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Sophia. Difficulties, Obstacles, Lessons and Learning

I asked Sophia what she considered to be the major obstacles or difficulties she faced during her career and what she did when she faced them. She said she wasn’t certain you always see the obstacles or difficulties you face when you’re facing them; it’s when you look back you realize you have been through a difficult time. And she said: “Again, I just feel incredibly blessed, so I don’t know…” I asked her to describe the toughest thing she had ever faced at work and she said when she thinks about that she never thinks about failing to meet her targets or not getting a client or doing something wrong or anything like that because she either forgets those things ...

Blog Worth Reading!!

Mark McQueen, president and CEO of Wellington Financial LP in Toronto, started wellingtonfund.com/blog in 2006 and it's worth reading. In particular, his blog yesterday about the Bear Stearns "bailout" puts the credit crunch in an interesting historical context.