by John G. Self | Aug 8, 2014 | Stories
“You have written about that before….” When you have penned more than 500 blogs over the years it is not a hot news flash that you will cover ground you have plowed before. Story tellers have a dreadful fear of telling someone a clever, funny story that they have...
by John G. Self | Aug 1, 2014 | Stories
Life is not fair. We are reminded of that inconvenience on a regular basis, usually about the time we are feeling so supremely good about things. What could go wrong? I have always believed that the inevitable setbacks, most especially those that occur when you are...
by John G. Self | Jun 13, 2014 | Stories
Tonight is the full moon. It is Friday the 13th. These two events do not occur very often. For some people, this is pretty creepy. “Despite many myths, the full moon does not actually embolden criminals, bring about births or make people mad, studies show. And...
by John G. Self | Apr 11, 2014 | Stories
I have always been curious. Some would say nosey. This affliction began at a very young age, around 3, when my family lived in a Houston enclave. My curiosity manifested itself in a desire to be out and about, to meet people and to find out stuff. This desire led...
by John G. Self | Mar 28, 2014 | Stories
What’s in a name? A lot, it would seem, especially if you can find the humor in the law of unintended consequences in the child naming arena. And sometimes the last name is an indicator of the career choice of its owner. When parents pick names for their...
by John G. Self | Feb 7, 2014 | Leadership, Stories
John Self is interviewing today so we are sharing a post from February 2013. Have a great weekend! I have a confession to make. For more than eight years I had torrid and wonderfully fulfilling love affair — with the game of baseball as an umpire, working my way up...
