“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.” KnowsWayGivingShouldWellsSaidReasonBigsGuyCompanyCareersWifePlayerGolfCharityDinnerMy WifeCardsExecutivesMailCeoBusinessmanRipTournamentsParkingPlaying GolfReally WeirdParking LotBig CompaniesGolf Tournaments Author:Tie Domi
“When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a worldwide basis, Jeff Blake is always thinking two moves ahead and that gives Sony a true competitive edge. He is the studio's secret weapon and while he would be the first to credit his fantastic sales and marketing team, there are few executives here that deserve more credit for our successes during the past several years than Jeff.” ThinkingGivingYearsFirstsTwoWould BePastMovingUnderstandingSecretPiecesTeamWeaponsDeserveBasesMarketingEdgesStudiosCreditChessFantasticBoardsExecutivesDistributionBlakeAlways ThinkingMoving AheadSonyDeserve More Author:Amy Pascal
“Give me snuff, whiskey, and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell.” GivingFunnyHellGive MeExecutivesConstructionWhiskeyRailroadsSwedenRailwaySnuff Author:James J. Hill
“No man will ever be a big executive who feels that he must, either openly or under cover, follow up every order he gives and see that it is done-nor will he ever develop a capable assistant.” MenGivingFeelsDoneBigsOrderCapableExecutivesAssistantsFollow Up Author:John Lee Mahin