If you're in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what's going on around you.
One of the most important things for a CEO is not to get insulated.
You can create a business, choose a name, but unless people know about it you're not going to sell any products.
I've always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I'd read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
I did 'The Karate Kid,' then I just went back to college. I didn't know how much money it made and I didn't have a publicist. I didn't have any sense of the business part of it.
Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies.
The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.
'Dragons' Den' and 'The Apprentice' have opened people's eyes to what they can do.
I have become a subscriber for 'Business Week.' It teaches me a lot about business, and I have really started to get into it. I'm interested in business and learning about how everything works.
