ChittahChattah Quickies
- Gladwell's "Overconfidence" piece also presents former Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne as an unpleasant aggressive arrogant jerk – And I stopped this guy. I had to take a piss. I went into the bathroom to take a piss and came back and sat down. Then I see my blood enemy stand up and he’s going to the bathroom. So I wait till he passes and then I follow him in and it’s just he and I in the bathroom. And I said to him, “Today you’re going to get your ass kicked, big.” He ran out of the room. He thought I might have wanted to start it right there and then.
- NYT profile of Ryanair chief, Michael O'Leary – another unpleasant character who runs a successful business – "He is known for thick-skinned aggression, outrageous public statements and an implacable belief that short-haul airline passengers will endure nearly every imaginable indignity, as long as the tickets are cheap and the planes are on time….Mr. O’Leary revels in his persona as national pugilist and provocateur, alternately charming and offending. Mr. O'Leary runs a tight ship in his office, too. Post-it notes and highlighters are banned. Executives bring in their own pens."