If nobody reads this blog I still win. Don’t get me wrong: I would love to have hundreds, nay, thousands of readers showing up everyday to read what I write. But if they don’t, if nobody shows, I am not bothered or embarrassed. Because what I am looking to do by writing here every day […]
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Success-Is It Luck, Genius, Hard Work, Serendipity?
It was 1987 or 1988 when I met him. He went on to become one of the most successful and high-profile figures in Irish business for the next quarter of a century, or thereabouts. And his success has always puzzled and annoyed me. Because my gut feeling, from my observation and conversation on a Saturday […]