Monday 23 March 2009

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

  • White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emaneul cleans out his toenails with a toothpick.
  • Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Oscar-nominated director of 'Babel', jiggles his leg up and down in meetings.
  • Atsutoshi Nishida, President of the Toshiba Corporation, keeps his wallet in the breast pocket of his jacket. 
  • Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, does the Everyman crossword in his bath on Sunday mornings. 
  • Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericcson Telecommunications, absent-mindedly pulls hairs from his moustache when thinking.
  • Jaideep Bose, Editor in Chief of the Times of India, empties his pocket change each night into a clay dish his daughter made at school.
  • Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, sleeps with the light on. 

1 comments:

Stu said...

"Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the G20 Summit in London, between the family photo and the opening platter of 'vol-au-vents' ..."

Not exactly 'effective' but if you ever start a category of "Seven Acts of The Bloody-Minded", then there's number one.

However, best to get Series 2 of "Cabin Pressure" out the door first, no?