Yesterday I rode a horse around the pyramids in Egypt … I actually climbed onto the 2nd biggest pyramid.
Visiting the pyramids has been a dream of mine since I was in high school — and having the opportunity to visit and climb onto and around them was an absolute surreal experience.
On the flight [...]
Scott Ragsdale
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Nov
28
even if the summit is still far away …
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Nov
25
lnoppen
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In 1999, I opened an office in Shanghai for my previous company.
The first training school that I ran had 17 people in the school. One of them was Thomas Du, a young Chinese man who spoke very little English.
I swear ? I remember his first day selling ? I was sitting in my office [...]
Nov
25
The ?grass is greener on the other side?? also known as ?Jack syndrome?
This section is devoted to helping those who are reflective ? and secure with themselves. If you are a whining, complaining, ?total bitch? ? and have become someone whom sincerely believes that the company you work for is holding you back from [...]
Nov
25
the climb…
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Today I am flying to Cairo, Egypt for two days and then I will fly from Cairo to Dubai for the rest of this week and then next Saturday fly from Dubai to Cape Town where I will be next week.
I am going to miss my daughters 4th birthday — and her first “birthday party” [...]
Nov
24
Marathon des Sables 2007
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After the race was over - several people came and told me that I was known on this adventure because I wore all black - I wore running tights (like pants) black - to keep cool and protect my legs from the sun - also they were tight so they helped my muscles — I [...]
Nov
23
swimming in the Amazon
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Three years ago, I made a trip to Rio de janeiro and I got to stay in one of the most famous hotels in the world, the Copacabana Palace right on the beaches of Rio.
…my main interest in going to Rio was the Corcovado, otherwise known as the Christ Statue…on TV it looks massive, but [...]
Nov
22
swimming in the Dead Sea
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I love the middle east and have some great travel stories and memories from this region.
A couple years ago, I got invited by one of my clients to a dinner party in Amman, Jordan - I was in Dubai at the time so I flew to Jordan for a long weekend.
Although the Iraq war was [...]
Nov
22
seizing opportunity is a choice…
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Last week while Sophie was in Dubai, and during a conference call with Stuart and I, she interupted the meeting … and spent a good 2 minutes talking about someone who she saw through the window of the office she was in, “a sales manager in dubai who never sits down…”
She was incredibly impressed. [...]
Nov
21
“it is a choice…”
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Sophie made a good point yesterday … some readers might misunderstand my blog entries to mean that I consider someone “loyal” only if they work at naseba … and if they quit, they are a “fucking nobody…”
Believe it or not … this is NOT the way I think … I respect, like and in some [...]
Nov
20
“Little Pimp”
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Currently, France is being held captive by a web of socialist, crypto-marxist union strikes …
Instead of hiding behind his desk — the French President, Nicholas Sakozy is going to the strikes himself - facing the strikers head on … The other day, I saw on TV, Sarkozy completely surrounded by 100’s of the strikers, [...]
