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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

ABOUT MY VERY BEST BUSINESS FRIEND

When I established the GEOX business in the USA I needed a VP of sales and I put the word out about the type of person and experience I was looking for, then one day I had a lunch appointment to interview one of the candidates for this position, or Pat Hogan who since he knew so much about the footwear business, the Nordstrom family (who used to play golf with him every Sunday) and the many years of experience in the field as footwear rep that I hired pretty much over that lunch in an Italian restaurant in Manhattan – even if he didn’t drink a sip of wine, explaining that he’s never done it in his whole life (which is why I forgave him and hired too!).
I’m told that with my blog I inspire many to keep it tough when things don’t go as wanted or planned, well my own inspiration – also of religious kind – comes from him every time, so if someone is inspired by what I post in my blog should thank Pat, because he’s the source of my inspirations.
I hope that all who come to read me here knows already pretty well about my damnation from the accident, so I see no point in elaborating on it any more now, what I want to say is that I’m still today always inspired by Pat and by what he tells me every time we talk on the phone (once a week, more than what my former wife manages to do).
Shortly after I came back to life, coming out of the coma, he surprised me very much by telling me that my accident is a God-given challenge and that I have its reason and solution in front of my eyes, if I don’t see why I was basically murdered in 2005 it's only because I’m not ready yet to see and understand – since God never keeps secrets with men – then he always adds that once I’ll see and understand why I was hit so hard right when I felt to have reached the top of all my work and living dreams, it’ll be the time for me to come back to work again in a very exposed and esteemed position in the footwear industry.
To me this is more than plenty to “hang in there and keep it tough” even if I’m very aware that our time living here on earth is minimal when compared to the eternity of our souls after they are let free from our bodies and join the God creator.


Given that I've already put in my blog here “bits and pieces” of my beliefs I’m not going to bore you any longer with my “theological concepts/ideas” anyone can read them both here, in my well-chosen posted links and by doing any internet search on your own.
  1. http://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/startingasmallbusiness/tp/7-tips-find-a-business-partner.htm
  2. http://www.maesconsultinggroup.com/why-logmein-is-my-best-business-friend/
  3. http://www.succeedinginsmallbusiness.com/word-of-mouth-your-best-business-friend/#.U2Bm6fldWls
  4. http://tachesterton.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/preliminary-explorations-in-matthew-2223-33/
AND as usual:
  1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121031125522.htm
  2. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112799774/minocycline-enhances-the-efficacy-of-perispinal-enbrel-in-traumatic-brain/
  3. http://epiphanyasd.blogspot.com/2014/03/single-dose-of-il-6-antibodies-or-tnf.html
  4. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/780437_3
  5. http://www.pubfacts.com/detail/24647830/Immediate-Neurological-Recovery-Following-Perispinal-Etanercept-Years-After-Brain-Injury.



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