Part of today’s blog has been taken from a blog I posted at the beginning of June, but I end todays blog with a new story which everyone at naseba can relate to.
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I went to boarding school for three years with Chipper Jones … who is now one of the best baseball players in MLB today.
He has played for [...]
Scott Ragsdale
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Aug
28
i want it all and I want it now.
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Aug
26
ode to Lee Wanie II…
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Someone left a comment asking me for my advice on how to be more motivated and focused….
although some of my entries might be ‘motivational’ for some of the readers - I do not claim to be motivational.
I use this blog to manage myself - and knowing my dad, friends, staff and wife read my blog [...]
Aug
22
“life is one big learning experience” John McEnroe
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The question I have for Scott, is how does someone pick themselves up after a ” stumble” in life to again achieve gretaness and even be better than before?
I could write for days on all the stumbles that I have made in my life.
I got kicked out of high school my freshman year for fighting and having [...]
Aug
19
ode to the greatness in man.
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Over the past couple of weeks, the world witnessed one of the greatest individual sports performances of all time.
Ever since Athens, where Phelps won 6 gold medals – he has had a massive blanket of pressure wrapped around him – imagine going through your life the past 4 years with everyone asking/wondering/talking about whether you [...]
Aug
14
RESPECT as a manager/leader must be earned
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This morning I spoke to a senior manager at naseba who told me that another manager was upset with him — this manager even shouted at him because staff on her team were coming to him for advice and input - instead of coming to her.
This blog is not inteneded to pass judgement on the manager who [...]
Aug
13
peerless, uncanny determination to achieve…
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I have been keenly waking up at 3am to watch the Olympics - the swimmer Michael Phelps.
Without being melodramatic … what Phelps is achieving as a swimmer at the Olympics in Beijing will never be equaled or surpassed in my life time.
Although everyone in the media world understands what Phelps is achieving is exceptional - I think only a swimmer or ex-swimmer can completely comprehend the [...]
Aug
11
but you have to make it happen…
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Last week our Shanghai and Bangalore offices both had great weeks - our biggest, most cushy office… in Dubai had its worst week of the year. Apparently, every single decision maker in the world is on vacation, thus our Dubai office did not do very well.
I should point out that a majority of sales staff [...]
