# Business Wisdom® My personal Substack Page: Feed: --- ## [Advice Is Nice… Influence Is What Matters!](https://rafti.substack.com/p/advice-is-nice-influence-is-what) _2026-08-17 · Jim Vaselopulos_ A few months ago, I attended the retirement party of a former employee named Ken. ## [Will Von Work With You?](https://rafti.substack.com/p/will-von-work-with-you) _2026-07-30 · Jim Vaselopulos_ A friend from my golf foursome sent me this picture. ## [The Meeting Was Fine. You Decided It Wasn’t.](https://rafti.substack.com/p/the-meeting-was-fine-you-decided) _2026-07-15 · Jim Vaselopulos_ In the mid-1980s, researchers at Dartmouth ran an experiment that should unsettle anyone who has ever received challenging feedback. ## [When You Can’t Trust Yourself](https://rafti.substack.com/p/when-you-cant-trust-yourself) _2026-03-20 · Jim Vaselopulos_ My father passed away in 2021. ## [Attitude Is Everything](https://rafti.substack.com/p/attitude-is-everything) _2026-02-17 · Jim Vaselopulos_ When I started my career at 23, I was like most young professionals — enthusiastic and excited about what lay ahead. ## [A Thought for the New Year: Maybe Ditch the Plan](https://rafti.substack.com/p/a-thought-for-the-new-year-maybe) _2026-01-20 · Jim Vaselopulos_ January has a familiar rhythm. ## [It’s Not Political — You Just Don’t Understand It](https://rafti.substack.com/p/its-not-political-you-just-dont-understand) _2025-12-10 · Jim Vaselopulos_ It’s the universal shrug of frustration — the professional equivalent of throwing up your hands. But here’s the truth; when someone says an organization is political, what they’re really admitting is that they don’t understand how it works. ## [My Defense of Capitalism](https://rafti.substack.com/p/my-defense-of-capitalism) _2025-11-06 · Jim Vaselopulos_ It's the basic building block of value exchange - organic and self-creating [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/178113782/49c09759e046f77f60865d3c1899c9f5.mp3) ## [Success is a path paved with many NO's](https://rafti.substack.com/p/success-is-a-path-paved-with-many) _2025-10-23 · Jim Vaselopulos_ Business Wisdom from my son ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/deQONVyfwDMp) _2025-10-23 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [The Soothing and Seductive Siren Song of AI](https://rafti.substack.com/p/the-soothing-and-seductive-siren) _2025-09-01 · Jim Vaselopulos_ There’s a striking parallel between Odysseus’ legendary encounter with the Sirens in Homer’s Odyssey and our modern fascination with Artificial Intelligence.