{"id":1766,"date":"2014-01-21T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellyourstoryinc.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2016-07-22T18:12:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T18:12:13","slug":"stories-shared-with-a-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/stories-shared-with-a-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories Shared With a Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: -48px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;\">\n<h2 style=\"display: none;\">Stories Shared With a Mentor<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"schema-videoobject\"><object width=\"410\" height=\"310\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/36trVWLZzp4\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"410\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/36trVWLZzp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/object><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"display: none;\">A Rick Segal tribute video from George Rafeedie. Read blog post here:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I visited with old colleagues this past weekend and spoke at a tribute dinner honoring my former boss, mentor and friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/rick-segal\/7\/964\/5a8 \" target=\"_blank\">Rick Segal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rick is one of the founders of HSR Business to Business, which now goes by the name of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gyro.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">gyro<\/a>. He is leaving the agency business to a higher calling of teaching at <a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehemcollegeandseminary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bethlehem College &amp; Seminary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rick gave me two life-changing opportunities that helped shape me and guide me toward what I am today &#8212; fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After nearly 20 years of knowing someone and 8 years reporting to them, a lot of stories emerge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There was the story of the stolen sausage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And of the Irishman and the turkey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And who can forget the quote from the cleaning crew that helped guide our work ethic philosophy?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I couldn&#8217;t leave out Boutros Boutros Ghali or Frank Bettger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And dancing. Dancing and celebrations help bring all of these stories together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Long lasting and meaningful relationships are built on a foundation of stories. Good, bad, happy and sad. I focused on the good and happy during my tribute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was satisfying and gratifying to relive and tell those stories in a way that I hope put a bow tie, if you will, on the influence Rick has had on my life. He gave me a chance when all I needed was one to restart my career. He gave me an opportunity to test out my entrepreneurial blood when some may have said I was still a pup. He had faith in me before I had the confidence to lead. And he helped me realize my strengths, and weaknesses, to lead me down the path I am on now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And as I said in my tribute, I have a long way to go, but I love the path that I\u2019m on now. Thanks, Rick, for getting me on this path.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>George \u201cThe Rock\u201d Rafeedie (yes, there\u2019s a story behind that, too)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1774\" title=\"George Rafeedie B2B Business\" src=\"http:\/\/tellyourstoryinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/george-rafeedie-b2b-business.jpg\" alt=\"The Rock &amp; Rick Segal\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories Shared With a Mentor &nbsp; A Rick Segal tribute video from George Rafeedie. Read blog post here: I visited with old colleagues this past weekend and spoke at a tribute dinner honoring my former boss, mentor and friend, Rick Segal. &nbsp; Rick is one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,141,123,122],"tags":[319,320,321,322,323,198],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-events","category-career-thoughts","category-tell-your-story-news","tag-boutros","tag-hsr","tag-hsr-business-to-business","tag-rick-segal","tag-tribute","tag-gyro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5432,"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions\/5432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}