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 [...]
Scott Ragsdale
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Jan
9
ode to fascism
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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 [...]
Dec
31
ode to Michael Milken
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I am certain the best way to lead people is leading them by example.
Some what silly for some, but important example for me…my idol when I was younger (he is still someone I admire very much) is the financier/business man, Michael Milken.
When I was younger - I read that he did not drink [...]
Dec
19
ode to JR
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In yesterday’s blog I said today I would be doing an ode to a VIP who has had a big impact on my life and many others….I did not have time last night nor this morning to do that blog entry…and will do it for Thursday or Friday…
But I want to give praise and put [...]
Dec
18
ode to LT
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An old employee from my previous company sent me an email yesterday telling me how he has his sales team read my blog each morning… and he joking said how I am helping “sales people that don’t work for me to make it happen…”
Although I am grateful for these type of emails from employees and [...]
Dec
13
ode to Friday deal day…
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My old boss … who is my best friend and someone who definately had an impact on helping me develop as a business man … Jason Gorud reminded me last week of one of the best stories that I might have with regards to sales…
The year was 1998 Tokyo … and I was the sponsorship [...]
Dec
3
I was in the Dubai office last week reviewing the key staff as well as meeting with Thomas Du, the CEO of Lnoppen China…together Thomas and I brought a lot of magic smoke to the office (Thomas enjoys cigars even more than I do)
Anyways …
The last evening in the office, I had a 2 hour [...]
Nov
13
ode to Marcus Evans…
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As clearly pointed out, by one of our competitors in “we are all best friends ….” comment section — I was “disloyal” to my previous company…
Therefore, I wish to explore the root of this “disloyalty…”
For this entry and discussion on”disloyalty” … I am going to use myself as the example … the purpose is to [...]
Nov
11
ode to team espana
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Over the years, people have asked me “who is the best sales person I have ever seen” … however, what is much more interesting to discuss is who is the best “sales team” I have ever seen …
In my opinion, what makes a good sales person “great” is in large part due to the team [...]
