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://robseverson.com/?p=567 I continue to be alarmed by […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following is an excerpt from my book “Connecting Peace, Purpose & Prosperity”. I dedicated it to my family and told stories of how I learned various things that they would relate to. The subject is becoming more and more timely all the time. I would bet that many parents, grandparents or others have stories to share […]
Whenever I hear the term “workers” I get a little angry. Not really angry, just a little! The reason is that I do not think that word does any good for us. When I hear it, I think of slavery, insignificant duties, and yes, the proletariat. It also seems to demean folks other than themselves, IE […]
Several years ago my daughter called me from her first year in college with a question: “Dad, they want me to declare a major, what should I do?” I asked her what she was interested in and she replied that she didn’t know! I guess that is understandable looking back, even though I was a […]
I googled on that phrase and got millions of hits! There are books on the subject, famous people quoted, and who knows how many others as I just looked at a few pages. I grew up in the 50’s with parents and relatives who grew up before the depression and survived it when it happened. […]
The unemployment thing is a real problem for many. On the other side, I still hear from business owners that it is hard to get good “help”! How can this be in this market? I spoke at a high school a few weeks ago and one of the interests was summer jobs. The students had […]
I was talking with some friends last night and we were noting that some people seem to “figure it out” and do what they have to do to make a living. Others seem to have no clue. We agreed that some of it may be due to parenting, and that the issue was classles, it […]
