by John G. Self | Nov 27, 2013 | Stories
As we prepare for Thanksgiving — America’s greatest holiday — we should pause, or at least slow down, and think about what this day really means. Thanksgiving is our greatest holiday because it is celebrated by everyone, of every faith. There is not the frenetic...
by John G. Self | Nov 11, 2013 | Stories
Remembering Our Veterans – Thank You For You SacrificePlease enjoy this wonderful video of a spontaneous victory parade in Honolulu in 1945. This morning, with the Sunday papers in hand and my steaming cup of coffee at the ready to power me on, I sifted through...
by John G. Self | Nov 8, 2013 | Career Management, Leadership, Stories
Over the past five-plus years, I have written more than 550 blogs, a veritable book of career advice, lessons on leadership, and stories from my misbegotten youth working in my parent’s retail bakery, as well as my early career experience as a crime writer and...
by John G. Self | Nov 1, 2013 | Leadership, Stories
We all remember our first jobs, working retail, hospital orderly, file clerk, gofer, (as in go for the coffee, go for the lunch, etc.). They covered the waterfront, the mundane to the backbreaking. The jobs could be interesting or boring but they taught us about the...
by John G. Self | Oct 25, 2013 | Current Affairs, Leadership, Stories
Warren Buffet recently opined that, years ago, when the titans of Wall Street converted their investment banks from partnerships to publicly owned businesses, the rules changed and all bets were off. In the days of investment bank partnerships, when someone took a...
by John G. Self | Oct 18, 2013 | Stories
You can label this blog travel irony. After months and months of waiting for the TSA to work its magic for pre-screening clearance I got two surprises Tuesday afternoon as I prepared to enter the security line at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Months earlier...
