This chapter felt the mellowest so far to me. The title was “Never Take Your Eye Out of The Ball†and dealt with how you need to maintain your skills and presence to stay successful. Example, it’s a like a fighter who wins so many fights that they believe they don’t have to train anymore only to get wiped out by a new person.
The main theme it seemed was how you can’t let what others say about you whether it be a bad comment or a good comment affect you as you need to determine your image yourself. Not getting too caught up with good comments was kind of an interesting twist as I don’t usually hear people say that. Basically, if people start saying you are the best and that you can never fail for example, believing that as if it is written in stone can cause you to be unprepared for disasters or at the same time cause you to lose focus.
He used an example of his old employee Carolyn Kepcher and how appearing on the Apprentice has caused her to get a big head as she didn’t do her job as effectively anymore but rather focused in profiting around her new found fame. As a result, he had to get rid of her.
Overall everything seemed like practical advice. As mentioned, the chapter didn’t seem like it had the same zing as some of the other ones I thought.