by John G. Self | Dec 25, 2012 | Current Affairs, Stories
Four year olds know more than any rational adult would like to admit. Their intellectual powers, especially about all things Santa, are particularly acute in the days leading up to Christmas When a little girl, asked by a television reporter how Santa Claus keeps up...
by John G. Self | Dec 14, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
DALLAS MORNING NEWS Promising better and more efficient patient care, Baylor Health Care System and Temple-based Scott & White Healthcare said Friday that they plan to merge, creating the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas. Combined assets of the new...
by John G. Self | Nov 26, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Leadership
“Brothers and Sisters: Before we open our hymnals and sing the many grim verses of ‘Now Comes the Hard Part’, the Post-Election Day quadrennial dirge, the congregation is kindly requested to engage in a brief interlude of soul replenishing joy.” So began David...
by John G. Self | Oct 1, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Recruiting
Two days to the first presidential debate, 36 days to Nov. 6, 92 days to the fiscal cliff… In a speech in South Africa in 1966, Robert Kennedy said: “There is a Chinese curse which says ‘May he live in interesting times.’ “Like it or not we live in interesting...
by John G. Self | Sep 12, 2012 | Current Affairs
Jobless growth is anemic. The economy is sluggish. If you are a Republican, it is President Obama’s fault. Electing Republican leadership will result in great economic gains through tax cuts, spending increases for defense and removal of job killing programs and...
by John G. Self | Jul 17, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Leadership
One of the hidden benefits of being a healthcare recruiter is that you get to see, firsthand, the rich irony that plagues our industry. Healthcare is one of the most technologically impressive businesses in the nation—where modern miracles happen every day—yet the...
