IN THIS ECONOMY I WILL NEVER GET A JOB! SAY WHAT??
Today I saw a news clip of an Occupy Wall Street protest. I’m not even sure where it was taken, but a sign holder caught my eye. He was holding a sign that said “I will never get a job in this economy”. It is difficult to find jobs today, but in this guys case [...]
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE MAKE THEIR DECISIONS WORK
Success story I am curious how some “kids” seem to figure out how to get jobs while others don’t. I would guess a lot of it comes down to parents who teach their kids if they want money they need to work for it. I may also guess that those same parents teach their kids [...]
IS PROTESTING REALLY A TANTRUM?
A few weeks ago I wrote an article titled “IS BEING A VICTIM ADDICTING? I ran it by some addiction recovery experts on Linkedin and got some interesting responses, most seemed to agree with my point that victimhood can be addicting. Here is a link to that post: http://www.robseverson.com/?p=567 I continue to be alarmed by [...]
SOCIAL SECURITY, JUST ANOTHER ENTITLEMENT?
Most people my vintage believe that social security is not an entitlement, but a return on money we have invested over our working life. I know I want to believe that! However thinking about it I believe Congress believes it is an entitlement, just like welfare, unemployment compensation, and a host of others. As such, [...]
DOES REFINANCING UNDERWATER MORTGAGES REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM?
I have been reading about the mortgage deals Obama is proposing for folks whose home values are less than their mortgage balances. As I understand it, he wants to get lower rate financing for these folks that are current on their mortgages and would like a lower payment on their loans. I don’t understand how [...]
COLLEGE VALUE? IS THIS A PROBLEM FOR THE WALL STREET OCCUPIER YOUNG PEOPLE?
About 25 years ago I was interviewing a young woman for a position in auditing for out finance company. We usually hired about 3-5 auditors a year depending upon turnover. This job was our entry level position and we looked for accounting degrees, experience if they had it, and the ability to communicate among other [...]
IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME
Remember “Field of Dreams”? Kevin Costner heard a voice telling him to build a ball park in his field to attract ball players. He believed the voice and eventually the old ballplayers came out of the cornfield to play ball! Great story but life doesn’t seem to work that way for most of us. Even Apple had [...]
IS BEING A VICTIM ADDICTING?
Now, this is may be an unpopular idea but I am going to test the theory by posting my thoughts here. My purpose is to get people thinking, not create a debate, or offend anyone. The driver for my thoughts comes from watching the Occupy Wall Street protests. I will not claim that they are [...]
TO COMPETE OR NOT TO COMPETE; THAT IS THE QUESTION
Work your way up! Yesterday a friend of mine asked his 23 year old college graduate son about the occupy Wall Street raucous. His son said, “why don’t they just get jobs and work their way up?” Last night on a news clip on Wall Street an older guy suggested that to a young [...]
MORE ADVICE FOR MY KIDS
In today’s world, we have the entitlement mentality, which is based on the belief in redistribution of wealth, or “pooling of wealth” for the common good. This is not a new concept. The early apostles did the same when they started spreading the word about Jesus. They sold their assets, and pooled their money, which [...]
