I was in the Monaco office today. We have some great, loyal employees based in Monaco … one in particular, our Financial Controller Stephan Cherpin.
Every morning I get a receivables report from Stephan … almost every day I receive this report by 7:10am Monaco time. He lives in Nice and drives to the office, easily [...]
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Oct
31
Ode to the French…
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Oct
29
ode to reflection….
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I am flying to Paris tonight and I wanted to repost a blog which is posted on the right side of this blog — it is my personal favorite blog — and it is probably the most popular google term to access this blog and it has developed a cult like following….
“Ode to Marcus Evans…”
This blog [...]
Oct
27
is your company letting you down or are you letting your company down?
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This past Friday, Fabien, Sophie and I were in a meeting in Fabien’s office when he got a call on his mobile…
As he was speaking, he shook his head in disgust.
Apparently, the person who called was an old friend who works at M.E. in Dubai and called Fabien to get a reference for someone who had just applied to M.E. in [...]
Oct
23
Yesterday, naseba turned 6 years old.
On the flight from Riyadh back to Dubai, I reflected over the past 6 years and everything I have learned, especially over this past year.
Yesterday afternoon, Fabien, Sophie, Nic and I sat in Sophie’s office reflecting back together, laughing over the past 6 years … thinking how naive we all [...]
Oct
19
HOW???
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Today’s blog is poorly written and a bit rushed — it is very late in Riyadh right now, but I wanted to post this before I went to sleep. My marketing team will post pictures tomorrow morning so please check again later to see a couple cool pictures with reference to what is discussed in todays [...]
Oct
17
sex on the beach
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Headline news in America talks about the British couple who were recently sentenced to 3 months in jail for having sex on the beach in Dubai.
I was pleasantly surprised to see a CNN poll next to the article showing 60% of the readers agreed with the sentence.
To me, it goes with out saying, if you are going [...]
Oct
15
despicable ignorance
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Did you see this on CNN? This is word for word what was said:
Woman at rally: I don’t trust Obama. I have read about him and he’s an Arab.
Sen. John McCain: No ma’am, no ma’am. He’s a decent family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. That’s what this [...]
Oct
8
inherent optimism
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I am sorry this entry is a bit rushed and poorly written, but I wanted to post it today.
Last night I watched the DVD “Forrest Gump” for the first time.
Over the years, I have heard a lot of references to this movie, but I never had any interest in seeing it.
However, my 13 year old daughter rented the movie [...]
Oct
7
writers block.
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It has been difficult for me to do a blog recently - I guess you can say I have writers block because each time I try and spin a positive message in my blog - the latest news headlines pop in my mind … and I realize that nothing I say takes away the pain and [...]
Oct
3
battles with misinformation
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I thought about this entry on the plane last night…
Yesterday, I went to Beirut to meet with an important sponsor for one of our Saudi Arabia congresses.
Beirut is an easy 3 hour flight from Dubai, so I was able to fly in the morning and back home at night. I have traveled to Beirut and Lebanon several times.
During the day, I spoke on my mobile with two [...]
