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I grew to like him even more when he gave his piece of advice to the 3rd person evicted, Paul, something i can never forget and definitely wise words for my own future reference. I can see him as the boss-and-father figure as well as a guru and wise old friend.
This year, i can only read what is going on, highlights and what not on http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice .Such is an unfortunate thing for me since the BBC began imposing some new licencing law on radio and tv online streaming which was said to be permitted in the UK only. Here in malaysia, we only get to see Donald Trump doing his "you're fired" act in its US version, which to my dismay, is not really my cuppa tea.
Earlier on, SAS made some thought-provoking comments regarding business/professional relationship conduct whereby he openly rejected the idea of flirting with the clients be it through behaviour or dress code. This has caused some sort of an uproar in the UK as seen in the articles in The Times ( click article 1 ), The Guardian (article 2 , article 3), Telegraph (article 4), BBC (article 5), Sunday Herald (article 6) among others.
Despite all that, this grumpy fella is still adored by many including myself, though obviously not in a sexual way. His persona is felt and his aura is everlasting.
OK, i do sound like as if i like him too much, but it's more on his charismatic personality. And i would even laugh to hear his ear-heating comments even if it did intimidate me a bit. And i did laugh again with err...admiration as i watched him hit back at Jonathan Ross on the show "Friday night with Jonathan Ross", BBC2.
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The most recent interview with SAS as reported in The Sunday Times (article 7), he was showing his softer sides, something that not many people could see unless they are close to him, i presume....but hey, thats professionalism. Sometimes, we do need to be a little bit ruthless and authoritative whenever we deem appropriate for the good cause so long as not to spoil the whole relationship with our co-workers/colleagues as well as our own credibility. It could be something that made us receive more respect than hatred if it is done in a sensible and reasonable way. SAS is another example of the blunt and crude british tv personalities besides the ever-so-popular Simon Cowell,Jeremy Clarkson and Graham Norton (he's irish by the way).
Maybe I should ask local malaysian tv channel TV3 to air this british version of the Apprentice and lets see the public viewers reception on it.
Oh and by the way, another interesting article about SAS from Haaretz, click here.
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