A Gritty Approach to Avoiding First Impression Hiring Mistakes

By Dan Gephart, October 17, 2018 Author J.K. Rowling wrote in one of those boy wizard books: “First impressions can work wonders.” Well, they didn’t work wonders for J.K. Her first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 different publishers before it found a home and...

Michael Keaton, Burt Reynolds, and the FMLA

By Dan Gephart, September 19, 2018 Thanks to Facebook, I’m reminded of the birthday of that odd kid from sixth grade who had the massive nosebleed problems and carried a Land of the Lost lunchbox. However, Mark Zuckerberg’s programmers failed to remind me of a more...

Playing the Shame Game

By Dan Gephart, August 15, 2018 Imagine spending a beautiful summer day at the ballpark. You have great seats along the first base side. Foul balls routinely make their way towards you – four to be exact. The first three balls you pick up and immediately hand over to...

That’s My Story

By Dan Gephart, July 18, 2018 I’m married to a talented and successful children’s book author. She tells stories for a living. I’m proud of the work she does because she tells the stories of people from whom we don’t often hear. And her stories evoke empathy, which is...

Why Do We Hide This Stuff?

By William Wiley, July 18, 2018 Here’s the beginning of a story that recently ran on the first page of the Style section of the Washington Post: The Washington Post has dismissed a reporter for inadequately attributing material and closely parroting sentences from...

Let’s Embrace Change

By Dan Gephart, July 9, 2018 Hello FELTG Nation! Do you mind if we talk about change? As I write this, I’m gazing at a For Sale sign that looks oddly out of place on my sun burnt front lawn. This concrete box I sit in has sheltered numerous Gephart humans and...

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