FEELING PROUD (November 9, 2008)
I dreamt that I was advising several Croatian and Slovene corporate real estate managers. They were with big tourist companies, each of which had a large number of sizable properties around the peninsula. Their main problem was that their company directors wanted to get rid of much of their portfolios in view of the economic crisis gripping the world. And fast. As a part of my retained service, I brought over several British managers dealing with corporate real estate. I knew them well from many years of teaching and consulting in the field in Britain. Each of them had considerable experience with shrinking large real estate portfolios or shifting them to other locations at a clip. When all of the managers got together, they hit it off at once. There was much excitement in the room. I remember feeling proud of the fact that I did not need to say a word of introduction or explanation of why I thought the meeting would be of value to my clients.