http://www.scottragsdale.com Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:55:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two hotels in Mumbai were attacked over the past couple of days....my office is in southern India, Bangalore, so I rarely travel to Mumbai, but one of the hotels under attack, the Taj Mahal, is where I stay when I am in Mumbai - I have stayed there 3 times over ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/29/do-not-live-your-life-fearing-death/ Some of you have noticed and asked why i took off a bit of an angry ramble about my discovery of an old chinese friend of mine lying and stealing from me .... unpon reflection, not only was that part of the blog too aggressively negative, but an interesting conversation ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/27/ode-to-confucius-2/ I am in Shanghai for a few days....China is very exciting and offers brilliant opportunity, esp. now with the world economy in shambles.  I am extremely bullish on naseba's future in China.  In fact, to ensure naseba takes our china business to a completely different level in 2009, naseba will be expanding our ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/24/motivation/ One of the news sites I check each morning is Yahoo.   (I notice it is also mentioned on CNN.com) Yesterday, Yahoo's headline news article was focused on Michael Vick, an ex-NFL quarterback, who is completely bankrupt.  The article went into graphic detail on the financial troubles of this once multi millionare, great football talent. Michael ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/17/reassuring-us-with-the-failure-of-others/ Last week Sophie and I had dinner in Dubai with John Collins, a friend of ours from Monaco.  My english friends tell me, John is a famous scotish football player (retired) and successful manager.  As a young manager, he recently led Hibernian to its first championship in 16 years. Being American, I do not ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/13/old-school/ Each year, my closest friend, Jason Gorud and I take a 7-10 day trip some where focused entirely on eating and drinking great wine.  Over the past few years, the two of us have driven all over Italy and France each year picking a different region just for the purpose of trying different restaurants and vineyards. I guess ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/12/happy-birthday-jason-gorud/ This morning, I watched BBC World as I ran on my treadmill in my gym.  One of the top stories was on Gaza and how the power plant in Gaza has run out fuel, therefore, all power and electricity has completely stopped in Gaza.  As Gaza relies 100% on Israel for EVERYTHING, including ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/11/one-cushy-life/ An old friend gave me a good topic for the blog today ... He said to Fabien, "at naseba Sales Managers will always be expected to sell..."  As if he was suggesting that at other companies...its much better because managers get to "manage" but at naseba they are expected to "sell." I think, looking back ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/09/life-is-one-big-sale/ Today was the opening day of "Avex," naseba's first expo and airshow which is taking place on the red sea in Sharm, El Sheikh Egypt. President Mubarak came and opened the expo this morning - thus Nic and I got to meet him and have our pictures taken, etc.  At the end of his visit, I walked him ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/06/a-quick-ramble-on-change/ I am  writing this blog in a crowded Starbucks in Cairo, Egypt .. I flew in from amsterdam last night because we have our first airshow starting tomorrow with the President of Egypt, President Mubarak opening the event. As I sit here in one of the most historical and majestic cities ... http://www.scottragsdale.com/2008/11/04/ode-to-marcus-evans-vii-victimization/