The task this time around was for the two teams to create four page photo essay/layout ad for the company Dial Soap in a magazine called Redbook in order to advertise its new nourishing yogurt body wash. The winner would be chosen by executives and associates from both the Dial Soap and Redbook organization.

There was an interesting moment where before Trump finished his usual speech on what’s at stake Omarosa was telling her teammates that she wanted to be the project manager. As Trump continued to talk, he emphasized that there was a good chance that the project manager would be fired in this task. Maybe it was just the editing, but afterwards Omarosa quickly tried to then encourage someone else to take the lead. That was such a funny moment there I thought. In the end, Carol Alt was the project manager for Hydra and Tito Ortiz was the project manager for Empresario.

Hydra went for a more wholesome lifestyle approach with their presentation. They used Carol Alt as the model and through the presentation they highlighted the different aspects of a women’s life such as starting a family and being in a relationship with of course using the product as a way to keep her fresh and invigorated.

Empresario focused on the fact that the majority of the readers were women and were told that a person like Trace Adkins was perfect for the audience. At first they went for a riskier approach where there were topless males set with a country desert theme with Trace Adkins being the model as well. Eventually, they decided to play it safe instead and went with a theme where it seemed like they were trying to emphasize the contrast between a desert that is dry compared to people who use the product who are more illuminating/refreshing so to speak.

In the end, Team Hydra was chosen the winner as their presentation was able to tell a message and story to the viewer better it seemed to promote the product. As a result, Carol Alt received $20,000 for her charity once again. There wasn’t too much of a drama in the boardroom aside from bringing up an issue on why a person such as Omarosa wasn’t the project manager. Of course, the topic came up on how she kind of tried to push it to someone else afterwards.

In the end, Tito Ortiz was fired and Trump emphasized how he did mention at the start that the project manager most likely would be fired. There was a surprise at the end too as Trump mentioned to Tito that he admired his talent a lot and would personally donate $50,000 to his charity despite being fired.

This is one of the first episode in the season I thought where it seemed like one’s celebrity status did not really play a role too much. I guess the point to take out of this episode is the whole mentality of taking risks and sticking to a plan/vision as the possibility of failure shouldn’t be the prevailing factor to stop you from creating what you believe in.

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I’ll admit, I’m a big fan of the show “The Apprentice” as a lot of the events that happen around the show are genuinely real situations that I have often seen and experienced both as an employee and a business owner. One thing that really stuck out was how it was mentioned that you must be willing to take risks to be successful. I personally agree strongly that one must be prepared to take risks as in order to be an innovator and a leader you must be willing to venture and explore various options to enable yourself to achieve your goals. Also, in my opinion it’s not just about taking risks, but rather taking calculated risks.

It would be very easy for me to say for example that I will simply take $1000 , throw it into some kind of venture and see what happens. While you can say that is taking a risk, in my opinion that would be very similar to playing the lottery where it’s a risk relying heavily on luck. Instead, taking a calculated risk means that you should have a plan and vision on how you are going to be successful while recognizing the types of sacrifices that will be necessary for you to do so. While there are still chances that you may fail, at least you have increased your odds by taking an active role in trying to mold out your own future. While many people will often ridicule you in taking such risks, just remember that if you did your research on a topic and it sounds like something that could work in which you would have no objections of, have the courage to take that next step. You’ll never know how far you can go unless you try.

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