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Business School Commencement Speech - December 2005
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:17 pm
Anyone in attendance? Anyone remember who the speaker was and about his story of always signing his employees checks in green pen? He event went so far as to give all the graduates that day a green pen with an explanation. Mine is boxed up in storage so no chance of getting to it but trying to regurgitate some of the info/story if anyone knows it...
THanks!
THanks!
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Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:18 pm to BeauxTieTiger
Never forget it, we were so young and naive as a nation.....
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:20 pm to BeauxTieTiger
You just gonna make us guess the school?
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:20 pm to BeauxTieTiger
Speaker's name was James Hackett.
I was there - December 2005 graduate, Chicago School of Business
I was there - December 2005 graduate, Chicago School of Business
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:20 pm to BeauxTieTiger
Was it the guy from Donaldsonville who used to work for EJ Ourso?
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:27 pm to BeauxTieTiger
quote:I give up. Why does he sign in green?
his story of always signing his employees checks in green pen?
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:32 pm to BeauxTieTiger
Nope, by the time I was graduating highschool I was already finding more success in the world that I was in and having more fun/partying/hooking up more in different states than I would have at a college.
That was in a time where it would have been still cool to be on mediums like mtv. Being 17 is strange enough, but adding in all these other factors that come into play with ego, money, betrayals, health, legalities, death and not to mention the way the music industry was changing..it changed almost overnight with the rise of Napster, social media, mp3 and the way entertainment operated.
If you are young, talented, good looking and have any originality you will be used by someone who wants to live vicariously through you. It's even worse when it's a parent as I saw starting to happen with my friends, who are dead now.
That was in a time where it would have been still cool to be on mediums like mtv. Being 17 is strange enough, but adding in all these other factors that come into play with ego, money, betrayals, health, legalities, death and not to mention the way the music industry was changing..it changed almost overnight with the rise of Napster, social media, mp3 and the way entertainment operated.
If you are young, talented, good looking and have any originality you will be used by someone who wants to live vicariously through you. It's even worse when it's a parent as I saw starting to happen with my friends, who are dead now.
This post was edited on 10/29/19 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:39 pm to SEClint
quote:
Nope, by the time I was graduating highschool I was already finding more success in the world that I was in and having more fun/partying/hooking up more in different states than I would have at a college.
That was in a time where it would have been still cool to be on mediums like mtv. Being 17 is strange enough, but adding in all these other factors that come into play with ego, money, betrayals, health, legalities, death and not to mention the way the music industry was changing..it changed almost overnight with the rise of Napster, social media, mp3 and the way entertainment operated.
If you are young, talented, good looking and have any originality you will be used by someone who wants to live vicariously through you. It's even worse when it's a parent as I saw starting to happen with my friends, who are dead now.
What a strange response to the OP.
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:40 pm to Space Cadet
quote:
Never forget it, we were so young and naive as a nation.....
2005 was still the era of "Go to college, major in what you want, and follow your dreams."
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:40 pm to Motorboat
I drank a strong coffee. Wanted to be as random as OP.
Felt like a huge line tbh
Pretty decent.
Felt like a huge line tbh
Pretty decent.
This post was edited on 10/29/19 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:45 pm to BeauxTieTiger
Michael Scott.
This post was edited on 10/29/19 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:48 pm to SEClint
What in Jesus’s name are you talking about?
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:49 pm to tigerfoot
quote:
Jesus’s
Jesus'
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:57 pm to SEClint
quote:
I drank a strong coffee. Wanted to be as random as OP.
Felt like a huge line tbh
Pretty decent.
You drank a strong coffee from a bag somebody was hiding something else strong.
Posted on 10/29/19 at 1:58 pm to SEClint
Either way is fine. Depending on pronunciations. If you don’t pronounce the possessive s you do it your way. If you do, you do it mine.
You can look it up. I am sure it is on the google.
But again, what in tge hell are you talking about?
You can look it up. I am sure it is on the google.
But again, what in tge hell are you talking about?
Posted on 10/29/19 at 2:03 pm to tigerfoot
quote:My life with concentrated sarcasm platformed in a dichotomy of OPs random thread.
what in tge hell are you talking about?
Posted on 10/29/19 at 2:06 pm to GetBackToWork
I haven't had coffee in a month, tried to eliminate it all. Was woken up early this morning by lake winds damaging powerlines. Needed a glass, bought some and it's doing its job.
This post was edited on 10/29/19 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 10/29/19 at 2:11 pm to BeauxTieTiger
Is it this guy? Sir John Scarlett: LINK
quote:
MI6 boss Sir John Scarlett still signs letters in green ink Sir John Scarlett, the head of MI6, still signs his letters "C" in green ink, following the tradition of the spy agency's eccentric founder, he has disclosed.
Posted on 10/29/19 at 9:09 pm to PrivatePublic
Sorry I guess I just assumed people knew I meant LSU graduation. Apparently it was E.J. Ourso himself that gave out the green pens and signed his checks in green so his employees would know one day they could make the big money and sign someone else’s checks (or something like that)
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