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Can't say I'm actually happy with this from Scott, that interview didn't leave me with confidence in Blackstone.

Scott sounds reckless, I'm heavily invested in BSX Scott, your want an adrenaline hit, go skydiving.

Don't take unnecessary risks with this company just for kicks, you have a good thing going.

Scott Williamson (Blackstone Managing Director)

• Because of the difficulty in the industry and the difficulty with that asset, I actually lost my job within about five months, so I was back on looking for a job very quickly. The mining industry unfortunately is a bit like this, that you go through these cycles and you do turn over jobs fairly quickly. So the whole almost first half of my career, I’m sort of rolling through jobs and changing it a lot of the time, not just because of the reasons within the organisations, but also personal reasons. Your life’s changing, you’re young.

• I’d have to come back to taking risks. If you want to be at these executive levels, you need to be able to take risks and you need to be able to own the outcome of those risks and just make decisions.
• Don’t be scared of making a decision quickly as well, because if I hadn’t taken some risks, there’s no way we would be here with the organisation I’ve got at the moment.
• I’m really excited to take the next risk and take it to another level. A lot of people would potentially stop at where I am now, but I’m going to take even more risks because I’m going to make it even bigger.

https://www.chiefmaker.com/the-ceo-chair-relationship-taking-career-risks-and-injecting-fun-into-business/