Richard Harpin

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914 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 12 Jan

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He lived in Washington, DC and six o'clock time over there.

I didn't have his mobile number, but I had his office number and I rang it.

And lo and behold, he answered his office phone himself.

Said, you don't know me, Nigel.

I'm a struggling British entrepreneur trying to make it big in America.

And I just need an hour of your time.

And he said, oh, I now remember you.

He said, persistence pays.

Next time we're in America, I'll give you an hour of my time.

I said, it just so happens, Nigel, I'm in Washington, D.C.

tomorrow afternoon.

And of course I wasn't.

I got on the first flight out of Heathrow and I was sitting in his office at 2 p.m.

the following afternoon and he gave me two hours of his time and he helped me crack America.

Fantastic.

I love that story.

So yeah, that's number two, persistence.

Number three is integrity.

And I don't mean hopefully honesty because hopefully in business we take that for granted.

I mean confronting the brutal facts.

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