I have been in Paris and Monaco for the past week and have not had time to do a blog for a few days. I am flying back to Dubai this afternoon, but I first wanted to do a quick blog in reply to an interesting email I received this morning from someone who knows me well — in the mail he suggests [...]
Scott Ragsdale
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Sep
29
why do we set goals?
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Sep
24
managing setbacks
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I had dinner with a friend and client in Paris this past friday night - over dinner we discussed LP and the blog– my friend mentioned a Nike commercial where Michael Jordon was getting out of a limo entering the back entrance to the players locker room before a big game.
The focus of the commercial was Michael Jordan [...]
Sep
19
ode to the LP (again)
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The world is witnessing something that Alan Greenspan recently called a “once in a century” occurance.
Furthermore, non-stop headlines about banks going bankrupt, hurricane destruction, constant talk of recession/ great depression surely makes it hard for most to be excited and positive about the future…..some scary stuff is happening in the world right now.
I can imagine most sales [...]
Sep
15
ode to change
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When I was in China last week, I interviewed a production director from one of our biggest competitors. Over the 2 hour interview we discussed many things - but what I enjoyed discussing the most with this woman was on the subject of ”change.”
Taking that next step…you do not know exactly how it will play out in the grand [...]
Sep
10
take out the cancer before it kills everything…
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In Shanghai today - I bumped into an old sales staff who worked for me in Tokyo.
Over lunch, we reflected back over the time we worked together … and he pointed out that the office in Tokyo completely changed for the better — it exploded with business as soon as we took out just one [...]
Sep
7
america - love it or leave it.
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Its 1am in Shanghai … I can’t sleep, but it’s not because of jet lag.
A few hours ago, I watched a special on the US presidential election where the analysts on CNN were saying that the race has become a dead heat since last weeks “successful” Republican convention.
They all seemed to comment on how great a speech that the ex-mayor [...]
Sep
3
something to think about (again)
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We are hammered every single day by companies selling us short cuts….
“lose weight without dieting…”
“get in shape without exercising…”
“learn french the fast and easy way…”
“lose weight while you sleep..”
The above are verbadim quotes taken from advertisements.
… is life meant to be easy?
Is Tiger Woods the greatest golfer of all time because he found some [...]
