NEWT IS A SINNER!!
In case you didn’t know it Newt Gingrich is a sinner as his wife Calista. Not a news flash unless you have been living under a rock. Now Newt’s ex has come forward to talk about it and just how bad he was! I won’t argue with her comments other than to say that carrying [...]
ARE WE HANDLING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RIGHT?
When businesses lay someone off they frequently provide a severance pay for the individual. Depending upon rank and tenure it is designed to help the former employee out while they seek a new job. It is a fixed amount, and is paid over time regardless whether the person gets new job during the payout. I [...]
BOOK REVIEW FROM LUTHER STUDENT I MET ON LINKEDIN
I met Tyler Zey on the Luther group on Linkedin. He is a remarkable young man who has already started an internet busineess and some blogs. I admire his ambition and entrepreneurship! Check out his site: ChangeJars.com Here is his review of my book: Rob Severson’s “Connecting Peace, Prosperity, and Purpose” is a neatly formed [...]
SUCCESS STORIES, HOW SOME FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT!
Another success story! I was talking with a friend the other day about making a living. She has a son who is in North Dakota working in the oil fields. I don’t think he had any education beyond high school, but knows how to work and network. In high school he and his brother started [...]
DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO AND YOU WILL LOVE YOUR JOB!
This seems to be the popular advice given to our young people today and others in job transition too. I think it is great if you can do that but I have a few problems with that concept. Like I said, it is good if you can find that career, but what is your higher [...]
SO, WHAT DID YOU LEARN GETTING FIRED?
Well, that is a very sensitive topic for many I would assume. My intent is not to throw salt into anyone’s wound, just stimulate some thinking that may help someone get and keep his/her next job. Let me be clear, many people lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Period. But I don’t [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
