Randal LIED. When asked about a plan 'B' Randal said he was putting it in play.? Her NEVER had a plan 'B'. He turned nasty street punk last night. He denied Trump the opportunity to hire Rebecca.? Without a 'helping' hand Randal would not be a success today. Wrong Call!
He still outperformed Rebecca. Now, I am still of two minds about the whole 'becca denial' part, but that is a totally different aspect (actually I would have acted differently, but that's me). When it comes to the entire thing Randal won this thing ....in fact I was wondering what those teams were wondering when they always selected him (didn't they realize that all they were doing is making Trump perceive Randal as a performer? And if I remember correctly they did the same thing in the 2nd series when the teams would always select Kelly when given the option).
Anyways .....what he did AFTER he won is open to debate, but Randal beat Rebecca.
BTW, what do you mean when you say 'Without a 'helping' hand Randal would not be a success today.' Are you insinuating that Randal wouldn't have been a success in life without 'help', or do you mean that he required teamwork during the Apprentice to win?
If it is the latter I completely agree (in fact every person who has ever won the apprentice, or come close, required teamwork ....especially in the latter rounds. Injudicious team selection, or just plain ol' Murphy messing things up, can spell disaster). However if you mean the former, and in particular if you mean that he couldn't have made it without a 'helping hand' (whatever you mean by that), that is rather off.
Actually it reminds me of a situation that happened to me. Before I got my analyst position I started in a far far lower position (at the same firm), doing tasks that to be honest could be performed just as well by a trained macaque. In essence the position was rife with ennui, and at best was just a way to bring in a check at the end of the month. Hence by the end of the first month I was tired, and hence I decided to use my skills to do a firm-wide analysis whereby I basically penned a comprehensive analysis of the various facets that were pertinent to the core-competencies of the firm, and then came up with several stratagems that would enable the firm to achieve its goals as well as tap into new opportunities. I stayed up late for a good number of days doing the analysis, and once everything was finished I printed several copies and mailed them to several vice-presidents in the firm.
The very same day (after I sent the stuff) I got an email from one, a call from another, and one sent an assistant to talk to me. They basically poached me from the drab department I was in, and in fact tried to one-up each other with offers. Thus in just over a month I went from a paper-pusher to being one of the key analysts under one of the VPs.
A month or so after that I decided to take further initiative and came up with a pricing engine that basically eliminated an entire range of steps plus augmented the in-house hedging system. This allowed significant gains in profit to be accrued. Again I was promoted to where I actually started showing up in the firm hierarchy (the youngest ever to get where I was).
Now, what is the point in all this? Well, a short-time later this dude in my former department (the very first one) bumps into me and asks me out for lunch. I agree. After some chitchat and whatnot he then proceeds to ask if I think I got where I am because I had a ‘helping hand’ (he then went further to explain what he meant, and in a nutshell he implied that my skin color had everything to do with it).
I’ve never laughed so hard ….i almost throttled myself! This was a guy who had been asking me why I was staying up so late (when I was doing the project I would leave work many times after 9pm while he was always in around 8.14am and out 4.46pm to beat the clock) and why I wouldn’t go to the parties he threw, and now he was wondering why I was where I was and he was where he was (and if my skin had to do with it). I found that so hilarious ….still do, especially since the only ‘helping hand’ I had was from God. However that dude just couldn’t get it that not everyone gets where they are due to ‘affirmative action.’ I know there are many who have, but personally I would take such a program as an insult. A straight unadulterated insult.
Anyways, that is why I found the whole ‘helping hand’ comment funny. Randal seems as if he has achieved a whole lot. True, I am sure there are those who might claim that he became a Rhodes scholar due to his skin, or he got into MIT due to race etc etc etc …..however I wonder how they would explain his performance there? Or were his professors giving him affirmative action grades and awards.
Sometimes the only helping hand a person has is the one he/she gives himself.