) radio show are free on www.martynemko.com. If you would rather email me than post your comments on this blog, my email address is mnemko@comcast.net.
Interests career, reinventing education, men's issues, redistribution, watching YouTube videos, especially music and magic.
Favorite Movies The Reader, Falling Down, Sleeper, Catch Me if You Can, Sleepless in Seattle, My Fair Lady, ET, About Schmidt, Fiddler on the Roof, Schindler's List, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, Hachi, Death of a Salesman (Lee J. Cobb version.)
Favorite Music A Few Good Men by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Fantasy by Earth, Wind, and Fire, The Aria of Bach's Goldberg Variations, the Adagio in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto Gaspard de la Nuit, Ravel's Piano Concerto, Sonata Chopin's Grand Waltz #2, Chopin's Polonaise in Ab, The Singers Unlimited, the Buddy Rich Big Band's rendition of Love for Sale.
Favorite Books A Slobbering Love Affair, Atlas Shrugged, John Adams by David McCullough, The Myth of Male Power, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, A Race Against Time, Why Men Earn More, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Prince of Tides, James Herriot's Dog Stories, The Giving Tree, The Best of Marty Nemko.

Men have contributed much to the world--from the printing press to penicillin to Google. Most men work hard, are brave, and care for--not abuse--women. Why are we so demeaned?