Notes:
Quote Sumal Perera saying his servants are happier than him and then apply this to Dr Hans Wijayasuriya who is probably suffering from serious stress having to fly back and forth from Malaysia to run Axiata. Say I care and love these people.
Say I was shocked to see Gotabaya Rajapaksa bow down to Mahinda Rajapaksa because of his white hair. Talk about Jagath uncle and his white hair and his white beard, say I disapprove cause it makes him older. Say Stephen Labrooy is 83, Sohli Captain is 87 and that Jacques Huyghebaert is 75, but that Jagath uncle who is probably in his 50s looks older than them.
Talk about the cultural phenomenon where people call each other uncle or aiya. Say it caused problems in business as I wasn't seen as professional by Sampath Bank and NDB. But that I disagree as business is personal and that trust is more important than anything else. Say it's the people who make up companies and that this emotional intelligence matters.
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Say good things about other IT companies and that they went out of their way to help us. Say good about the country. Boast about how many have interest in my company. Say we want to modernise things here.
Say that the US market or the British market is more mature and we need to take lessons from that. Say humility is a virtue and that the song "Api Kawda" is important to capture the soul of our nation. We're going to have to connect, add value, act as leaders, work together and work hard to compete internationally in order to survive.
Say that the Jewish people have done a lot for us. Talk de Worms, cousins to the Rothschild family, who planted tea after coffee failed, that we got Kfirs to finally end the war. Say that I love everyone, but I'm proud most of the Jewish people. Say my Jewish friends have done many good things for me.
