The Celebrity Apprentice is over for another season, I am writing this as the show is still on. At one time I was on Piers’ side however I had a change of heart sometime in the past week and a bit. The values that Trace Adkins shows and lives by is inspiring. This is a guy who gets it, who has it and who lives by his values. Sorry Piers’ the days of the ruthless, cut throat business person who steps on everyone in his way is over. However…hold the presses…The Donald doesn’t think so!
Wow, according to The Donald, nice guys don’t matter in business and Piers wins the Celebrity Apprentice. What was he thinking? Has my respected business leader lost his mind? I am lost for words on this one, totally did expect Piers to win in the end. I guess according to Donald Trump, ruthless business is still the most important thing.
What else can I say about how Trace Adkins impacted me? Besides Trace in this world, I know of a handful of business guys in today’s world that live by these same princples. There is Erik, Arlin, Brad just to name a few. You just need to hang out with these guys. They are the type of leaders that understand what is important in life.
My lovely bride gave me the perfect gift at Christmas last year. Her gift of “Lead Like Jesus” is exactly what Trace, Erik and the others show everyday and something that I am learning everyday – A guy can learn lots from these guys. This book was written by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges. I have just started understanding about being a servant leader. I will have some blog postings on how this book has impacted my personal and business life over the next few weeks.
Today was our regional meeting with Tech Data’s TechSelect Canada Prairie members. It was a wonderful meeting with the leaders in our region that belong to the TechSelect program. During our time together at Care Factor‘s office in NE Calgary, we discussed very important things that are impacting the IT business in Western Canada. Some of the topics revolved around the shortage of available talent in our marketplace, partnering for profitability, economic indicators and how to use MDF funds in our marketing campaigns. It was a great afternoon had by all partners in the Prairie region.
By the way…please no more Omarosa.
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