Welcome to my new blog Q&A series!

Starting us off is my good friend Simon T. Bailey(www.simontbailey.com), leadership imagineer and author of “Shift Your Brilliance – Harness the Power of You, INC.”

What's one thing you would tell your 13 year old self from your current perspective and why?
Always dream bigger and develop an appetite for the spectacular and never settle for the crumbs of the ordinary.

?What's one thing people would be super surprised to know about you?
I really like my space and go to the movies to decompress.

What's your favorite color?
Blue

What would you want for your very last meal?
Apple Pie, fried catfish, collard greens, potato salad, green beans, red velvet cake, carrot cake, jerk chicken with rice and peas.

?What book would you recommend and why?
New Tycoons by Jason Kelly. It explains how and why private equity owns more 50% of the companies in America and why the stock market is a poor man’s investment strategy. The real money is in private equity, hedge funds, and venture capital.

List your top 3 business tips.
1. Customer Service is a department. Customer Love is a mindset.
2. Stop selling and start connecting. When you sell that is a transaction. When you connect, that is a relationship.
3. The fortune is in the follow-up.

Who or what are you obsessed with?
JayZ, PDiddy, Dr. Dre, Russell Simmons and 50Cent. Their collective worth is over $3 Billion dollars. How did they do it? How did they shift from rapping on street corners to building empires?

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