Scott Ragsdale

Last night, Sophie and I had dinner with a German friend of ours who is the CEO of an investment bank in Abu Dhabi.

He told us about two of his ex-employee’s who are not German who have left and speak negatively about him and the bank to the press.

Maybe because he is German, he doesn’t seem to understand the concept of wasting time moaning and complaining about your previous company.

He sincerely, doesn’t understand their negativity – and added “you never know what the future holds, so they should be smarter.”

Sophie laughed and told him all sorts of stories of what scott ragsdale has experienced. 

We discussed this idea of “burning bridges.” 

On the drive home last night, Sophie and I continued the conversation on “burning bridges…” and I mentioned Adam Fletcher, and a few others who are no longer with the company, but have been honorable and have not burned their bridge with me.

Today, Adam Fletcher closed a $400,000 deal.  
The contract has been in negotiations for several days, so its not a total surprise, but it fits nicely with today’s blog theme.

Within the 9 months Adam has been back with the company, he has brought nearly 1 million dollars in business, not to mention great leadership and ideas which have helped expand the business. 

Adam was the first employee at naseba, but quit after 9 months to do something else. 

He is extremely talented, and when he quit in 2003 it was a loss for our small start-up company. 

Last year, I actively recruited Adam back to naseba to head up our Asia business based in Kuala Lumpur. 

Adam didn’t burn his bridge when he left naseba to do something else. 

He quit before we became a real company, and missed a lot of the benefits that Fabien and Nic received from his initial hard work, but Adam is an honorable man.  

When left, he left honourably, and did not go around moaning or bitching like the average person does.

Whether you quit or get fired from a job, a club, a team, etc…
Don’t moan and complain about the past – It’s not honourable….  

But most importantly, don’t burn a bridge because you never know what the future holds.