I am certain the best way to lead people is leading them by example.
Some what silly for some, but important example for me…my idol when I was younger (he is still someone I admire very much) is the financier/business man, Michael Milken.
When I was younger - I read that he did not drink [...]
Scott Ragsdale
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Dec
31
ode to Michael Milken
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Dec
30
it is nothing more than cheap sales and expensive marketing…
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Recently, one of the readers of my blog who knew me from University sent a comment reminding me about a good story….
The University of California at Berkeley is famous in America for being “leftist/liberal.”
At the time I was a student, in the early 1990’s, although I had no real understanding of “why,” I considered myself [...]
Dec
27
stick to the pitch III…
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Readership for my blog includes many religions and I am nobody to judge which one is the right one … as far as I am concerned we are all worshiping the same God…
I have purposefully not discussed nor given my opinions on religion and or politics in this blog.
and I do not want to [...]
Dec
25
making it happen
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I have three main passions: food, cigars and adventuring.
food …
My best friend whom lives in Singapore and I have a dinner club “FND” (friday night dinner) - it started in 1998 in Tokyo and since then the two of us have traveled to 10 countries, as well as all over Italy and France just [...]
Dec
25
Happy Holidays
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yesterday I received a text wishing me a happy holidays from an old friend…
In the short text my friend told me that he was grateful for everything I have done for him and he was having a perfect day… he ended the text by saying he was “proudly wearing” his naseba t-shirt (he does not [...]
Dec
21
don’t call it an allegory…
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In October 2006 I made some money taking naseba public and decided to invest some of it and build a dream house in the South of France…
I found, which in my mind is the perfect property…a house that has about an acre of land in La Turbie, France which is a small village directly above [...]
Dec
20
where is John Galt???
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What a ridiculous day I have had…
I woke up this morning to discover headline news….”Britney Spears 16 year old sister is pregnant and before she turns 17 will be a proud mother …. (this was the third line on the headline news section of CNN.com)
….In one of naseba’s offices we have an employee that purposefully [...]
Dec
19
ode to JR
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In yesterday’s blog I said today I would be doing an ode to a VIP who has had a big impact on my life and many others….I did not have time last night nor this morning to do that blog entry…and will do it for Thursday or Friday…
But I want to give praise and put [...]
Dec
18
ode to LT
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An old employee from my previous company sent me an email yesterday telling me how he has his sales team read my blog each morning… and he joking said how I am helping “sales people that don’t work for me to make it happen…”
Although I am grateful for these type of emails from employees and [...]
Dec
17
while some people just talk about it….
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Last Thursday evening in Cape Town, I was finishing up a call with Dubai around 6pm…
a young, definately enthusiastic sales executive whom has sold close to 100K euros in their first few months on the job, not exceptional results … but very good… this person comes up to me while I was on the phone [...]
