When his knighthood was announced in the Millennium Honours list, he said: “As a knight, all I need is a horse to topple Camelot.” Yesterday, it seemed, he’d all but done it. Sir Richard, who turned 50 in July, claims that his lottery aspirations began in Co Kildare in 1989 when he was impressed with a sports hall built from Irish sweepstake money. Five years later, it was a reality although not for him personally.
Yesterday’s victory is the ultimate endorsement for him and for his image as Britain’s most affable, charity-minded businessman. It’s another gong awarded by the Establishment to a knight of the realm who shares Christmas lunch with Tony Blair and his family while holidaying in the Seychelles.
Sir Richard’s credibility is such that he was once drafted in by the Tories to solve the litter problem and, more recently, was asked by the present government for advice on making the health service more user-friendly. He constantly features in polls as the boss most workers would like to have, the most popular choice for London Mayor, the entrepreneur most schoolboys want to emulate.
- Victory for the tycoon in a woolly pully, Telegraph.co.uk, August 24, 2000.
3. So how can you manage insecurity to your advantage? Well, just because you’re feeling it doesn’t mean the whole world needs to know. So, be strategic in determining how much you are going to share about what you’re feeling, and with whom.
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