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...saying, 'We actually don't value [your profession] anymore,'" Morgan says. The result can be a reduced sense of self-worth. Former bank employees may be timid about telling people what they do - or did. "Overnight, [people who worked in banks] have been placed in that second-hand car salesman category," says Morgan. To cope with these feelings, many out-of-work bankers and traders are heading to their health clubs to fill their time, work out their aggression and get their endorphins to kick...
...Senior-level bankers, on the other hand, have qualities that may work in their favor, aside from a cushion of accumulated wealth. They are older and have already been through market upheaval during the Black Monday crash of 1987. Morgan says they tend to be adaptable risk-takers who are good at networking and at articulating their worth. "It's the entrepreneurs who are going to succeed," he says. "It's not going to be the people who are waiting around for the next opportunity...
...Maverick Vs. Cool Hand Luke Joe Klein's piece on Obama's skills in crisis management shows how blind he is [Oct. 13]. Obama speaks with calmness simply because he doesn't know what to say, while McCain speaks with anger because he has so much to say. McCain is angry at what the Democrats and the Wall Street executives have done to deceive the American people. I pray that the people will listen to McCain's anger and endorse what he will do as President: freeze spending and cut pork-barrel and other unnecessary spending. These steps are essential...
Because North Korean citizens aren’t allowed to interact with foreigners unless they are given special training, all they could do was wave—none approached to shake Koh’s hand or to ask for a photograph or autograph...
...name. In his introduction of Ban, former Kennedy School dean Graham T. Allison ’62 recalled that he first met the South Korean native when he arrived at the Kennedy School as a Master of Public Administration student in 1983. “He shook my hand and said, ‘My name is JFK, just from Korea,’” Allison said. At the start of his own speech, Ban said his experience meeting Kennedy as a teenager inspired him to pursue a career in diplomacy. After serving in his country?...