I’ve had the privilege of having friends and business relationships. The best example I can give you is the people who have worked with me here in the US, some of them who I started my career with 40 years ago, and they work for me or I work for them, will say that I’m honest and I’m not going to BS them. We understand each other’s needs. We manage each other’s expectations. We’re on the same page, there are no surprises, there’s no-nonsense, and there’s trust. Trust comes through understanding and being truthful. Some people will describe me as funny, sarcastic, truthful, and a good guy, but I don’t harbor bad feelings toward anyone in my life but that doesn’t mean I can’t be overly sarcastic or do something that my heroes hate. I have lifelong friendships, so I think they’d say he’s probably not the dumbest guy in the room, not the smartest guy in the room, but self-deprecating.
