I walk out of my car towards my office. The security guard stood up seeing my mercedes and nodded towards me and wished good morning, I nodded back at him.
I entered the lift and pressed fifty two, my office is on the top floor. I checked the time on my watch. It's 8:47, I am early today just like everyday. I believe in the value of time. So I am always on time or rather before time. My perseverance and punctuality are the reason for my early success in this world.
Lift doors opened with a bing and I walked straight towards my office. People working on their desks avoid my gaze and submerged their faces in their laptops or ipads. They respect me but they fear more. I am not complaining, it's how I like it. Respect is fine but it's fear that helps in getting things done. I believe in getting results and fear brings the best result.
"Goodmorning! Leo", Amelia said. I nodded at her. Amelia Smith is my assistant and my friend. She was the only one who had been with me when I started Jones Enterprise, my company. We had nurtured this company with our blood and sweat and worked for sleepless nights back to back until we reached the top. We still work hard to grow it on another level.
I sat on my chair and turned around to see the view from my office. I like watching the skyline from here but what I like more is looking down and seeing how far I have come from when I started. When I see people going towards their work it reminds me of my past. How I started with nothing.
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"Leo, you have a video meeting with Mr.Wang at 9:30, then your.." "When will you learn to knock Amelia" I asked her turning around my chair to face her. "Never Leo, it's not that you were with anyone and you don't like delays and formalities when it comes to work". "A knock won't be much of a delay though, continue with the list." " So I was telling you you have a briefing for stock investment at 10:30 then you have another meeting with Mr. Russo at 11:45, then you have lunch with Mr. Buffett at 1:15 in The Modern, and then a briefing for investment at 4:00 and that's it for the day. Oh and this is your file for your meeting with Mr. Wang." She placed a file on my table and stood there with her hands folded in front. "Anything else Amelia". "Yeah, you have dinner remember" "What dinner?" "Ahhh you are impossible Leo you have dinner with me" I was about to open my mouth to excuse myself from it but she speaks before it. "And don't try to postpone it this time,you already postponed it four times and you don't get to do it today". "Okay I will pick you up at 8 from your house". Amelia smiled at me and left.
I shouldn't have offered her dinner in the first place, but it's what she demanded for when I asked about what she wanted as a gift for her birthday that I forgot. I didn't want to forget it but it slipped out of my mind and that day stock markets crashed and our clients were going crazy, I had to assure them that everything is under control my company already knew about it. So I offered her anything, and she demanded dinner. It was not like she gave me hell for forgetting it. She understands that no one comes between me and my work. She was with me that day doing overtime. She didn't mind spending her birthday working. That's why she became my friend in college, we have similar work ethics. She is a workaholic like me.
