Richard Baker
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1,143 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Richard Baker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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target and so the ceo and the cfo themselves were involved while it was a big important deal for walmart they're such a big company that they uh they kind of handed it down a little bit and they kind of lost a little moment there because they weren't as uh as on the ball as they should have been
Every time you can maneuver your way to get to the boss, maneuver to the boss without insulting the other people in the food chain.
Okay.
So first of all, we talk about principles.
One of the key principles is relationships.
So you want to spend time and have relationships and meet people and and then you have friends and the friends have friends.
And, you know, I'm working on something and a friend of mine called the boss of this other company and I started right at the top.
So you use your relationships the best you can to get yourself to the top of the house.
Okay, people always say to me, oh, you're so lucky.
How did you get that done?
And how did you get that done?
The answer is I manufacture my own luck.
And because I work harder, I'm more prepared, and I make it happen.
I'll give you an example.
So if you have little kids and you go out and watch them play soccer, they're all running, chasing after the ball.
But there's always one kid who always ends up with the ball and makes the goal.
That kid...
understands where the ball's going, not where the ball is.
And so if you want to be successful, you have to be a little more strategic and understand where the world's going.
So when the ball pops out, you're the one who got the ball and you make the goal.
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