As discussed in the “the beginning” section of this blog, at the end of 2001, I was “pushed out” at my previous company.
As also mentioned, the I.T. department at that company, stole my credit card number and charged over 20,000 euros on two of my debit cards…not to mention that I did not get paid [...]
Scott Ragsdale
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Jan
14
ode to all the victims…
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Jan
10
don’t call it a come back…
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One of the proudest moments of my life was about 6 months ago….
I was valet parking my car at Hotel de Paris in Monaco…
as I was getting out of my car, one of the valet’s came up to me and said “naseba … I just bought some stock.”
As we were speaking, a police officier came [...]
Jan
9
ode to fascism
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I made a promise to myself when I started this blog not to inflict on the reader my political and religious opinions in my entries
….however, my morning coffee has been ruined because I see that Obama has lost NH…
my wife whom is French, laughs at me when I explain my deep dislike of Bill Clinton [...]
Jan
7
parable
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many years ago…..back when I was in high school….I got into a fist fight at school over something stupid.
I was clearly dominating and winning the fight… a couple great shots and I knocked the guy down, but he staggered back up….but I was in complete control.
Being a bit lazy….or maybe, I am just too nice…. [...]
Jan
5
Where is John Galt??
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Until I moved from America in 1994 at the age of 22, I had only visited two countries in my life.
13 years later, I have traveled to 75 countries and I will go to Iran in the beginning of April.
Unfortunately, we live in a world today where the american-centric media feeds us massive misinformation…and [...]
Jan
4
ode to South Africans living abroad
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The hardest working, most loyal and inspiring people that I have ever worked with are South Africans living outside South Africa. (full stop)
One of the biggest reasons for me to set up an office in Cape Town, South Africa was to meet and work with more people like Hulk, Abu, London Gary, Mario, Terry…
Unfortunately, [...]
Jan
3
ode to reflection…
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My favorite blog entry over the past two months is “ode to marcus evans” (it is on the top right side of this page)
I can relate to most of my employees as well as our competitors who read this blog because I started off, my first job as a sales executive exactly like most of [...]
Jan
2
crazy, but true…
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As my previous entry discussed Michael Milken, I wish to share a crazy story…
Three years ago, I had just moved into a new apartment in Monaco. In the late afternoon on that first day, I took my family to the swimming pool…
Because it was late afternoon, the pool was completely empty except for one [...]
