by John G. Self | Feb 15, 2013 | Stories
It is 5 AM. I am in the gym. I am alone. Thank goodness. This is not a pretty site, a gentleman of a certain age who travels extensively—a nice word for the current grammatically incorrect but popular phrase ‘way much’—and who now resorts to sweating before dawn so...
by John G. Self | Feb 8, 2013 | Stories
The news business will always be a part of who I am. As a former reporter, I confess that while I do not miss the grind of working for a daily newspaper, slogging through flooded rice fields in the dead of night covering a fatal airplane crash, or moving through a bar...
by John G. Self | Feb 1, 2013 | Stories
Different people learn in different ways. Some people learn best by reading, others by listening. Some learn by observing and others learn as the result of confrontation, which is another way of saying learning by experience, but typically with more noise and...
by John G. Self | Jan 18, 2013 | Stories
This post was originally published on October 4, 2009. TYLER, Texas – Spending a weekend away from the office and the hustle and bustle of the city is a good thing. You can sit back, enjoy a cup of hot tea, and reflect on all manner of subjects, ideas, and...
by John G. Self | Jan 16, 2013 | Leadership, Stories
A baker’s dozen, a little something extra… When you buy a dozen cookies, donuts, cinnamon rolls or other treats, bakery sales clerks will frequently add a 13th item—a little additional value, a “baked goods” thank you for your patronage. Today I heard a radio...
by John G. Self | Jan 11, 2013 | Stories
“Because it was the right thing to do….” That line twice played an important role in my life in the 1960s. Once involving my father, and the second involving my political hero, then Congressman George H.W. Bush of the 7th District in West Houston. In 1963, my...
