"When you're successful and insanely busy you simply don't have time to enter into all of the gossip and lies that people spread about you; it's surprising just how much jealousy there is in the world (including within what you think is your 'inner-circle').  I've read and heard so many stories about myself I find it hilarious. The number of people who have introduced themselves to me at  random events in Dubai as the 'owner' of my business is pitiful (One fraudster even had a fake business card!).  To call-out all of the lame salesmen and air hostesses would leave me with no time left in the day to achieve anything else;   "I don't teach you how to pour coffee or sell cars; do I really want any association or business advice from someone of your social standing?" The answer is ," NO! "  (For the record I don't have anything against salesmen or air hostesses; only when they overstep their boundary and claim a penchant for my boardroom) So long as your 'house is in order' you are untouchable, I always have ALL of my legal documentation to hand at the press of a button and furthermore true, court notarised documents available at notice; including but not limited to professional licence, company articles of association and contracts.   I always advise my HNW and Royal clients to be wary of who they let into their innercircle; "If you are the smartest person in the room, then you're in the wrong room." You should associate yourself with people who are going to lift you higher, people you can learn something from or whom you trust unequivocally. It is the easiest thing in the world to surround yourself with a rent-a-crowd  but it is those people who; have achieved nothing in life , who will achieve nothing in life and who will become consumed by jealousy of you. This is fact and the most dangerous thing in this world is a person who has nothing to lose.  - When you are no longer willing to fund said people; or you fall out with them, or they simply lose their charm and you become bored of them, this is when they will forget everything kind you have done for them and they will try to attack you (any which way they can).  This has happend to me countless times! Now, I'm never driven by how people are in-the-moment I'm cautious of how they will be in the future.  keep your circle small    Continue>>